Put the back seat in so I could sit there and dream of when it will be running

Stripped the rest of the engine
Stripped rest of the cylinder head
Cleaned the pistons and block
Inspected all engine parts thoroughly, hoping it wont need a rebore as
to my suprise its already a 1380cc.

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Painting doors, four of them 'cause it's an estate and they're black on the inside, yellow on the outside so I didn't get time to spray the clearcoat.

Took the Black S on a run around the Atherton Tablelands, first up the Kuranda Range to Mareeba, then to Tinaroo Dam then on to Lake Eacham for lunch.

Home via the Cathedral Fig Tree (absolutely awesome, over 500 yrs old and 5 stories high) and the Gillies Range. Gave Rick a hand to adjust the front ride height on Roo for his "One Lap of Oz". Good day all round and the car performed perfectly

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Steve

Assembled the front hubs, front brakes etc onto the project cars front subframe.
Looked at the freshly painted body and still too afraid to start assembly cause I might scratch it

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

Welded up an old trolley i found to wheel around my engine.


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Tim

pulled the rear subframe out of one and finished and fitted the vans roof vent.

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Dog Food! Most kids like it more than Broccoli.

I lightened a Renault flywheel for our resident Frog lover...
nice casting it is too, not 1/2 full of sand like some Mini ones...

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

ran out of time, but got a CTP and insurance and am off for rego papers and plates tomorrow

Mini Matic back on the road for the first time since late 1997 according to the old rego papers

can't wait

Decided it's time to scrap and sell the van, has a crap shell but has Cooper S brakes and AVO coilovers, will start a FS thread......one day.

Not necessarily today but my ongoing preparation to store projects under the house out of the weather (and sight of SWMBO)



Use the Hammer Drill as a Jackhammer to
Dig out the dirt - the orange line is 2.5x3 m plenty of room for a mini/moke



Then fill in the access - also room to store a couple of Minis'

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

cleaned out the garage to make more room for mini parts....

also started to put my HS6 together


Kitted, clean, polished, and a nice rich SY needle put in... should be interesting...

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Here am I sitting in my tin can far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do...



“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

Prepping the Mini-K box for fitment to the 1365 stroker, I found the idler endfloat (with the standard gasket and .133 thrust washers) to be .030"
I have about 200 thrust washers, but there ain't much of a range in them.

Soooooooo, the flywheel housing is on the mill, getting a .024" haircut.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Just got rego'd it and got the plates, tomorrow the fun begins!

Started the day cleaning subframe parts. When that was finished the blaster called to say subframe was ready, so went and picked it up, then threw a coat of paint on subframe and other bits. Also threw new hydro lines in. Now for beer, rubgy, hankypanky and sleep, in that order and i've started. Guess where i'm up too?

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Dog Food! Most kids like it more than Broccoli.