Irish Mini Owners Club

Ive been looking at this for a while. Most of the setups have been a total electric engine swap out, and pushed through the rear wheels. This one is interesting in the fact that it keeps all the same running gear, but just removes the engine block. Concern would be the bit of extra weight. Offer it...

i got the Milestone GREEN SPORT - 145/70R12 69 T from them, nice tyre, better than i had hoped - too early to tell about wear but pretty good in the wet so far.

not wishing to spoil this thread, i got a set of 4 blue (soft) from Huddersfield spares - there is a difference between front and rear rates. rear are softer. there is a code number *painted* on the flats of the spring where it mates with the spacer or subframe,

ymmv.

welcome Betty

when i bought my SPi it had 165's (falken) on the standard mini alloy rims. roadholding was good but the steering was slightly vague. recently changed to 145's and the steering became wonderfully sharp again - i haven't found any problems with roadholding, but i don't drive it that hard anymore. i w...

naw, i think pop a rover V8 in the rear and jag transaxle. cut away the body and fabricate wheel wells and arches for 18" rubber. kinda like this?

seen, online.. £5 change from £17,000

where's your redline?

they delivered....

how did Santa know????

purplehaze wrote:Oponeo.ie, free shipping
145/70/12 cheapest are 35€ a tyre
165/70/10 60€ for falkens or 67€ a piece for yokos

these guys delivered this am... *very* pleased with them!

looking for a source for tyres... 4 off 165/70-R10 Yokohama A008 and 4 off 145/70-R12 - ive priced them in UK and the shipping costs are scary.. anyone? feel free to PM me with details.

Tony Cooney wrote:Plenty of Minis to be seen in this RTE footage of Dublin in 1969:

http://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/1202/66 ... n-traffic/

Welcome back, Tony.

if you are going ahead with it, maybe a funky hippie theme?

TODAY is the last day to do this....

DaveC wrote:Sent mine a few weeks ago.
Not much time left now, get thos submissions sent in

Dave, which option did you go for?

If you haven't already done so, this Friday is the closing date for submissions to the RSA so it's time to get the finger out. If you can't figure out how to fill out the 10 questions, post here and someone will be able to help you out. from RSA: Feedback should be provided using the dedicated resp...

gutted, but glad to see you still have the car - i had one taken (a few years ago it has to be said) and they rolled it on the roof and kicked all the glass out of it when they finished lashing it around the campsite.

i got front, wings, doors, scuttle and 3/4 panels done, with a little rust chasing done for €500 - wasn't the best ever paint job, (missed the rusty bit on the 3/4 window, a bit of lacquer run on the scuttle) but the car looks pretty good now - the paint match with the bonnet & rear panels is ex...

that looks like nice kit....

drivers side, front and rear, perfect nick, in blue! - €10 - In Deansgrange, Dublin.

By the tome i got to spawell at 21:30, it was just over. Seemed like a good turnout. Only saw one other mini there, a 00 in black.

anyone recommend a place to refurbish an alternator? i used to go to a guy in Donnybrook, D4, but he's closed it seems. I have several Lucas units that are either short-circuited (draining battery overnight) or open-circuit (not charging, no ign. light) and a nice non-Lucas (Denso?) unit, any one of...

where/when is the dublin meeting? cant see it in the usual websites
*want to go*

i have a set of coil replacements springs, they are the *blue* set, proved too soft for the rear of the estate so i'm forced to go back to rubber. on the lighter saloon they would be really nice i think - probably not on the sportspack though, are they not heavier? these are direct replacement for t...