Irish Mini Owners Club

Small update! Shell has been at the bodyshop for the last week, hoping to have it back within the next 2 weeks! Ended up buying a new driver's wing and A-panel as the ones that are fitted don't look right at all. Have also been busy buying lots of new bits including interior, shiney bits, brake bits...

Very nice...well done!

Slidey windows are the best

No...forgot to take any!

One of the other lads there took some videos of it from outside, think he'll have them uploaded this week.

Yep, for some reason it was bogging down when changed into 2nd (possibly fuel starvation)...hence revving the nuts off it to keep the revs high!

Cheers, just fixed it too!

Check out this restoration of a '61 Mini in Pakistan.

There are some serious skills here!

http://www.pakwheels.com/forums/d-i-y-p ... mini-minor

No nasty surprises really. Car is pretty much 100% solid, it's had a LOT of repairs done over the years though, some of which aren't the neatest!

Maybe...maybe not!

StanO'Toole wrote:Did you just get to into taking stuff apart and didn't realised you striped the hole Mini? What engine you thinking Neil?

Well, as I was taking the engine out I was finding it hard to be strict and not get carried away with tidying up the car...didn't work though!

Plans include full respray, new interior, custom wiring loom...and possibly a new engine (current 1380 might be up for grabs)!

Oops... It started with a bit of an engine bay tidy up and now look what happened!!! http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/dayoungfella/Mk1%20Race%20Car/Mk1%20Rebuild/0e73a8ab.jpg http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/dayoungfella/Mk1%20Race%20Car/Mk1%20Rebuild/9255785c.jpg http://i24.photobucket.co...

Just found this on another site...it's in colour!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heL84f5limE

Welcome!

Matt black looks awesome. I'm just around the corner from you in Stepaside so I'm sure our paths will meet! I drive a red ZV reg Mini with a white roof and black wheels

Ye that's Bert's old car...he was mad to sell it!

Ahhh...I thought he was just selling the engine!

BERT wrote:If i had 30 grand lying around id buy it!

It's not the complete engine though is it? I've heard it'd go for a LOT less.

razor wrote:the picture from mondello is not the same car he runs on the stages the new car has 201bhp where the one in mondello has only 196. i think the mondello one could be bought at the right price

Buy it Ray...you know you want to!

Can't get enough of the noise...it's glorious!

Ye I go to Ballinastoe a lot, I'm on for a spin! PM me the details.

I have a set of Paddy Hopkirk bars on it with some mid-range Halfords bike carriers (although I was informed they're made by Thule!). They work a treat.

Bike is a Cove Hustler AM bike. Can be pedalled up hill and is awesome on the downhill stuff too

Here are some snaps of the Mini in the snow! These are outside the house: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/dayoungfella/Snow%202010/SnowMini2-021210.jpg http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/dayoungfella/Snow%202010/SnowMini1-021210.jpg These are at the Hell Fire Club before heading out on the ...

StanO'Toole wrote:

dayoungfella wrote:That was me!

Don't think it was you I seen Neil...... If it was were you parked in a driveway of a house on Grove Ave last night? If so then it was you!

Yep that was me

That was me!

Got them from Simon Evans, he used them for forestry rallying. Not sure where you'd be able to buy new ones.

Well...snow tires work, that's for sure!

Have had great craic driving around without difficulty. They obviously don't give much benefit on ice, but they work a treat on everything else!