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Absolutely class, I saw Benny when I was over in Paul's before a Christmas a few times, and saw him at different stages, huge amount of work and looks fantastic, love it Maxi

You have a pm sir

If Elmo doesn't want them Ill take them Neil

Mark

Good stuff Bert and keep the pics coming

Looks fantastic as always Maxi

Few quick updates Interior, rewired and new ignition and cowell fitted http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m66/hughesmarkie/Mobile%20Uploads/86535563-21FC-4A41-9B24-1FB15C7A6D82_zpsneba156y.jpg You can see the lower part of the from panel I need to tidy up and repaint when im getting the door done......

hmmm, think the 10's look a bit wierd man. i reckon you should go sportpack 13's with a hornet flip front :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: seriously tho, looks fab and some great mods. its soooooooo clean!!! It was a toss of a coin to go the 13" sportspack route :lol: :lol: Cheers Maxi , Its not ...

I remember seeing the thread on your clubby... a beauty, is yours in storage or do you need to do a bit of work?

Finally a bit of an update :D So I stripped all the broken and damaged bits out, Ignition has been rewired and new steering lock/barrel fitted, Along with a new cowling. The drivers new glass is ordered and due to arrive tomorrow and next is to sort the passenger door out before sending off for pain...

Cheers lads, yeah and in fairness Axa were good to deal with, first claim Ive ever had to make in 16years of driving. Also Ive started the job of ordering whats needed and getting her sorted in the next few weeks

Yeah I'm just glad the damage wasn't as bad as it could have been...

From a few other car forums I'm on there appears to be a bit of a spike in the number of cars being stolen or attempted in the last few weeks...

Well lads an update and not a good one Im afraid :evil: Came out the other morning to be greeted by this :shock: http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m66/hughesmarkie/Mobile%20Uploads/C38F9689-4BE9-4239-B404-831108F30A0B_zpsoljlsoha.jpg http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m66/hughesmarkie/Mobile%20Uplo...

One word Maxi...YES cant wait to see it in the flesh

Cheers lads,

Yes that would be very embarrasing Maxi, we must avoid such a fashion fowpa.... its bad enough copying the colour of benny, next ill be doing a BMW K conversion

Oh and TMG dont you meant the inconsistency of the door gap

Hey all, its been far too long since I’ve been on here and I have been meaning to get my ass along to a meet, a run or ebven the autojumble and catch up with whats being going on but usual crap has kept me occupied, work, other cars, kids etc. and of course getting married. Which is what brings me t...

Hi Coolmini, As someone who has built and run many a turbo'd mini many engine sizes and variations you need to get yourself onto turbominis.co.uk there is so much information and related build threads ( including 7 port turbo's etc)... jump on there and get reading up as there are so many different ...

Dylan8660 wrote:What's up with your neighbours car?

Haha that's the guys wife, she was just cleaning it believe It or not

BERT wrote:Fairly sure RSP's have factory sunroofs

Yeah I did a bit of reading the Rsp would have factory sunroof.
I'm still pleased she's got the S conversion, from what I've read they seem to be sought after in the UK.

Billy wrote:Tom Mealiff in Sligo has one. Worth making contact with him.

Cheers Billy, I must get onto Him so

Hi all Last week I stumbled across a little 91 mini Cooper. After a quick inspection cash was handed over and I took her home. She has been sitting gathering dust in a garage for the last 2 years so she does needs a little tlc but nothing to major thankfully. It wasn't till I got her home and flicke...

What's the condition of the drivers door?
Hoe much?
Thanks

Alright VariaL, Ive built many turbo A series minis and I found TM to be the best resource for all information, just join up and search, there has been so many build threads on there that go into great detail on everything heres a recent build thread for a 998 turbo http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forum...

Build thread is here if anybody is interested, when I saw it I though Jesus clubmans look class in poo brown

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/inde ... 94557&fr=0

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I saw this today, its a great vid of Ben then Wil from TM doing a run at the Harewood hilclimb last weekend in Bens 998 turbo mini.... shes a little rocket, and sounds class

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTOfZ-LU1KY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqJZHdVKz1Q

enjoy

Alright Lad, I’ve polished a lot of the engine components for my RX7 from scratch its a long process and involves a lot of wet and dry sanding to bring the metal to the mirror finish, Stainless is easier than un treated steel but you could follow the process without the sand paper, treatment and buf...