Irish Mini Owners Club

dammit Neil, this isnt gonna help my 'must have an era' phase!!

congrats shay. its an absolute minter!!

brought the 78 cooper ( :mrgreen: ) down today, was so hungover i only managed to see about 10 cars in the paddock, then headed to honda for couple of track pics and a lie down. what a cracking day. i look like a west mayo farmer now though. heres a couple of lazy pics from the fence. kept missing t...

Thanks for the replys guys, gonna do some ringing around.

I know its not northside, but Chaukley Tyres in Ranelagh should sort you out.

Cant recommend them enough. Had a couple of sets done there.

The guy is a classic car nut and was a really nice chap.

details here
http://www.vazumo.com/companydetails/52 ... +Tyres+Ltd

We were thinking of getting a few prices on fixing up our 98 Cooper, Betty. Looking to replace the scuttle (at the very least) probably the A panels, window seal. Its more of a freshen up job than full resto. Want somebody good as I dont want to have to go back and do the same job in 2 years. If any...

very clean cooper on dame street last week.

Great pics and WHAT a day for it

Must get my ass back down there, I love that part of the country
(even if i cant understand a bloody thing the locals are saying)

girl i work with parked around the corner the other day. some might recognise the mini,
its Ally's (of NI-Minis) old smoker.

jocelynn wrote:That would be a Datsun 100a Maxi

Its absolutely gorgeous!! Im guessing it doesnt go out in the rain,
they were made from dairygold if remember right

Saw mister Paul Kelly driving a very strange shaped mini yesterday

also stevie, if that doesnt work, unscrew all indicator surrounds and check for water ingress. i had terrible trouble with indicators on my old cooper, and it was all down to corroded contacts within the light itself. backs of the bulbs were covered in rusty gunk. a quick sandpaper job and i was rig...

wow! what a great set of pics, whoever took them should consider a career in photo journalism, no words needed at all :mrgreen: i think if theres one photo that ever summed up mini ownership, this is it http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh264/whytejason/kevins%20folder/DSCF1127.jpg well done joe an...

yay! good stuff guys. great news. stuff baby seats, loads of room in the back of the pickup

gareth wrote:

thestillminis wrote:Seen a nice Green Mini in Donnybrook area last night, with a fine white roof rack.

could have been maxi and jill.

Not guilty, had betty out today tho for her nct, failed

wow gareth, you kept that quiet. its gorgeous dude!

well wear dude!

not a fan of the playboy bunny steering wheel

any more info on it? stick up a thread with some info and more pics

mad4mini's wrote:if you dpnt mind me asking what arches and alloys do you have on it??


great looking car by the way and should be a little pocket rocket when its finished off

They are wood and Pickett arches
and the wheels I have on at the mo are standard minilites.

ah no gareth

Our 98 cooper, the "not working" fog light kinda fell off and I've passed 3 ncts with no mention of it

Some in-car footage (not even sure its the same race, but who cares)

PT 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIoAHTsf ... re=related

PT2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7k-8Y2h ... re=channel

PT3
http://www.youtube.com/user/rjelbert#p/ ... rZRxkdkp20

Some fantastic action from the Goodwood Revival

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq743jZ6 ... re=related

i love the pic of the guy checking his rear view mirrow he's on to you stan

Woah! A spotters thread masterclass from mister stan. Good man!

I havent seen any minis in ages around town

thanks dudes. have to say hats off to Paul for all the work, the level of work/engineering is simply mind blowing.

little you tube of it running. if you listen very carefully, you can hear the wee tricking down my leg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hq0vhQikEY

:D i dropped out to check out the mini today, it looks (and sounds) absolutely incredible!!! Not finished yet, but its on the home stretch. Heres a couple of pics. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3298/4568254312_74de48773b.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4568247984_1889bc2a6e.jpg http://farm5...