John,

Its probably here in dribs and drabs...but can you please lay out the short history of your shop? (that is, shops you were associated with or worked in).

PS keep up the good work on Ausmini...

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"Show me the Mini!"

That would be pretty cool to read.
Has there ever been an article done (mini experience? Mini magic?)?

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1963 850 - laid up
1970 Morris mini K van - eating up the kms!

Come on Yoda get onto it, your not getting any younger you know!

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Your silliness has been noted.

John has been around since Mini's were invented....and has been associated with them for most of that time.

He must have a zillion stories (without giving away any secrets - trade or otherwise!)

Did John ever compete on any sort of track? probably never had the spare time...

What was the best car you have ever seen or owned John?...don't have to be a Mini (although that might be dangerous if you say it on Ausmini)....

Cheers, Mick

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"Show me the Mini!"

hee hee,,, i remember going to see John with my dad WAAAAAYYY back when i was a little fella,,, it was BEP spares back then,,, dad & john would tell jokes & speak sh!t & carry on & dad would always buy heaps of parts & fill the mini station wagon completely with parts, soo much so that i`d be bundled into the back corner of the very back of the wagon crunched up into a ball

this was only one of Very Many trips Very Similar to eachother



Ahhhh,,, those were the days

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

I can remember going down in the mid nineties every couple of months to john's with a shopping list and $1000-1500 cash and handing larry a list and he new all the part numbers of the top of his head and come back with no money or owe my mate money when we got back ah the good old days

Getting to it he must be.

KB

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Ease up guys; John is busier than a one legged frog in a snake pit at the present not having completed the move as yet. It's a commercial thing.

I'm very supportive of keeping our good MK and just at the time-being, I sense its a good time to encourage the move across the road as the highest priority.

Can we help

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..still waiting for the Italian Job sequel to see if the bus went down

I'm sure he'd appreciate some weekend (or other) assistance from trusted members of the Mini community at the moment. If you can spare some time please ask him. Whilst he's operating a commercial entity he continues to give us much, much more than you'd expect from your average automotive parts supplier, including valuable contributions to this forum. To many he is a good friend, and one who may need a little help at this busy time.

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

Any chance you would still honour these prices John?

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"Show me the Mini!"

Those RCN adds were always pretty mouthwatering. Is there a MK online shop now? The printed catalogue is great.

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Slide
1965 Mini Van (1360)
1970 Mk2 Cooper S (1310)
1978 Rover SD1 V8 (4.6)
1996 Land Rover Discovery V8 (4.0)

I Wish I could buy those Parts Now for the prices I was selling them for back then.

I did get a call From a guy about 12 months ago who wanted a P76 V8 Motor
For $450.00 He had just read the add in a Modern motor Magazine whilst in a Doctors waiting room
The add was from around 1977
Thank You for putting that on It bought back great memories

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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 can sell him a P76 v8 engine for $450 ... i have about 12x of them

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Get them on ebay Matt they will sell like hot cakes, I sold all mine Many years ago.
one Guy I sold a couple of motors sold one of them recently for $4000.00

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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"