Irish Mini Owners Club

Here it is........

1980 Mini 850 Super

Fitted with a standard 998.
10 Inch Minolite (copies)
Roof Painted Black.

Apart from that fairly standard and origanal.
Will Let the pics tell the story.

Will take more pics tomorrow when i do a few jobs on her.





Plans so far are 1st thing loose the cooper stickers off the rear quarters as it is not a cooper, neither were coopers available in 1980 and nor does it look anything like a cooper.
Fix the brakes as they cause more of affect on the direction of the car than the speed.
Change of the interior along with fitting of a lap belt in the back for use of a baby seat.
Fit a cd player.
And a good service.

Looks sweet Gareth, is it regestered?

She's reg'd in the uk right now and the plates are in the boot but gonna put them back on for now just to be able to take it for a spin local till i get a chance to get the irish reg.

I see I see, and when it came of the production line was it an 850cc?

it would have been yep......

StanO'Toole wrote:Looks sweet Gareth, is it regestered?

What do you mean Gareth?? Its mine!!!

Esther

cool little mini you have there esther

So today i washed and waxed, Tyre shined and gave the windows a bit of a polish and took off the 4 wheels and drums. All the shoes are like new. Some of the adjusters where seized as was one of the handbrake quadrants. So got everything working again but need to replace a couple of the cyclinders as there a bit of fluid seaping from them. Just wanted to get a nice spin out of it today.

Removed the cooper stickers and got the indicators working. (faulty flasher unit)

Heres the Wheels. (10 Inch GB's) and under the bonnet... Not too bad under the bonnet either...



And in the boot...... Does need a bit of tidying up in the boot.......

and the before pictures with interior.....

Dash cards to be recovered and different seats going in. Not fond of the brown.....

Looks well ESTHER! You spent your Sunday well Gareth, was there a purpose of the hole in the foamy stuff on the dash? Looks so much better without the Cooper stickers to.

Lovely looking Mini guys, best of luck with it.

Did it set you back much ?

He cant complain about messing on the mini - i was making him a roast dinner!!!

Esther, that would look great in the paddys day parade in enniscorthy, best of luck with it.

StanO'Toole wrote:Looks well ESTHER! You spent your Sunday well Gareth, was there a purpose of the hole in the foamy stuff on the dash? Looks so much better without the Cooper stickers to.

At some point in the past it had a radio fitted and had a single speaker in the front and a single one in the back. When it first came into the country the speaker was there but while my mate had it he tok the speaker out and was going to recover the dash to get rid of the hole but never did. So we will.......

The Marcos Graveyard wrote: Did it set you back much ?

You know the way it is Neil........ She's worth spending money on.......

And what about the Mini ?

As it happens it was one of the about 45 minis me and dad brought over in 2005/2006 and sold it to a guy i know in Arklow. He drove it home parked it in his workshop and has taken it out about 3 or 4 times since. Last week he came down and was looking to buy a Mitsubishi L200 jeep i had in stock and he asked would i take the mini back as a trade in. I took a look at the car and fancied it for myself so did the deal. Then when i got it home the wife fancied it for herself so i think you know the rest..................

What do the labels say to the left of the fusebox on the bulkhead Gareth ??

Wow. What a lovely little mini. Dont let him near it Esther.

Loving the airhorn install, you think they would have at least used yellow tape

Well wear guys!

92Coop wrote:Wow. What a lovely little mini. Dont let him near it Esther.

Loving the airhorn install, you think they would have at least used yellow tape

Well wear guys!

And they dont even work!!!!!! Have to sort them some time.... And don't let me near it? Ive been stuck working on it and cleaning it all weekend....... But i have been the only one using it so far she not even driven it yet...

Goose wrote:What do the labels say to the left of the fusebox on the bulkhead Gareth ??

Really cool actually..... The guy who i got it from in the uk had them there with loads of things like- Points gap, Plugs Gap, Tappits gap, Firing Order, and stuff like that.....

gareth wrote:

Goose wrote:What do the labels say to the left of the fusebox on the bulkhead Gareth ??

Really cool actually..... The guy who i got it from in the uk had them there with loads of things like- Points gap, Plugs Gap, Tappits gap, Firing Order, and stuff like that.....

Cool....thats handy !! I thought it might be something humourous

Class lookin wee car...Best of luck with it

Good luck with the car Esther, love the colour