Irish Mini Owners Club

Excellent news congrats man

Is it a Fiat 500.... I might get banned from here for saying this but I love them little 500s especially those new ones i think Fiat done a much better job than Bmw and Volkswagen in bringing back these cool retro cars .

ooh very nice ... What ya order ?

Is it not only if the steel is rotten that it would need to be chopped out... Im defo not going to be chopping anythin its only bubbles comin through etc I thought i could just sand it back treat the area fill if need be prime it spray it with a can and prime it etc ?

No the car is'nt the main driver it's only a weekend fun car and its not bad rust I dont think I'm sure I'll find more like you said though. But for the bubbles and surface rust I was just gonna sand back to bear metal wire brush it prime it and spray it with a can of spray no welding or compressors...

Hi lads , just a couple of questions I have a 92 mini with a few patches of rust I was thinkin of trying to repair them myself :) sure what could possibly go wrong ha ha The colour is British racing green and found the colour I need in halfords online but was wondering what colour is the white they ...

haha thats excellent well done man

brakes what brakes haha im only short of having to throw an anchor out the window or a parachute in the boot

I think your right now that ya mention it i think i remember readin about that before cheers man.

I have a 92 cooper on the inside it has 4 switches lights, hazards, window demister but whats the 4th one beside the choke ? I pressed it today for the craic but it only lights up if i hold the switch down it doesnt stay on and couldnt figure out what it does

Thanks a mill I gave fbd a call there this morning and they will insure me on just regular insurance for third party only 470 and tpft for 520 so thats not bad at all in my eyes, best I've found by a good bit so it looks like fbd for me and prob have to classic insure it next year if i get it, it wi...

hi lads just a quick question sorry if its been covered before but i couldn find the exact info so maybe you's can help me Im 25 with full licence and would like to insure a 1990 mini as a 2nd weekend car on classic insurance is this possible or does car need to be 21 years old ? Another problem I m...

haha that is super lookin I want

its sad news alright RIP

Congrats best of luck with it any pics ?

Awe pants no probs man is it a big job to replace do ya know ?

Hi lad's just 2 quick question's regarding clutch work..... Is the car drivable with the master cylinder seized the drive would'nt be long was just wondering or would it need a tow etc . Also how hard would it be to replace master and slave cylinder would it be a big job or would I manage myself wit...

Excellent thats cool thanks a mill for that stan your very helpfull thanks.

cheers stan thanks a mill I'll try talk to kenneth so

How hard is it to fit and wire 2 spots to a mini that never had spots ?

And is minispares the best place to get parts etc like these ?

Cheers Kona will do the only thing is though its cheap I reckon I'd get it @ € 2.000 but suppose ya pay for what ya get

Probably a difficult one to answer but here goes I viewed a 96 mini cooper last weekend but its a uk import and has the usual mini rust here and there I've seen a lot worse there is no holes or anything like that just little patches here and there like under lights and side of bonnet its just paint ...

Anyone selling any minis at this ? Im still looking so might head up there and have a gander

Managed to get through to vrt in santry there and they said 1080 so ill have to knock that on the head they value it at 4250 and charge 24 percent of that how come I can get it online for 480 though and why do they not recognise rover mini ? The search continues for my mini

They valued it at 2000 Its not a monte no i dont think so anyway heres a link to the car http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1020787

Hi lads Im thinking of buying a 96 mini I seen online it says its a cooper and has 80k miles on it but its a N.I reg and when i enter the details of austin mini cooper (cos there is no rover mini on the vrt website) it comes up vrt 480 is this right as it seems cheap and have heard of horror stories...