Ausmini
It is currently Sun Jul 27, 2025 9:27 am

All times are UTC + 10 hours




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 29 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next
Author Message
PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:56 am 
Offline
998cc
998cc

Joined: Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:26 am
Posts: 900
Location: Christchurch New Zealand
I've just bought another one! A NZ assembled standard model '65 Austin Mini, a genuine 25K on the clock and one lady owner. It is covered in surface rust but very tidy. The plan is to do a respray on the outside only and preserve as much of the original paint as I can. It runs sooo sweet and drives as well as it sounds. I have some pics, would someone like to put them up on the board for all to see?

Al


Last edited by 66S on Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:36 am, edited 1 time in total.

Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:12 am 
Offline
1098cc
1098cc
User avatar

Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:40 am
Posts: 1943
Location: New Zealand (whangarei)
hi al, send them to me, il put them up for you. sounds gooood!!!
jed

_________________
speed costs....how fast do you want to go...


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:20 am 
Offline
Postally Verbose
Postally Verbose
User avatar

Joined: Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:12 am
Posts: 19595
Location: Northern NSW
With the amount of mini's being discovered lately in NZ and here there can't be very many left really ....

_________________
Image


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:25 am 
Offline
1098cc
1098cc
User avatar

Joined: Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:36 pm
Posts: 1581
Location: melbourne
great, sounds awesome. good on you for keeping it stock too.
good to see it found its way into the right hands. nothing like finding a original mini :D :D :D :D

_________________
real men race downhill - keiichi tsuchiya


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:35 am 
Offline
1098cc
1098cc
User avatar

Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:40 am
Posts: 1943
Location: New Zealand (whangarei)
sports850 wrote:
With the amount of mini's being discovered lately in NZ and here there can't be very many left really ....

trademe.co.nz, search riley elf :wink:

_________________
speed costs....how fast do you want to go...


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:36 am 
Offline
998cc
998cc

Joined: Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:26 am
Posts: 900
Location: Christchurch New Zealand
jbeenz wrote:
hi al, send them to me, il put them up for you. sounds gooood!!!
jed


Hi Jed,
Where to e-mail them?

Al


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:41 am 
Offline
1098cc
1098cc
User avatar

Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:40 am
Posts: 1943
Location: New Zealand (whangarei)
oops, my email ico has gone walkabouts...pm sent. im getting excited! :oops:

_________________
speed costs....how fast do you want to go...


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:09 pm 
Offline
1098cc
1098cc
User avatar

Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:40 am
Posts: 1943
Location: New Zealand (whangarei)
Image
Image
Image
Image
[img]http://i54.photo[IMG]http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g93/jbeenz/Austinhome7.jpg[/img]bucket.com/albums/g93/jbeenz/Austinhome8.jpg[/IMG]
Image
[img]http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g93[IMG]%20%20%20%20%20http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g93/jbeenz/Austinhome4.jpg[/img]/jbeenz/Austinhome5.jpg[/IMG]
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image

_________________
speed costs....how fast do you want to go...


Last edited by jbeenz on Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:48 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:23 pm 
Offline
1275cc
1275cc
User avatar

Joined: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:45 pm
Posts: 4031
Location: Adelaide, SA
:shock: . Ummm can't find the words....

That is great! For an original, unrostered car of course, but still, an exterior and engine bay tidy up (de-rust and respray) will make it as it was back then. Finding a well-kept interior like that, and low miles is amazing.

_________________
1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T 8)


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:44 pm 
Offline
1098cc
1098cc
User avatar

Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:40 am
Posts: 1943
Location: New Zealand (whangarei)
i think i got them all up :D thats an awesome lil car! love it! want it!

_________________
speed costs....how fast do you want to go...


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:45 pm 
Offline
Postally Verbose
Postally Verbose
User avatar

Joined: Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:12 am
Posts: 19595
Location: Northern NSW
Talk about being jealous , it looks like it's been setup for a magazine shoot or something ....

_________________
Image


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:46 pm 
Offline
998cc
998cc

Joined: Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:26 am
Posts: 900
Location: Christchurch New Zealand
The interior is the real gem about the car. Jed might post a couple of pics I took in the front, showing the seats and carpets. The headling has no glue staining at all and is nice and white. It is hard to describe it but it has that old car smell, nothing else smalls quite that way!

Al


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:49 pm 
Offline
1098cc
1098cc
User avatar

Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:40 am
Posts: 1943
Location: New Zealand (whangarei)
yup, posted those now, i missed a couple, i think thats the lot now :D

_________________
speed costs....how fast do you want to go...


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:05 pm 
Offline
848cc
848cc

Joined: Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:15 am
Posts: 34
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
What a fabulous find :lol: Check the window security and the door openers :lol: Congratulations on this find, an original 1965, Mini 850. Worth heaps. Was it built in Australia?

PM

_________________
ThePM


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:28 pm 
Offline
998cc
998cc

Joined: Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:26 am
Posts: 900
Location: Christchurch New Zealand
ThePM wrote:
What a fabulous find :lol: Check the window security and the door openers :lol: Congratulations on this find, an original 1965, Mini 850. Worth heaps. Was it built in Australia? PM


Hi PM,
The car was NZ assembled from English CKD parts but with some NZ componentry. Did I say before, the colour is Bermuda Blue?

Al


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 29 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next

All times are UTC + 10 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 88 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to:  

cron

© 2016 Ausmini. All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.