Hello all!!

I am from Canberra, ACT. I have a Boston Green 78 Clubman which is being prepared for rego.

I hope to catch up with the Canberra mob once the car is ready!!

Cheers

RAY

Welcome Razor....the ACT Mini Car Club meets the third Wednesday of the month at Deakin Sports and Social Club (1830 for dinner, 1930 for the meeting)....Feb is the annual general meeting so a good time to come along and join up and get elected to the committee

North, South, East or West

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O'Connor.......

Thanks for the pointer to the the ACT Mini Car Club!

I go through there daily..oil look out for ye (hah arrrgggh)

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hello im joe i live in sydney and i have juz purchased a morris 1969 mini sport 1100

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

Welcome Joe , hope you have fun with your new mini , put some pics up in the members mini gallery when you get a chance so we can have a look at your mini .

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hi im damian and i have a clubman van thats solid with a roundnose front on it,my family ownes 2 mini k sedans 1 clubman sedan and a solid k panel van with matching body and engine numbers.
i live in cowra nsw near orange

Hey Damian, at least we all know where you have caught the mini bug from! Have fun with your mini and be sure to post some pics up of it. We love to see other people's mini's! Hope you enjoy your time here.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

Just re-introducing myself, at the moment, I have a 68 MK1 mini , which I use as my runabout . It has done 50,000 kms , had 3 owners , original paint , original upholstery , in bloody good nick . It was owned by a couple of little old ladies for a long time, then a young hoon got hold of it and used it as a paddock car and put a few minor dents in it, and thrashed the guts out of it. It still goes alright though and has a current rego and WOF.
I am using it as-is until I get my 64 MK1 Cooper S restored. The body is almost finished on that. It is an english car which was imported, so I have the Heritage papers which give all the details of when it was built.
So far it has cost 9k , just on the body !! and thats without paint !! But I have spent a heap on other parts, like getting new rotors and calipers reco-ed , original seats at $1200 , original wheels, which I got at a good price etc etc etc.
Cant wait to get this home !!
Anyway, an excellent forum for info, keep up the good work
Cheers, Colin

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Welcome Colin...sounds like a good little car...good luck with doing it up.

So you a power station guy (put the Huntly NZ in your profile)

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This forum looks great, I am a long time Mini fan from Sydney.

My first car was a 1962 997 Cooper bought in 1972, written off in 1975 (boohoo).

Replaced with a 850 Van with 1275, that was fun for a few years. Replaced that with 71 Ex-Police Clubman GT, still have that one but needs resto.

Also have a Terrapin Hillclimb car with 1370 Graham Russell engine. It's a hoot to drive, 400kg, 120hp.

Have a few other Minis and hope to get to restoring them when I retire, don't have time yet.

I've had a quite a few cars over the years and nothing is as much fun as a Mini. They become like a part of you.

Look forward to reading about everyone's exploits.

Pete

Hi Peter , welcome to ausmini , sounds like you're bringing a lot of knowledge with you , be great to see some photo's of your mini's and the terrapin when you get a chance to post them in the members gallery . GT on here and a few others will be interested in talking to you about your GT I'm sure .

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Welcome Peter...you and Terrapin25 should have a lot to talk about

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Hi everybody,
Sorry people but up until now I've neglected to introduce myself so here goes....

Born 12/71 in Sydney.
As a kid every now & then I'd travel in passengers seat of the Bedford 3T tray truck driven by Grandfather (Mum's side & may he R.I.P ) for James N Kirby Engineering at Milperra.
It was about here that we occasionally went to the Leyland factory at Enfield to pick up different types of machines for repair & return once finished by Kirby Eng.... used to see lots & lots of Mini's , Moke's & all things Leyland but being very young leaves blurred memories .
Left high school & started working for Repco (5.1/2yrs).... smashed my XB Fairmont on the way to work 1 day & tried replacing it with a yellow Mini Clubman S which had $2499 on the screen, only had $1700 & car yard wouldnt budge & old man wouldnt help cause Mini's werent a Ford .
Had a few more Ford's due to old man pressures & then went Holden (& still have a few) after a ride in a quick VL Turbo.... which I then purchased .... stiff S%$T Dad, you'll have to put up with it in the garage .
Went & worked for Sutton's Holden about now (2yrs).... plenty of parts experience but not much with Mini's.
Parts got boring here so I went driving for a living.... in a Daihatsu handivan as a courier, then progessed to a light truck, then a heavy truck.
Somewhere here mates had Mini's (1 was a 1310 with nitrous) as run around cars (I had Datsun's, 2 of them Turboed) & none were showed any respect.
About Nov 99 moved to Western Victoria to drive semi's interstate with Uncle down here as my foot in the door so to speak.
Then got B double licence & was going all over the eastern side of down under & all across the middle as well & in between here & there.
Now started looking for a Mini (Clubman) to play with & was waiting for the correct 1 to come along when.... hay presto, 5/1972 Clubman GT for $2500 spotted.... & quickly grabbed, with a story in itself to be told of the journey home from Adelaide with her!!!!
Currently unemployed by choice due to being annoyed with being away from home all week & sleeping in a small truck cab every night.... & getting stuffed around by A*%@H!#E bosses.
I joined up on Ausmini on 30/01/2007 & have really enjoyed all the browsing I've done & the help, tips & info I have been given, much appreciated fella's & very much looking forward to learning more from you all .
Thanks for reading all this drivel & sorry for being boring (if you arent asleep already that is) but most of all keep up the good work & long live the Mini (& Moke & variants) .
Bye for now.

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5/72 Clubman GT - awaiting restoration...... & purchase of the missing parts to do so!!!!

oooh...oooh...someone say they own a GT and live in Sydney?

Tell me more!!!