Picked up a door skin and A panel from Mini Sport stand at the Mini show. also bought a new speedo cable - ran out of cash money so couldn'd 'waste' any more money Took pictures of any car I thought belonged to someone on here but apart from Mattvan or was it MattMan - my hearing is not so good the only other Ausmin members I met were Watto and Myminirocks - but they were easy to find at their stands

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Pulled the Blackstuff pads out, deglazed the Greenstuffs and bunged 'em back in. Kangaroo valley cruise next weekend...

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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.

Went to move the mini out of the shed this morning so my nephew could make me a tyre rack to store my spare wheels, ( he's doing a tech course in welding so i gave him a practice job ) .
When i pulled the choke out it was as tight as ,got it out after a couple of goes, turned key on waited a few second to get fuel up, all i got was a heap of bloody smoke from under the dash ! crap, raced around to the boot and shut the isolator off, ( thank god for the isolator, makes cutting power off a whole lot quicker ) pushed the bloody thing outside and went and changed the alternator on my Rodeo ute. Well let me tell you i thought mini's were hard to work on because of a lack of room , this thing was a joke.
Any way ,got that job done , ( 5 hrs ) pushed the mini back in shed with the shits cause i can tell it aint gunna be a fun job i can tell,haven't got a clue as to why it smoked up but i'm sure it's not good, job for another day.
Colin

There was an ATM in the cafe...

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Got most of the new Newton commercial carpet fitted, thanks to a good mate of mine, very nervous moment cutting the gearstick hole, little bit more work to do but I should be good for the Gong run next weekend. it looks ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS ! ! ! !

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That's why it's good to be.............ME

I deliberately turned a blind eye to it Spent enough this week - Stuff from Mini Sport - Mini Spares - Karcraft and Graysonline (again)

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

picked up another clubman and loaded up my LS and sent them over to their new owners place . shortest owner ship of a mini ive had.
Just a moke owner now .

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"Ride hard or die trying"

Tuned my roundy up. Runs like a dream now.

And stripped the hydro gear off my clubby. Anyone want it?

Got the door skin home as baggage on the plane. Arrived home to find a parcel from Mini Spares with my adjustable front suspension bits and front Timken roller bearings and some other bits and pieces for door hardware.

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

What was the freight cost Dave?
I can see some adj arms etc in my crystal ball....

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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.

Well it wasn't done just today and it wasn't on a mini but all related.....INFERSTRUCTURE

Setting up the container and sorting everything takes a long time, and that's only half of my mini stuff
And I built a swivel mini seat

any mini seat should bolt straight on using std mounts plus it's angled back for lazy reclining and reflection on the mini projects.

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Respect mine and I'll respect yours.

I backed the van off the trailer and took it for a fang around town to charge the battery.
Happy days.

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'72 English Van...'72 Export Moke ...63' 850...KZ 750E1...'74 P76

After 4 long years I got my second mini's front sub-frame back in. I now have a roller to push around!

Now to install the engine...

I changed my thermostat to a 92°C one to compliment the piece of steel sheet covering up 2/3 of the grill. Runs sweeter now.

Points, condenser and an oil change tomorrow and maybe even a wash.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

Went for a drive to bed the greenstuff pads back in. Braking now GOOD...

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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.