I found out where I got the mini bug from?.. on the weekend I went back and visited my parents who went through some old photos and there I was sitting at the wheel of my dad?s mini van (which I wish he had kept then I wouldn?t be wanting to find one for the next project) I was about the age of 5 I reckon. i wonder what happend to that van

So this bring me to the question of where/how did people get the mini bug?

Learned to drive in a moke when I was only 12
must be nearly 9 years ago now

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Too many cars, and too little time.

My Dad's beena classic car buff all his life and I from a young age was buying him the classic car magazine for fathers dad and usually read them after he did and saw several mini's in them. Also a family friends uncle owned a deluxe I think it was they live out western NSW and often visted our family friends in coffs harbour. Thats where and when I'm putting it down to.

i was bitten at a young age too.

My neighbour has had minis since b4 i was born, so i used always see his, and get rides home from school etc in it, and me and his son would help him work on it, so yeah, i was bitten and bitten bad.

Ryan

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Ryan Filippi
Minis In The Gong
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www.minisinthegong.com.au

i was looking for a cheap car in the paper saw a mini and went had a look now i've had one a year since.(4 for those kepping score)
Josh

Mentally, maybe

Just seeing them on the road, ever since I was a little girl.

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74 Clubman in pieces.

850 was my 1st car, back in 1964....
Thrashed the daylights out of it...

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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.

the italian job video(taped of tv with ads)was my babysitter

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ook!
69 mini k
'Kids don't recognise a Saab from a Volvo but they always recognise a Mini,'

I'm a recent convert. Got the mini bug from my ex. He had (has) a GT and a moke. Fell in love instantly. Breaking up was hard...hard to say goodbye to the cars! So had to get my own....now I want another and another and another. Perhaps someone should start MOA (mini owners anonymous) for mini tragics.

minichick

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'72 Clubman GT - Crystal White
VW Golf GTi - Arctic White

Yep my Old Man had one

and he carted Hoover Washing Machines around in it...He had two in total then My mum had a K later on also

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

Goodness - why didn't go for the best of both worlds and compromise. Get ex's moke and stick his big engine in it then call it your own. Forget about the winter wind whipping around you - we have more summer than winter

yesh...so true...would have loved the moke....I now want to restore one when I move somewhere with more room for cars and parts etc. A Moke on the northern beaches in summer is the best.....by the way...the moke he had already had the big engine...it was a Californian!

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'72 Clubman GT - Crystal White
VW Golf GTi - Arctic White

Almost all my uncles had a mini Out In the sticks and My aunty Had one for years and years But eventualy Had to get rid of it As the floor had big rust holes in it, i used to call it the Flintstone mobile when i was little I love that car But i hated it in the summer at the beach. DARKEN

well i almost had no choice. Seeing as i started going out with the admin of here and all...

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