How did you all come across your Mini?

My Mini encounters are as follows:

1: 1964 850 Mini (Sold) - Was rescued from a rental property backyard. Previous tenants were into Mini's but left the 850 behind. Sat there for over a year when I decided to leave a note when a "for sale" sign went up on the house. Owner of the property wanted it gone so I happily brought it

2: 1968 Morris Mini Matic - Many of you may have seen the thread and pics "Out and about" that's my Mini was at work one day and received a call from my dad saying "one of his mates next door neighbour" has a mini in his shed. I was after one that had a nice straight body, being optimistic went and inspected it. When the previous owner opened the garage door my face was car was exactly what I was looking for, although it still required alot of work at the time (paint, mechanical). It was a 3owner car with original books & paper work. Bought the car on the spot.

There's been a couple of donor Mini's as well.

1964 850 Panel Van
1275 LS Clubby

My 1974 Leyland Clubman - Online Trading Post

1. '68 Deluxe (Now Sold On)
A friends uncle was selling it. I saw it and fell in love, got a bank loan to get it...silly me. Never got rego'd while I owned it. Sold it for a loss. Live and Learn.

2. '72 Clubbie (Sold)
Saw it on side of road. Owned it within a week of seeing it. What a mistake that was...

3. '7? Clubbie Van (Stripped)
Bought with Kazjim to strip from a dude that lives in the sticks.....we named this clubbie 'druggie clubbie'......


4. '76 Clubbie (Be Completed)
Saw it on here for $350. Took a look. Went OMG I want it. Rolled it into Kazjims garage down the hill the following weekend. So Far So Good with this one!!

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No more Minis!......For now.

'66 deluxe: put an ad in the trader section of the mocq website and AGES (4 or so months) later the owner called me...the rest is history...

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Bling me up Scotty!
"wait till it grows into a plant...then bunny rabbit THE PLANT!"

1966 Morris Mini DeLuxe FOR SALE

god i have such a dirty mind...

Mine belonged to a old chap who worked at one of the orchards on my road, i saw it there the first day i moved into my house and thought... mmm.. nah... it's a bit tatty and i don't really like the stripe. But everyday i looked at it i started to like it more and more, and when i finally decided i wanted it, i noticed he had started to drive a telstar to work

so i asked him what he was going to do with the mini he said, probably sell it, i say how much , he says about $500, i say SOLD!

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on here

well my cousin started a mechanic apprenticship in goulburn.... and he had four of them.....

2 POS ( donor cars)
the one i bought off him.
and LS thats smick az...... has a worked 1100 (i think) webber. custom 2pak blueinsh paint. twin tanks, 13' supalitez

well i always loved seeing the minis and when he said he is selling it i went and bought it......... "mates rates"

originally my mini came from a guy in goulburn..... mike privadello was his name, a radio announcer from back in the day. he owned it for over 20 years.... then my cousin bought it.... he had it for 2 years... than me !!!

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My first 2 clubbies were sourced from an ad in the tradin post, the 850 was seen on
either carpoint or drive.com (don't remember which one ).
One car I had (only for about a week) was found in the trading post as well.
It's a gold mine if you know when and where to look!

i found my clubby van out of the paper, i stumbled across cracker when i went to have a look at a few van shells that were sold before i got there. he was in a shed tucked away in corner being protected by dust.

sorry they arent very interesting

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The Countryman was an impulse buy at the SDMC Boot Sale
The other 2 were bought as a job lot from the Quokka (WA speak for Trading Post)

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Too many cars, and too little time.

NAV came about through my best mate who drove into a servo to fill up and the owner (of the station) came out and said do you want another one of those? for free!
Ian (my mate) initially said no (too many mini's) but then thought it would be good for spares and this is what he saw
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/m_colman/NAV/Mini2.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/m_colman/NAV/MiniVan_0014.jpg
He thought it was too good for a parts car plus knowing i wanted a mini he rang me and said I now own a mini and come and get it. after $1,000 work to get it roadworthy we ended up with
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/m_colman/NAV/Mini_van_0000.jpg
then a few more $$
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/m_colman/NAV/P9150016.jpg

And the rest has been told on here

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Trading post

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

1) Elmo 77 Sunshine free from neighbour
2) Vivian 76 Clubman from my sisters friends dad whos work partner had one to sell (was gonna be choppped up for his sons DT project ) (now sold)
3) Lizzie 78 1275LS from Trading post
4) Chezel 66 Panel Van - Ausmini (now sold)
5) 75 Clubby S from mate up the street (now sold)
6) 72 Clubby mini club website (now sold to cody)
7) Leila 74 Clubby S from mini club website
Illie 71 Clubby, FromAusmini (now sold)

shite, someone would think i like clubby's or something

went to tafe one night to enrol, had the missus....
saw an 850 in the carpark. she said that she liked it.... so as a JOKE i put a do you want to sell this.. rang me within the hour
after a drive that arvo, sold for 1200 bucks with 11 months rego. (3 years ago)
good fun and impulse buy

got my mini off ausmini. Was advertised for free, turned into a 7 page shitfight, caused several other threads to start.

got the morris for free out of the local historic vehicle car club magazine.

aren't i lucky

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