almost 3 years .. and its still just a shell
and my new van ive only had for a month or 2

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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

65 delux, bought it in june 1973 had been my daily driver up until 3 years ago, was continuously registered, now in my garage waiting for my retirement.
Went on the honeymoon trip too....

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Over 1,000,000Km, but now my retirement restoration project

He he he ... 2nd question for the long time owners , do you consider your mini to be somehow "alive" and have a personality , if so , what type of personality is it ?

The sports850 is definitely alive and it's personality is something along the lines of a middle aged woman ....

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All Cars Have Souls

6 months, i love it even though its a piece of crap atm cant wait to pimp it haha

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Looking for a 1275 engine to rebuild in Adelaide

you mean it wants time alone to find its self

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Roundies and Clubbies(except vans) are both ugly that is why I have Midas and a van
1293 Mini Midas Bronze,1275 Clubman van

Bought mine when I was 14, in 1998. Paid $475 for it - I don't wanna know how much I've spent on it since. I've bought & sold about 11 other cars in the meantime, during that time it's slowly evolved from a rusty non runner into a very tidy and orginal classic!

When bought (unreg'd, had to trailer it home):



11 and a half years later, at Minis At The Mill 2009:



Drove brilliantly up and back, no dramas at all, better than I expected on the freeway too! As for the question about cars having souls, I'll just say that I know I would never be able to sell it now, and would probably cry if something bad ever happened to it - so many memories!

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Dave - 64 Nurburg White Morris 850 & 67 Morris Mini Deluxe (Bro's Car)
Previous Rides - 62 Morris 850 (Sold '03 - Now 'Lulu-62') & 76 Clubman S (Sold '99 - SFW-863)
+ Too many other classics

My Countryman (Woody) has been in my posesion since 1976, so 33 years.

Garry

Does this mean you are in the dog house at the moment Jon (good to see you posting again after your eye problem , all sorted now ?) ?

Nahh , it is very proper about the times it will allow itself to be driven hard , never late at night and always at respectable hours . When I first bought it , it had an AM radio in it and all the way to Goulburn and wherever I went after that it only seemed to pick up male 1960's singers clearly . It used to annoy the hell out of me , nothing was clearer than 60's music .

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Only 6 years....

However, that is 30% of my life, which I reckons not too bad.

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

The 1st, a mini deluxe, for 34 years until the son destroyed it . Currently 4 years for the Cooper and 2 years for the clubbie .

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1964 998 Cooper , 1968 Morris 1100

Owned a Cooper S replica back in the early 80's and just got back into the little devils...owned a clubman shell for about one month!

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Regards,

Mike
"He who dies with the most toys wins."

Current 850 for 19 years, never driven it, i have used wheels, brakes & engine, just not in this car. there have been others in between, but in the end as someone once said, THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!!
As for the other question?
They only have the soul that you put into them

About 12 and a half years.
Mine has a split personality- a slutty princess

One of my other mini's wants to meet your mini

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