Fully stripped engine, ripped hole in little finger when I took out the oil pressure relief valve. Mad spanner skills strike again....

Would have been nice to find a broken ring or something to point towards the problem the motor had of blowing smoke but I think it's just because the bores are glazed from me using the wrong oil to break in the motor. Could have sworn I put in normal mineral oil and not the synthetic stuff, oh well lesson learned.

Drilled thru the centre of the broken stud in one of my door hinges. Now need to find an extractor to fit.
Ordered a Vmax Supercharger kit.

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

Not today, but on the weekend. Put it for a lap on the Nordschleife with some 40 other Minis. Fun!



(Mine's the one with the orang sticker)

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No speakers, no bodykits, no six-inch spacers, no spak filler, no bullshit

it's a black & white photo

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one van, one mini s, one knitted cardigan

Maybe it lost a bit color on it's long way to Oz? In Europe it's full of colours

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No speakers, no bodykits, no six-inch spacers, no spak filler, no bullshit

Did a little burn out, got both wheels smoking and fitted 16kg of tow bar, tongue, ball and bolts.
Looks good all painted up but these pics are from earlier on.

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Respect mine and I'll respect yours.

Washed and quik detailed the Gold thing ready for the weekend run. just gotta clean the inside.

Cleaned out the under the house of my moms and found mini parts I stored under there 26 years ago (they where wrapped in newspaper)

I now have a L300 van load of stuff to sort thru.

Finally got two jobs done that have been bugging me for a long time!

1 - Installed my Lucas 700 semi-sealed headlamps and replaced the old dented chrome trim rings, old seals and fixed the wiring (main/high beam had been wired in reverse ever since the car came back from the painters in 2007).




2 - Had my rear seat retrimmed in original nylex vinyl to match the front seats and the rest of the car.





Plus a fresh tank of fuel and a good long drive! Very happy with the extra shine and nice interior now!

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Dave - 64 Nurburg White Morris 850 & 67 Morris Mini Deluxe (Bro's Car)
Previous Rides - 62 Morris 850 (Sold '03 - Now 'Lulu-62') & 76 Clubman S (Sold '99 - SFW-863)
+ Too many other classics

Registered it, which gave me some enthusiasm so I went uncovered and started her.
Wrote a list of things to do....that's enough for a while

Kicked the tyres of all the other cars in my shed and promised them a good run soon!

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Justin

finished off the megajolt install, finally. started first time, but has a bit of a backfire/flat spot under 3000 rpms, will investigate tomorrow.

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tim
68 Deluxe 1293, HIF44, megajolt/EDIS4, daihatsu alternator..

'a mini is for life, not just for christmas!'

Climbed up to the top of the pallet racking in the shed to put something up there. Saw the mini shell, climbed inside and sat there wishing the 1000s of hours ahead of me were behind me. Almost pretended to drive it.

Smiled and stayed a full 5 minutes.

Came down much more enthusiastic but a little bit ashamed of being such a loser!

Here are some better pics of my towbar all painted. 16 high tensile bolts with 2mm thick washers holding it solid to the subframe.
Here you can see the stainless steel heat shield protecting my fuel pump and filter from the muffler that sits right beside them. You can also see the 40mm box pipe welded inside the the rear cross member of the subframe, very strong.

Not really visible with the tongue removed unless your looking for it and the chain shackle doubles as a tow point, that's why it's red.

The lowest point on the car is the muffler at 110mm which after I repositioned it to fit the towbar is higher than it use to be.

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Respect mine and I'll respect yours.

I must say, your Mini is a very nice shade of blue.

Despite (or more rather, because) it's my daily and only getting 20km a day in city traffic, decided it needed a good fang down the freeway. So took it all the way down the Geelong Fwy until it ran out (the road, not the car).. then turned around and fanged it home again. Should be a bit happier now

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges