took it for its first drive in the rain, also took it for my last drive ever.
sending to townsville in morning...

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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying "Damn...that was fun!"

My SS is coming along, slowly getting her back to "orginal".

Wheels just completed;

Sandblasted ready for painting

On the car - thanks to the other half for all his hard work

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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog!!

1976 Mini SS
1971 Mini Ute (Custom) - really hubby's but I will claim half
1976 Mini SS Shell
Oh and an 850 shell waiting for our dear son to start his resto!

Cut 380mm out of the 2" zorst pipe and MIG welded a hot doggie in there. It sounds more civilized now.
Now, to shut that 45 Dellorto up a bit somehow...

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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.

Jacked up the clubman and checked out the steering rack
Sadly another pommie rack bite the dust
Now to remove it and replace with a good Aussie rack, thanks Doc

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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

Michael,
They just don't make new racks like they used to. `Made in UK' racks wouldn't be so bad if you could still buy repair bits for em...
But the current new racks made in `notUK' are rubbish.

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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.

said good bye forever....

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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying "Damn...that was fun!"

Took it out for a nice drive to dinner, as usual bumped into someone who wanted to chat about their Mini they had when they were younger, I love the conversations it starts

Took out the crappy pommie rack and put in the nicely recoed rack from the Doc.
So Doc what do I do with the pommie rack? Just scrap?

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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

Paint it black and stick it on ebay.

Thanks to all the help from today, i got my Motolita steering wheel on. Hopefully my local nut n bolt place will be able to match the missing screw from the boss.

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"Beware the lollipop of mediocrity: lick it once and you'll suck forever" Brian Wilson

Take the bearings out (if still good) and bin the rest.

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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.

Got my mini back from the Safety Cert Inspection...

L/h Inner CV Boot
R/h CV Boot clamp
Tie rod end lock nuts loose
Raplce L/h/f/ bump stop
R/h mirror
Windscreen washer jets
Number plate lights
No horn
R/h front seat belt frayed
relocate fuel filter and secure
Rear rail lights fadded
adjust front wheel bearing
rear suspension bellows
rear rims buckled
Rust in floor front left
" Boot
" Left sill

... the bloke didn't know that how to opperate the horn..

start to fit a reco head onto the mini matic

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1967 Mini Deluxe 1275 heaps of modifications
1969 Mini Matic 1100

So that's all it was? Block OK???

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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.

Not sure, but I could see a crack in the head.
Hopefully the new head will fix the problem.

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1967 Mini Deluxe 1275 heaps of modifications
1969 Mini Matic 1100