John, who would you recommend (in Sydney) to re-chrome an 850 grille, and any idea of cost (for a grille in this condition)?

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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.

[/quote]John, who would you recommend (in Sydney) to re-chrome an 850 grille, and any idea of cost (for a grille in this condition)?[/quote]

Blu Chrome do a very good Job and they use the levelling type copper solution
this fills in a lot of the pits that you cannot polish out, as to price i do not know
it is expensive because in my opinion the EPA is trying to close all plating shops
and so far a lot have closed,
I must add that Blu Chrome is run by relatives of mine,
however that is not the reason I recommend them, They are very Good at what
They Do

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" A Hundred Years From Now It will not Matter what my Bank Acount Was,
The Sort Of House I Lived in, Or The Kind Of Car I drove ... But The World May Be A Better Place
Because I was Once Important In The Life Of A Child"

I picked up a few things for my clubman resto at a great price today, the sale continues this weekend.

Thanks John.

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

Off topic slightly? I have shares in Blu Chrome due to the amount of parts they have plated and chromed for me over the past 2 years. Hopefully they are not suffering withdrawl as I havent dropped off a box of rusty parts for a few months

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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

I am glad You Agree I think They are very Good

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" A Hundred Years From Now It will not Matter what my Bank Acount Was,
The Sort Of House I Lived in, Or The Kind Of Car I drove ... But The World May Be A Better Place
Because I was Once Important In The Life Of A Child"

The sale is on again this saturday, and there are still some excellent bargains to be had
both on second hand parts and some Over stocked new parts, There are a few 1275 blocks left and a few front and rear subframes
We Will be moving to a smaller unit in The same street Graham hill road, within the next six weeks, because the new building is smaller than the one we are in It will be impossible to carry huge stocks of some second hand parts
So if you can pop out and see us and grab some bargins

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" A Hundred Years From Now It will not Matter what my Bank Acount Was,
The Sort Of House I Lived in, Or The Kind Of Car I drove ... But The World May Be A Better Place
Because I was Once Important In The Life Of A Child"

Hey John....

Do you have a standard Mini diff available today (Sunday)?

Mine went bang a few hours ago....

Currently stuck in Sydney (Bass Hill).

Perhaps if someone is going to your shop and coming back this way we might be able to organise a delivery.

Cheers,
Watto.

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Watto .
Photojournalist
Mini historian and enthusiast
http://www.theminiexperience.com.au

I can certainly help with a diff or what ever else is needed, However, I have Phoned Watto happy to help on sunday, However He has now made other arrangments, You Have My mobile watto if I can help after hours
Cheers John

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" A Hundred Years From Now It will not Matter what my Bank Acount Was,
The Sort Of House I Lived in, Or The Kind Of Car I drove ... But The World May Be A Better Place
Because I was Once Important In The Life Of A Child"

During the clean up We have found some items that May be of interest both new and second Hand, below are some of items we found
New seat covers Black with blue polka dots 2X seat cusion 1x seat squab
various other clubmand seat cusion and squab covers New
New moke inner guards front L/Hand
New clubman rear bumper bars BLACK will fit front and rear of round nose Mini
S/Hand rover mini Doors
S/Hand two guage instrument pods
S/hand head lamp assy
S/Hand wolsley grilles One may suit Hornet
S/Hand 1100 Grilles
S/Hand set of alloy wheels Suit 1100 Bolt Patern With 2 MG centre caps
S/Hand 1100 Hub caps
assorted S/Hand fuel injection Parts suit Rover Mini
Assorted S/Hand Air Con Parts Suit Rover Mini
S/Hand Rover Mini Pre Engaged Starter Motors
There are still a small amount of front and rear subframes avail
& much More

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" A Hundred Years From Now It will not Matter what my Bank Acount Was,
The Sort Of House I Lived in, Or The Kind Of Car I drove ... But The World May Be A Better Place
Because I was Once Important In The Life Of A Child"

Just Thought I would mention that We will be starting our move on Saturday november the 3Rd
We still have some bargins avail that may not be avail after the Move
If You are in ther area This Saturday or have nothing important on, Then pop in and have a look around

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" A Hundred Years From Now It will not Matter what my Bank Acount Was,
The Sort Of House I Lived in, Or The Kind Of Car I drove ... But The World May Be A Better Place
Because I was Once Important In The Life Of A Child"

Finally have time to drop in tomorrow, thankfully! See you tomorrow John!

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Basil - 1978 Leyland Mini, Brooklands Green, bit of a bitsa, and a park brick in the boot.

Do you have any NOS bits??

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sigh, wish i was in the eastern states

Yes We sure do a fair amount of Gearbox parts, Some panels For Mini & mini Moke,
Also a fair amount of the smaller Parts that are not always avail, There is also a lot of Good Second hand Parts @ very Good prices

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" A Hundred Years From Now It will not Matter what my Bank Acount Was,
The Sort Of House I Lived in, Or The Kind Of Car I drove ... But The World May Be A Better Place
Because I was Once Important In The Life Of A Child"

Just really stock pilling bits, whats going to be hard to get, in the future? ( Forget Gearbox, the S is runnign a 5 speed)

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