Where is Kev??....he's been quiet lately.....gone fishing down the coast??

Signed...Wondering

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Location: Yes the bloody Hills District, Sydney NSW

PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 6:57 am Post subject: Reply with quote
sherman67 wrote:
i have the body number stamped on the radiator shroud it may be on the boday as well on the firewall but not sure cause its cotted in many layers of wo knows what. but the radiator shroud has been cut off but i still have it all i need to do is weld it back on but is there any way of telling what year it is from that???

There is no formal register in Oz like the Heritage one in UK.
If you post the body prefix and most of the number here, people can make an educated guess.
Number sequence started at 501 for each body type- eg 850, Mini Deluxe, Mini K.
Original colour (if known) can help pinpoint the year too.
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he is on holiday with his wife,. Should be home soon.

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76 Clubman B16a2 Vtec AWD Turbo 12.9@105mph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9PW49e1hYs

He's gone on holidays

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Starlet Conversion:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15484

Bless his little cotton socks....heres hoping Kev and the District Nurse have a terrific time (and bring us back some fish )

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Not Fishing....but.. they will both be back soon enough

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Glad to see that he is missed! Our resident doctor is currently not in

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I just figured he had given up on us bunch of rat bags.

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"Life is not like a box of chocolates... it's more like a jar of jalapenos. Whatever you do today, may burn your arse tomorrow."

OK, we're baaaack.. sorry Mick, no fish!
We floated Barney the Pretend S from Sydney to Devonport on the good ship Spirit of Tasmania III, and proceeded to circumnavigate the island in a clockwise direction.
We put over 2000km on him without mechanical problems.
Oil consumption was only 500mL total, we put none in for the whole trip.

The only hiccup was a bit of carby icing up in the snow at Derwent Bridge, on the way to Queenstown- making the throttles stick at part throttle, but that didn't stop our progress at all.
I've never seen this before, but yes it can happen, on SUs at least.

Met up with Camel and MiniMafia at Baskerfield circuit, as he said.
I'll put a few pics up tonite.

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Hi guys

it was a great trip. I was definately shaken not stirred.

It was cold, no heater in Barney, it was wet, all the window seals leaked.

But I did have a good time highly recommend it (must have heater hehe)

wendy

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Jerry's owner Clubby Van

Hey Wendy,

I am still laughing at hearing you in the background of the phone call telling me to bring warm clothes if I made it back

its not that bad down there... But then again its not that good.

Glad you had a good time..

Might see you both on the weekend

If you're wondering WHY the window seals leaked, it's because the PO figured he'd save a few bucks during the resto and use old ones.
Never gonna get it wet, well so he thought...

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doc i think youre the only one who's conversed with camel live... and made it back





whats it like?

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Happens to my Mini every winter, not so nice when you are driving in traffic to find when you lift off throttle the car keeps going Hence if I ever get that HIF38 together it gets a water heated manifold.

Never had a problem with the Dellorto though.

You're probably better off without a heater if the window seals leak, otherwise it might get a bit humid in there

Well here he is, he's the shy dude hiding behind the camera...
The smiling dude is MiniMafia...
Thanks for the hospitality, guys!

Another pic of the Baskerfield track, waiting for the synchronised swimming (drifting) to restart after lunch-

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camel appears rather hairy behind that camera, and is wearing the same shirt and hat as in the 'arrrah' video...truly a mystic being!

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