I don't like seeing wrecked rovers.
If unrepairable remember......you still have a van and a heap of parts.

Sorry to see that. Reminds me of my first mini though! Looked almost exactly like that after the last time I drove it.


Glad to hear no serious injuries... cars are replaceable..even minis

Cheers, bryan

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1964 Morris 850 and some!!

i've seen your rover before in the city, around exhibition street. it was a really nice rover, sorry to see it go. you should be able to strip it and use heaps of good parts, sell the rest.

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real men race downhill - keiichi tsuchiya

Ouch, that is some prang. Luckily you're fine.

What speed were you going at? I'm surprised how well the Mini held up actually (and that the steering wheel actually crumpled backwards, the way it was designed)

crap mate, sorry to hear the bad news, any problems with other party give me a call, advice is free... Hope Shannons is looking after you...

As long as your OK and only pride is hurt, thats fine, cars can be fixed, people take longer..

Any assistance needed, don't hesitate, just ask.

Keep smilin....

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Its good to see you are fine - shame about the car though

So sad, John. Sorry to hear / see.

Isn't that the one you're trying to sell?

Sorry to see that happen VicMini13.. But as they say, you can fix the old car but your own old body may feel the pain for a few more days...

gee that photo brings back memorys
from this.

to this...

...it so sad when this happens.
hope all is ok....my car was a tad worse than that and i was told it could be repaired.what the roof like ...no kinks????....mine had a bad dent where the roof tried to peel away from the seem ...hope insurance all pays up ok too.got brused knees?????i did ...hit them on the stering lowering bracket....blody hurt too....and my wife hit her head on the bolt that hold the original seat belts near the roof too....
i still get all funny when people bring up my mini acident....but very happy your ok...and like im allways told.....minis can be rerpaired..but you cant.....

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started a new project...there goes all my free time....

Hi John, so sorry to hear about this. Good to know that you are OK.

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'98 Mpi Sportspack + 7 port alloy head

Sorry to hear about your loss. Glad to hear that you are ok though. Are you planning to stick with mini's and buy another one or are you going to see if this one can get repaired first?

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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

Finally set up a hosting page, so here are a few clearer pics:


Ouch! - doesn't look too bad from this angle because I hit square on


"Don't call me hooknose" [Life of Brian] - btw the pinstripe use to be straight


Front left - torn scuttle seam, popped seam cover, etc


front right is now shaped more like the rear (sorry for sideways - next time I'll know to rotate before uploading )


Oh my aching lights (sorry again for the angle)

So here's what happened... peak hour, King Street, Melbourne CBD, Clearway Zone, heading west about 5 minutes after sunset

The two right lanes were coming to a stop, I'm in the left (curbside Clearway lane) with about another half a block open in front of me, about a half car length behind the car in the lane to the right of me, so I start to brake lightly to wipe off a bit of speed as I continue up the left lane beside the other two stopped lanes.

As my front bumper is about level with the car to my right's rear door, a Magna station wagon that has come the opposite way up King street and turned right comes out from the front of the car beside me on my right

I was still probaly doing around 50kph and I can remember thinking as I increased the pressure on the brake that "this is going to be big ... I don't want to do this" as I hit him square in the front wheel - the rest, as they say, is now history

What are the sub frame mounting points like John ? Is she repairable

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'98 Mpi Sportspack + 7 port alloy head

Sad news John! Glad you are basically okay, but sorry for the poor Mini.

It seems to happen far too often lately - Minis getting hit I mean!

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

The front of the car is touching the engine, and the engine and subframe have pushed the firewall back, plus the floor where the subframe mounts has push up a couple inches. Everything is repairable if you throw enough money at it, but I don't think she'll be back on the road again. Just have to wait and see what the insurance company says.