Any guys on here from Cairns at all. Seems to be a serious lack of decent minis up here!!!!

hey, last poster on this thread says she/he's from Cairns...suggest you PM them if you don't know them already

http://ausmini.tziworld.com/viewtopic.p ... 91&start=0

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

I cracked a head on a Deluxe once a long, long time ago in Cardwell...the old wax type (?) thermostats used to fail SHUT!

Any-who the local garage at the time found a "Morris Minor" head cleaned her up and lapped the valves and off I choofed back to Sydney

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"Show me the Mini!"

`justminis' is up there in Cairns, somewhere..

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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.

Hey,,,i`m going to cairns in 2 weeks time for the first round of the national Down Hill mountain bike race series

need any parts brought up???

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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.

Brad, I'm here, you sorted that gearbox yet?

Matt, I'm off to Noosa Hillclimb on 13 & 14 November so will miss you here.

Steve

Ahhh, Steve. How ya going? Didint realise you were on here. Nah still havnt done any more with the box. Just try to skip 3rd gear as much as possible on the down change!!! Havnt been drivin the car that much lately anyway. So isnt really a high priority. How are things comin along on your Black S?? It must be nearly finished??

Thanks for the offer The Mini Man, but nah. Im right. Cheers!!

Sorry to hijack the post, but Mad Matt, you're into MTB???

What do you ride? You riding in the National Series???

Big Dan

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Be afraid, be very afraid...The Clubman is coming...!!

Black S is nearly finished, all those little 5 minute jobs that take an hour! Soon. Steve

Yes yes and yes. I know exactly what you mean, gets to a stage where it seems like you spend heaps of time workin on the car, but you just dont seem to get any where. That will be great when its done. Will have to go for a bit of a cruise one day when she's all done. You had that car on classic rego, didnt you?

Yes, concessional rego. Definitely up for the cruise. See if we can get some other guys interested too.
I will be bringing my sprint mini home after Noosa, for engine/box rebuild, refresh etc, rip more weight out of it! Steve

Cool cool, sounds good. Ill have to drop round and check it all out. See how progress is going. As for the cruise, I dont know any1 else with Minis, have a few other mates with old muscle cars.

Was thinking of asking the Mini Owners Club Q to "sanction" a run for the concessional reg bit. Will follow up when I am in Bris next, I'll also ask about your rego, what you were told sucks. We could do a promo, add in the Cairns Post, assemble at some point. Saw a purple Clubbie van today, with 12's, so there are still a few around. There was also that guy at Autobarn with a yellow Clubbie, thou not seen it for a while. Have the sprint mini home after 13 & 14 November, have a 2nd place to defend in pre 73 up to 1600cc Touring Car class. Steve

Ill definatley be round to check the sprint out when u get it home. Good luck with it all anyway. Hope you show a few of those other guys up. As for the rego, yeah I never bothered goin any further with it. When it comes time for Mini Club renewal, they can jam it. Considering joing the All American Car Club Of Cairns. Only thing is have to be a member 4 a year b4 u can take advantage of classis rego. Such a pain cause the Mini and Commodore rego renewals are a week apart.

That purple van is owned by a young dude. Not sure if he is actually into Minis, I think its just his run around, from what I heard he has another project in the shed. Havnt seen the yellow clubbie. Did see a dark coloured round nose van with 12's bout a month ago. Looks like an older guy drivin it. Its fairly tidy, pretty rare u would assume to, Round nose van.