Arron-Not picking on you......But can't believe you are wearing the Hay 2005 shirt,and crawling around the floor
Maybe just cut it for rags.

Tait is the youngest looking person - the one with frizzy hair.
Aaron is the big dark haired bloke
Doogie is the gingerish haired person with side burns and doing most of the mechanical work.
Scot is the short haired person helping lift out the old engine.
Graham is one of the yet unidentified people in the photographs.
Storm is the site manager.
I am the bespectacled bearded person holding the ball joint breaking tool.

It was truely good to be part of such a good working team and even better to catch up with every one.

Gee, I told you guys......

I wasn't there...... you didn't see me!!

He He , got there at 10 on Sat and the engine was out in a thousand pieces, then after that, every hour or so, the phone rang for the next bit required !!

Sorry I mised some of the highlights, Doogies Brown Eye?? Did anyone get a picture??

Doogies hand brake failure?? or was that a wind up he he!

Excellent effort, especially Mike for being kind enough to kick the whole thing into action, I'd say the motor is a little beauty! I drove it up and around the block after we tweaked the clutch and mixture and it was fine!!

The smile on Taits face said it all; he reckons it goes so much better than the old 3 cylinder one!!

Thanks to everyone, really my input was minimal, but I enjoyed it !!

Graham

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Sir Alec! we are not worthy!

hey everyone...

Peter and Sandra here, (taits parents)

we are greatly amazed how kind and enthusiastic the members of the ausmini club are. A special thankyou to Mike and Gina, Doogie, Aaron, Scott, Graham and everyone else we borrowed things to use...

its great to know that you can still rely on your neighbour and do a good turn for each other. Tait is already talking about having a go fixing up the old motor and doing a good turn for someone else who has killed their motor like he did. ( damn p-plater )

my 12yr old daughter is now seeking counselling as a result of Doogie's third eye.

so to everyone that helped , thank you ....

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one of the first times it started running....

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Coming to my defence, it was only a bit of plumbers crack, no actual eye.

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

Great Job Guys ...
Good to see the mini back on the road so soon...
No mini should be off the road at all.....

Cheers Monster Mini

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DVS K
Toad the Moke
Brutus the Ute
Mean Monster
Purple People Eater

hahaha
yeah I know Doogie - Madison was talking about it over dinner on Saturday night. Regina and I were extremely well fed there. She was actually made to feel a grown up because someone (a stranger) actually treated her like one by a pseudo brown eye.

If there was some real substance to anything unpleasant or a bad taste event then it certainly wouldn't be widely broadcast. It was just a humerous incident in a fun filled, entertaining and very productive day. And yes Madison did say that her first brown eye really was just a bit of plumbers crack.

To Tait
Dont run out in a hurry and reco a motor to give to someone else. Concentrate on getting to thirty years of age or more first. Get your life in order and find some happiness such as a wife, kids, morgage and a career.

At some point when you are self confident, established and content with your life, Then, pass on the favour just as we discussed. Its a long life mate - never look back with regret - only ever look forward to whats in front of you. .

Well done guys. Nothing like a bit of mateship!

I love that bling engine colour!

Is it from the White Knight range of hammertone paints?

Yes it is one of the White Knight hammertone blues.

Tait's place has a fairly steep incline down the front yard. All the painting was done either on the driveway or the grass in the front yard. After the painting was done, we all went and had a BBQ lunch to let the paint dry before we lifted the engine back in. After lunch, Scott came wandering up with a bling blue starter motor that had rolled down the grassy incline and was covered in grass clippings.

It became a less bling silver starter motor.

the best bit about the steepish incline was the prank played on doogie....

we told him his cal was rolling down the driveway....

didnt that scare him lol....

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Fantastic...you guys who came to Tait's rescue all deserve medals.

Love that bling blue colour veryyy noice

Congrats to the whole team.

Hooroo

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Rod
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v607/Rodney/

Good stuff. Nice to see all of you banding together

Got my Mini Eperience magazine in the mail today
Image my suprise at seeing one of the major players in the engine change weekend having a four page story about them and their collection.


Now you really have to buy the magazine to find out who !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Too the couple involved in the story - Well Done !!!!