Irish Mini Owners Club

I'm surprised they quoted you €271. I've bought a few mini from England and for most of them I was charged the minimum VRT rate for that class of car which is set at €315. Check out this link it has all the FAQ's. http://www.revenue.ie/faqs/faq_cat8.htm .It's a big lump for VRT alright, but the newe...

Thanks for all the replies, Well I got I sorted in the end by Brophy & Co. insurance. Very nice fella to deal with & I'm glad to have it on the road, So all I need now is for the weather to brake so I can go enjoy my new mini. Any one have Martin king's number so I can give him a call & ...

Thanks for that Billy I'll give them a try. I tried Axa again but no joy they seem to make things up as they go, one person tells you one thing and another tells you something else. Anyway I won’t using them but I'm sure I’ll get something sorted out. Thanks again.

Cheers for that, Yeah I tried axa but the girl I was talking to didn't think they insured commercial classics so she went off for a while to see if they did then came back saying she would have to call me back but I didn't hear anything else from them. Sure I'll give them another call & see if I...

Hi, I've just got myself a 1963 mini van & I was calling around all the usual classic insurance companies for a quote but due to it being a van they're all saying that they won't insure it because it's a commercial. Never thought this would be a problem but it is. Anyone know where I might get i...

Yeah I'm living in Carbury I haven't seen too many minis around my area but I'll be heading to that show to see what going on.

If you look on http://www.minispares.com/Article.aspx?aid=368 ,there is an article about fitting bigger wheels & there's info in that, near the bottom of the article, about cutting the arches .There isn't a template but they give you all the info you need to make your own. Hope this helps.

Well finally I’ve had some joy with this I found this item in mini spares so I thought I show it in case anyone else is in the same boat. Thanks anyway.

http://www.minispares.com/Product.aspx?pid=32758

The other day I was bolting back on my top engine tie bar into the block & my worst nightmare happened as I was tightening the bolt it sheered off in the engine block. & things have now just got worse as I’ve tried 3 different types for bolt extractors & none of them moved the bolt, with...

Yeah I'm almost afraid to check under the rudder but hopefully it will be okay, Cheers for the help.

Hi, I've got a '77 clubman & of course when it rains it leaks, I sorted one of the leaks which was coming in through the master cylinder holes but the other one is in through the windscreen on the bottom left hand corner & I can't stop it from leaking anyone have a suggestions on how to sort...