Irish Mini Owners Club

i actualy think thats a fair enough price considering and never expect to get the money out of any car you put into it so its a matter of love and apreciation... a mini fan who can will restore a car regardless of cost unless they haven't got the money or know-how which in that case the car should b...

nice collection of mini's, imo it would be a waste of an origional mini to break it because of rust... there are far too many being broke as it is.... and thats from a person who doesn't like mpi's

Might be worth a look if anyone is on the market for a clubby...
they don't seem to pop up too often so worth pointing it out

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/3855323

if you paid through invoice then you can open a dispute with paypal saying the car wasn't as described and put you case to them, no guarantee though. if you can, bring a camera or similar incase you'll need photo's to back up a claim.

not a mini but i bought a car in scotland 2 years ago on ebay and the seller wasn't very honest, i honoured the commitment all the same and drove it home the next day, rad blew on the M1 and if it wasn't for a dozen eggs i would have left it there :lol: thats not to say all sellers are like that tho...

when your looking at the block from the front as it would sit in a mini the stamp should be infront of piston no1 (1st piston from rad) but if the block has been skimmed at all the numbers will not be present...

yea then in 64 the 970 and 1275 came in to facilitate racing afaik.... it could have been on show in a showroom unregistered till 1967 when it was registered, happened a fair few classic's, but its worth checking out...

about the same as what UK ones go for. *but* it all depends on condition and that lovely word "provenance" have a look at this: http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/17261/lot/266/ little enough chnge out of 20k sterling. a cracking little car but its the history of that car that helped it rece...

1stly what will you be hoping to weld with it? thickness etc? i use a hobby sip 130 migmate and tbh their not worth a sh!t... need alot of mods including installing a seperate wire feed motor to get decent welds.... a welder fitted with a euro torch would be a bonus but otherwise a clarke hobby weld...

any updates??

have been following it here myself.... great achievement!!

http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/to ... s-from-nz/

joeyfinneran wrote:Over 30 years is the lower tax and people seem to think thats got to do with nct

use to be 30yrs for nct untill a couple of years back when they changed it to pre 80's, they just let the tax run on.

personaly it would be good to see abit of origionality because there are alot more possibly better conversions than a vtec... get the picture rolling

i realy like that, has a nice hotrod look to it, stick a V8 in it and your sorted

have ye been ringing their old number by any chance?

love it too, when i seen the body i said to myself must be zcars but unusual conversion for them... fair play to the bloke doing a self build.... those shells are a class act

it was on the likes of theminiforum and turbominis etc where some who have fitted quickracks in the past quickly reverted back to standard racks due to handling issues. thats what i came across when i was looking into them but never used 1 but i'll have a bit of a search again...

just an observational question but is it not said that quick racks produce bad handling issues on mini's?

a good book of swear words, you'll find an time when you will use most of them

macker wrote:Ger, where did you get the bonnet fasteners from?

their areocatches, come in lockable and non-lockable, any good modified car shop should have them and maybe car suplies shop. the likes of deemon-tweeks online would stock them too.

built from an estate i assume, looks abit different to the norm i supose

D.M.G.T wrote:Iv seen far worse restored!!

+1 but i won't say much more because i too would love to get my hands on those panels... will collect too

Hey Just wondering does anyone know someone around Newcastle that deals with minis, or that races minis! Anyone's help would be grateful merlin on here does but don't think he's opperating at the moment... maybe if ye contacted hughesmarkie, also on here, i'm sure he may be able to help or know som...

stunning looking mini mate, are ye putting a steel or grp front on it? i have a grp front for mine but might go steel for the nct.

anyways keep up the good work

I have tried to find 'mini restoration company' on facebook and google without any luck. Do you have a url? they were in palmerstown but now that i've checked i can't find them myself :roll: here is a thread you may find relevant at the start and i've i link to their f/b page in it but it can't fin...