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Stobart

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Well a few of you know me already and for those who dont Im niall and my car is Stobart

The first car in this scheme was Billys old 89 G 3855 racing green mini which after changing hands many times eventually arrived at my door
This car had a special place in my heart as it was my wedding car but alas in the big house move and no money to fund repairs I decided to let it go.

But now im back and sorted it was time to build another so after collecting parts peices and bits for 6 months the build started 9 days ago with the target of being at the Modello 50th birthday.
A big thanks has to be paid to
Paul Hickey(Hickey race enginnering)
Paul Kelly(minifix)
Mark Byrne
Simon Stewart(miniireland)
Willie Peacham
And most important of all THE WIFE :)

Here is the real car
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Heres My first Stobart (Billys old car)With Holly at the wheel(Its her car -so she told me)
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The bottom line was we got there but the clutch failed on track which ment no parade lap for me but no too worry.

I know my car may not be to everyones liking but I love the rally cars and everyone has an exworks 60's replica these days so i wanted to be different

Ive been drifting in and out of the IMOC for along time now and renewed my membership yesterday.So now I hope to meet a few new faces at future events

Niall
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And a few pics of some of the minis ive owned over the years
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Thanks for renewing your membership, Niall. The IMOC has had its share of ups and downs over the past 20 years of its existence but the turnout at recent events like MTM, Mosney, and yesterday's Mini 50 shows the club is definitely on an up right now.

Catch you later on in the year,

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Post by kerryminigringo »

Think there is a fixation with stobart there Niall.Whats next,a Scania R500 in the company colours.Fair play to you for getting it to Mondello but lets not mention the keys. :mrgreen:
Real Clubmans have a square nose.Seriously.
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Keys

What keys :lol:

Then to top it all off he nearly fell off the trailer when the keys did arrive

Look what i found in my shed
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That should sort out the clutch problem
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great to see Stobart back again! (kinda, mkII stobart)
pity the clutch went on him though, but as i see from the above pic you'll have that sorted in no time :D
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stobart rocks man. shame about your bag of nails gearbox yesterday.

your getting pretty handy with the old camera too.

has your daughter been giving you lessons :mrgreen:
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Post by The Marcos Graveyard »

You must have Aladin's shed Niall. Looks like you'll have it sorted in no time . 8) :lol:
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I think your original one (89 G) is on Carzone for €2950. Its been there quite a while now.
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niallm wrote:Image
That clubbie was in WIT college car park everyday day last year, nice car, is it old english white?
Also what are the wheels called?
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I think the the wheels are called Mambas
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Looks great Niall, still cant believe you finished if off so fast. Fair play.

This is Damien btw :mrgreen:
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Niall

Very well done, it looks great.

Next project please.

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Post by The Marcos Graveyard »

How about a Hovermini ????

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Looks great Niall. Didn't have a chance to have a proper poke around it, so I'll have to pop over to have a look soon :)
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Stobart got a new friend today

It hasnt been on the road in ages but its lovely and drives likes its new and its new owner is chuffed

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pn951 wrote:I think your original one (89 G) is on Carzone for €2950. Its been there quite a while now.
This one?
http://www.carzone.ie/search/Mini/Coope ... annel=CARS
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Yep that was the first one I done but they tried to rip me off when i went to look at it and then went on to tell me all the hard work they had done to get the car to look like that.

I left laughing

Needs alot of work TBH

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As i said it was my wedding car and id have loved to get it back but they just annoyed me and I decided to start again
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I was passing through to go to a friends in Palmerstown and in seen your first Stobert in a garage, I didn't catch the name though :roll:
Getting old is a must but growing up is optional!

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Thanks for the comments folks

Yeah its N4 Autos in palmerstown



Someone got new shoes :D


Clutch being done next saturday as I havent had time to get near him :cry:
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YAY! Long live Stobart the 2nd! :lol:
Getting old is a must but growing up is optional!

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lookin well niall :D
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niallm wrote: Image
What happened this 850 Niall ? I remember taking a look at it and taking it for a test drive. If I could have trailered it away I would have taken it that day. Just didnt enjoy the thought of driving it to Limerick with the brakes and exhaust the way they were.....otherwise I loved it :D
And I said, Officer, I didn't want to be drunk in public...I wanna be drunk in the bar. Now last time I checked it was still legal to be drunk in the bar. They threw me into public...arrest them!

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I sold it

I let it go too cheaply in the end and like everything else regretted letting it go


Its back up for sale now again,though it dont really look the same

Joe has ben tryin to sell it for a while

http://adverts.ie/75957
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