Painted the shock absorbers a nice shiney red and then fitted, this enabled me to wind down the suspension. The rear is nice and low but the front is still too high.



Started to sort out the wiring loom but no 1275ls specs in the manual so not sure which wires are for the brake fail switch and heated rear window ?
Started to fit the interior trim and discovered the rear side panels don't fit because I have modified the rear wheel arch so the 13x7's will fit lower. Bugger! Another job.

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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

Broke down this ebay purchase for the 12G940 head and 4 syncro box.



Any ideas on the front right hand corner of the subframe? Welds look pretty neat on bracket as though it is factory. Also four nuts welded along the front underside of the subframe which I think may have been put there for a sump guard?

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1968 Morris Mini Deluxe - members gallery
1970 Morris Cooper S - members gallery
Mini's I grew up with
Slot car couch

I am not certain but I think it may be mounts for a Moke bumper.

yes it's a moke front subframe. 4 x nuts on the underside are for the sump guard / bash plate, and the two brackets on top are where the front bumper bar bolts on.

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120bhp with 450kg just fun waiting to happen

We were prob. drunk when we set it up last and thought this will be a good idea

Got some paint mixed up in a tin in Toowoomba to match the colour of the interior trim. And I painted my speaker grills, so they blend into the panel. Looks better !!!

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Fitted some BMC Speaker Grills colour coded






and my NOS Mudflaps!

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Fitted the new hood lining

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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

Replaced my electric fuel pump

Ha,,, "BMC speaker grilles" ... nice touch Brett well done, i like that

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Pulled the clutch and flywheel out: at 1:00 in the friggin morning.
I'm sure the neighbours appreciated all the banging and grinding and loud music whilst that was going on!

Replaced a stuffed front wheel bearing in one of the fleet.
No work on the project tonight.

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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

Yep!! Thanks Matt, Perhaps I should make another set, and find an old BMC box and sell them as an NOS Accessory!!

Those Baskets looks Great!!! They slide all over the place though



I found out why my Gauges are not working..... Blew a fuse, I had the fuses pluged into the constant power, but must have blown a fuse during some wiring etc,.....
Changed the fuse box around to what it should be and put new fuses in, and they work!!!

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Ordered a carburettor gasket kit from www.dellorto.co.uk after being given the runaround by both Auto One (or AutoPro, can't remember) and Autobarn.
It is much cheaper to buy a genuine Dellorto kit for TWO carbs (£47, post included) than buy a local made non-genuine kit for 1 carb (~$90), go figure..
I guess since EFI is so common now the local makers are having a hard time making any carby parts sales..

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

was mucking about trying to get the idle speed and mixture right in my garage, was looking for a misplaced screwdriver in the car, go look in the boot, only to see my mini roll out my very steep driveway, across two busy lanes on the road, just miss a car and go smash, sump guard first into the high curb across the road! all this with me desperately trying to hold onto the boot lid going aaarrrghgh

so, so bloody lucky I din't hit any pedestrian, end up in the lounge room of the house opposite, or any car - the car that it did just miss was by mere inches and he didn't even stop (a second earlier and he would have been t-boned

anyways, my sump guard is now bent back, and slightly torn - anyone got one they wanna get rid of?? and I think it may have loosened an engine mount as tho it still drives and goes through the gears fine, there is a clunk from behind the brake pedal area when I put it into first or go down gears rapidly

not bloody happy, still slightly shaken, but mighty relieved I didn't kill someone or do some serious damage to either that car, the house over the road, or my Mini

methinks I need a beer

Holy Hell! you must have crapped yourself.

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Dog Food! Most kids like it more than Broccoli.