I had the most oddball conversation with this guy at the local greasies today. He couldn't have been more than 20yo.

It started off typically enough, "Nice Mini you have there." Followed by, "I used to have an ol' Mini."

And from there it went skewiff.

Apparently, his car was Mr Bean green with a black bonnet. Factory original colours, you know. And it was a convertible with a leather interior. Apparently the replacement of cost of such an interior is around $14,000.

I asked if it was a clubby or a roundy. "It was a Clubsport mate" he says.

The conversation was doing my head in. I couldn't grab my fish & chips quick enough. I got out of there.

hahah add that one to the list of i had one of those but it was a "***?"

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'66 Morris Mini DeLuxe. In pieces.
'88 Honda EE2 4WDWagovan. DOHC.
'94 Honda EG4 Civic. -Daily-
'82 Toyota KE70 Corolla -Drifter- x2
'95 Honda DC2 Integra

he he he , we've all been there , normally they fitted an auto box from a gemini in it or they had the factory 1600cc option ....

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.....mine was the Cooper S with the twin cam engine.

I had a bloke once who swore he had a four door mini

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I once had a bloke ask if I had any genuine door trims for a XU1 four door.

I decided not to shop at that Repco store any more.

Sounds like the guy I met today has done the rounds already.

apparently a standard 850 can do 220km top speed

so this guy convinced him self

A mate of mine had this guy turn up to buy his old 850. He kept trying to slam it into 1st on the move, my mate had to explain that it was a 3 synchro box and it wasn't meant to go into 1st while moving. This bloke responded "No it isn't, I designed the gearbox in these cars". Oh yeah, 'course you did.

By contrast I met an old guy at a servo recently when I was filling up the Moke. He told me a long, but very funny, story about when he worked for the local agent here in Hobart selling Mokes, a gem of a bloke.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

"they were always green mate, British racing green you know..."

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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

i get it all the time with he Fang. I had one of those but with the twin cam toyota motor and a 5 speed but i had different lights on it

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120bhp with 450kg just fun waiting to happen

We were prob. drunk when we set it up last and thought this will be a good idea

He would had mistaken it for an elfin..

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My favourite which i've had a few times is when i get approached and asked if my 1000S is a Cooper S.

They then go on to say "I once had a Cooper S"....

Uuuh? Didn't they ever look at the front?

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Dean Hutton's first car was a Mini.

the amount of times ive had "i used to own one of them".

And everyone has to put their two cents in. Especially old people, just yesterday i had an old guy about 60 try to tell me to set my points at 14thou. He was right, but it was evident he didnt know ANYTHING else.

You cant go anywhere without someone offering to buy the car, or give you advice on how to make it better.

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Aussie Leyland, Aussie Factory, Aussie Mini S.

too true.

"i had one of these in '73.."

you had a 1993 rover mini cooper in 1973?