Irish Mini Owners Club

No it's out of another mini. Didn't get an engine with the car.

Just looking at the MTM form and have a query. It asks for insurance details etc. but as I'm still in the midst of my project so I don't have any details to fill in. Can I go ahead and reserve my place and pay the fee and give the details once the car is finished and I have all the window decorations.

After spending a few hours at it today I got the engine running. After laying up for the last 10 years she running as sweet as a nut

Gonna drop it out this week clean it up and paint it.

Looks amazing man. Love the gold frames. I was gonna just shoot mine with black but having seen yours think I might go with a nice red to match the final colour of the car.

Shells not to bad. The battery box and footwells need repairing and the rear panels need tacking back to the wheel arch at the seam. The body kit is in good shape apart from one crack at the n/s rear wheel arch. Should be an easy repair though as it fiber glass. It's riveted to the body and has been...

Was thinking of just letting the whole shell go with the kit on it for €300 once I have it stripped.

Cheers Keith Source Vehicle : Mini Engine type & CC : A+ 998 cc Transverse mounted Fueling : Engine features : Lucas 16AC alternator with -ve Earth 1st Alternative compression ratio Mechanical petrol pump ADO 20 Design variants Gearbox features : Std. Ratio Rod Change gearbox with Pot Joints 2.9...

Recently bought a donor for my project.

The engine number is 99H997P.

I can find details about a 99H997 engine but the 'P' is a bit of a puzzle. I found a few other forums where this came up bit couldn't find an answer?

Has anyone here came across this before??

Here's the lady that's gonna sacrifice her bits and pieces to help Jules on her way :) http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh510/ciotogceol/2012-01-28181326.jpg http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh510/ciotogceol/2012-01-28181410.jpg So I now have Front and Rear Subframes complete 2 Doors Boot and ...

Got her home today here's some pics, bit dark but you should get the idea.

Will do Macker. Haven't got her home yet but should be able to get pics up over the weekend.

I bought another mini this evening.

It has a full body kit on it which I don't want.

I'm gonna try and remove it without any damage to it and was wondering if anyone knows what it would be worth and where best to sell it?

Cheers
Adam

Were you quoted €480?

If so thats the minimum vrt for a car. It used to be €250 but the nice men in the Dail decided that was to reasonable. Despite the fact that charging vrt is illegal in the eu and Ireland has to pay a fine every year for charging it.

Looks cool spud. Where'd ya get the seats.

When I bought the car there was a three dial clock fitted and I've seen a few awesome dashes to suit those, but the centre clock has that retro look which is pretty cool to.

Dunno what way to go??

Found a mini today in a scrap yard. It has the old dash with the speedo in the centre. When I saw it I thought that it would be cool to put that into my 88 mayfair.

Just wondered has anyone else done this and if so how did it turn out. Also can you buy a new dash to suit the centre mount.

Cheers.

Would love to put a 1300 in to her but it all depends on price??

Although there's a 1275 GT for sale on here, no pics yet though.

Ok after finding the block and head casting numbers I have found out it is Morris A35 engine. 948cc. The search continues.

Cheers for the feedback. I'm gonna get some pics of it in the morning and throw them up and hopefully you will be able to tell me what I've got then. I have an option to do a swap on this for a scooter I have, so I need to make sure that it's the right motor for me.

Hey all,

Looked at a motor for Jules today. There's no Id plate on the engine. I'm not sure what it is.

How can I narrow it down.

Skelly might be able to answer that. I think he gets all his work done at a garage in the north. I saw a cooper he had fixed up and there was alot done to it.

Yeah there's a patch in the drivers side thats as rough as a bears arse. Think I might clean it up and plate it right.

Good news. one less thing to buy. Cheers Ian.

Where are you based Ian, I'm in Monaghan so probably not a million miles away and I'll be needing parts soon .

Yeah its had a patch in the drivers footwell. She needs a patch under the rear seat and another in the passenger footwell. She's had sills replaced at one time. She has had a bang at the front before too, took an hour of wire brushing to remove the isapon which was a good 1/2 inch thick to uncover t...

I did not know that. So can I use the master cylinder I have for a disc brake set up??

Yeah she's an 88. I bought it from Skelly two weeks ago. Do you know much about it??