yeah.... I know that car, the owner is a first rate .. ummm .. nice guy?

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

Look on the bright side. All these mini's that are parked in backyards and paddocks and are never going to re-surface on the "register" are driving up the value of your car !

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Mokestar you`re so right,,, i`ve been at him & at him about this all my life but he`s a "gonna"...

he`s Gonna do this & he`s gonna do that & one day he`s gonna do this one up & one day he`s gonna do that one up & one day he is gonna modify this one & ,,, well,, yeah there is about 30 cars just sitting there rotting away, thankfuly we have the marcos, the station wagons, the daimlers & the Packard under cover,,, the Humber is outside, the kimberly ute is outside, the 1800 ute is outside, there were a couple of "S" ourside but i think they`ve gone now,,, both 1275LSs were under cover but he recently sold one of them,,, His Austin 7 is sort of half under cover,,, he has a triumph in one of the sheds but it shat a head gasket ages ago & he hasn`t bothered to fix it,,, there`s old mokes & mini sedans & some of our speedway minis & an old rover & one of the old hillclimb specials is just rotting away out the back yard

yep,,, it sickens me & he keeps saying that hes "Gonna" build a big shed soon

I reckon he`s just "gonna" keep playing with his dam computer & not do anything else

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

There's a Mini behind a garage in Redland Bay that's suffering the same fate. I check in on it every now and then, but still havent been allowed a good look at it. It's supposedly an early Coopers S, and hasn't moved in at least 5 years, but probably much longer. Last time I asked, the guy wanted $17 500 for it.

last time I drove thru Barellan, there was a white GT under a pile of rubbish in a shop front window, with words finger-written in the dust - "not for sale, so don't ask".

There's laws against neglecting children, but not against letting classic cars deteriorate. I don't get it

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.