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too cut or not to cut?
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:20 pm
by pick up man
I'm looking for people's opinion. I got a 87 mini mayfair which the body is in a bad way. It needs a new boot floor, complete rear end, door skins, new floors plus a new roof due to a very leaky sun roof. So i was thinking of turning it into a shorty mini which i wanted to do for a while.
Re: too cut or not to cut?
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:01 pm
by just_st3v3n
they do look cool but as for owning one.. idk
were you driving through cavan a month or so ago and met a red mini a few hundred yards before you get to the traffic lights?? (there is only one set of traffic lights in cavan town, just not to confuse everyone
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Re: too cut or not to cut?
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:54 pm
by woody
87 would need an NCT, rather you than me!
Re: too cut or not to cut?
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:07 am
by The Marcos Graveyard
It would be fun trying to get a Mini shorty on the rollers for the brake test at an NCT.
Re: too cut or not to cut?
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:49 am
by Billy
What about chopping it down to make an autotest special? You wouldn't have to worry about NCT etc and we'd have a club member to support any any events.
Billy
Re: too cut or not to cut?
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:06 am
by The Marcos Graveyard
ooooooh, there's a thought
Re: too cut or not to cut?
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:38 am
by pick up man
The autotest is a good idea but i was thinking more about driving on a sunny day with no roof. I don't think the NCT is going to be a big issue once the car is sound it should pass.
Re: too cut or not to cut?
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:37 pm
by Billy
But what about insurance? Any convertible is going to attract a loading and they could ask you for an engineer's report on top of it all.
With vintage (over 30 years) it's all much easier
Re: too cut or not to cut?
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:11 pm
by woody
"driving on a sunny day with no roof. "
Thats a lot of work for one day a year.
Autotester.
Re: too cut or not to cut?
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:21 pm
by J.R
Id go autotesting. An enjoyable not too expensive form of
motorsport. Would be good fun.
Re: too cut or not to cut?
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:47 pm
by The Marcos Graveyard
This all seems very familiar.
Re: too cut or not to cut?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:56 am
by pick up man
I have motor trade insurance which will cover me. I have a mr2 which i use as a track car so i'm covered on the cheap motorsport. Where would i get imfotmation on the autotest?
Re: too cut or not to cut?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:59 am
by Billy
All you ever wanted to know about autotesting courtesy of Motorsport Ireland
http://www.motorsportireland.com/index.cfm/loc/7-7.htm
Billy
Re: too cut or not to cut?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:37 am
by The Marcos Graveyard