Customised Minis etc...
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colin_p said:
P5BNij...
I've recently had a clear out prior to moving house and found my porn stash of old Mini World magazines. They date from and include the first issue in 1991 up to about 1993'ish.
They are yours if you want them.
Thanks for the kind offer Colin but I already have a complete set of Miniworlds I've recently had a clear out prior to moving house and found my porn stash of old Mini World magazines. They date from and include the first issue in 1991 up to about 1993'ish.
They are yours if you want them.
Dear OP,
Never seen so many photos of so many different mini's together.
Thanks for that.
And I thought i was crazy for these tiny things but you are on another level as the 15 minis owned by you are proof.
I wanted to ask regarding the engine coz I have seen these fitted with superbike engines and sometimes toyota engines i think. Isn't that better so parts are easy to find?
And all these mint concors condition kinda defeats the purpose of the easy nature of these things dont you think?
Keep up the good work,
Regards.
Never seen so many photos of so many different mini's together.
Thanks for that.
And I thought i was crazy for these tiny things but you are on another level as the 15 minis owned by you are proof.
I wanted to ask regarding the engine coz I have seen these fitted with superbike engines and sometimes toyota engines i think. Isn't that better so parts are easy to find?
And all these mint concors condition kinda defeats the purpose of the easy nature of these things dont you think?
Keep up the good work,
Regards.
I owned this modified Innocenti Cooper 1300 back in the early 1990s.
It went really well, but was completely rotten.
Once the rust became too much, it sat in a corner of the garage for a couple of years until, in an act of unforgivable vandalism I cut it into pieces with an angle grinder, ferried it to the council tip in the back of my brother's Fiesta and sent the V5 back to Swansea.
The only evidence of its existence are these crummy photos and the steering wheel, which is hanging up in the garage....
It went really well, but was completely rotten.
Once the rust became too much, it sat in a corner of the garage for a couple of years until, in an act of unforgivable vandalism I cut it into pieces with an angle grinder, ferried it to the council tip in the back of my brother's Fiesta and sent the V5 back to Swansea.
The only evidence of its existence are these crummy photos and the steering wheel, which is hanging up in the garage....
Pat H said:
I owned this modified Innocenti Cooper 1300 back in the early 1990s.
It went really well, but was completely rotten.
Once the rust became too much, it sat in a corner of the garage for a couple of years until, in an act of unforgivable vandalism I cut it into pieces with an angle grinder, ferried it to the council tip in the back of my brother's Fiesta and sent the V5 back to Swansea.
The only evidence of its existence are these crummy photos and the steering wheel, which is hanging up in the garage....
What a shame - the doors alone with their quarterlights would be worth hundreds of pounds each now! My very first Mini (also my first car) was a 1977 Belgian built 1000 which by the time it came to the UK in '83 had been fitted with some Innocenti parts. Sadly I scrapped it and should have stripped the the Inno bits out of it.It went really well, but was completely rotten.
Once the rust became too much, it sat in a corner of the garage for a couple of years until, in an act of unforgivable vandalism I cut it into pieces with an angle grinder, ferried it to the council tip in the back of my brother's Fiesta and sent the V5 back to Swansea.
The only evidence of its existence are these crummy photos and the steering wheel, which is hanging up in the garage....
Xj220 said:
Dear OP,
Never seen so many photos of so many different mini's together.
Thanks for that.
And I thought i was crazy for these tiny things but you are on another level as the 15 minis owned by you are proof.
I wanted to ask regarding the engine coz I have seen these fitted with superbike engines and sometimes toyota engines i think. Isn't that better so parts are easy to find?
And all these mint concors condition kinda defeats the purpose of the easy nature of these things dont you think?
Keep up the good work,
Regards.
Thanks - it's a bit of a disease really, Mini ownership. Parts supply for Minis has been excellent for years, you can buy virtually everything brand new so I don't see any advantage in fitting non Mini engines aside from the extra power available, but each to their own.Never seen so many photos of so many different mini's together.
Thanks for that.
And I thought i was crazy for these tiny things but you are on another level as the 15 minis owned by you are proof.
I wanted to ask regarding the engine coz I have seen these fitted with superbike engines and sometimes toyota engines i think. Isn't that better so parts are easy to find?
And all these mint concors condition kinda defeats the purpose of the easy nature of these things dont you think?
Keep up the good work,
Regards.
Concours or not, I don't really mind, it takes all sorts. My Mk2 S was restored seven years ago and isn't concours but I'd like it to be better, with this in mind I'm still going to get the engine bay refurbished properly at some point.
A really great collection of iconic photographs!
A couple of stand out cars, both W&P are 5 OMAR having first seen it in a mini book years ago, it is interesting seeing a picture of it being built here.
Also YYU 292H is shown several times showing it different colours, it was recently sold on an auction site, does any one now who is now the very fortunate owner?
A couple of stand out cars, both W&P are 5 OMAR having first seen it in a mini book years ago, it is interesting seeing a picture of it being built here.
Also YYU 292H is shown several times showing it different colours, it was recently sold on an auction site, does any one now who is now the very fortunate owner?
Bertie2000 said:
A really great collection of iconic photographs!
A couple of stand out cars, both W&P are 5 OMAR having first seen it in a mini book years ago, it is interesting seeing a picture of it being built here.
Also YYU 292H is shown several times showing it different colours, it was recently sold on an auction site, does any one now who is now the very fortunate owner?
As far as I know YYU 292H is still in the UK, but I don’t know who the new owner is. It has a fascinating history behind it, it was ordered new in 1969 by the Duke Of Bedford, it left Longbridge in El Paso Beige with a Snowberry White roof and went straight to W&P’s workshop in Park Royal for its ‘Margrave’ makeover into dark blue, by 1973 it had been bought by Paul McCartney’s tour manager / guitar tech John Hammel. He kept it for a few years ferrying various rock stars about in it and in 1977 / 78 sold it Denny Laine, Macca’s guitarist in Wings. He only kept it for eight months before selling it back to John. I think it was around this time that John had it resprayed in lurid lime green, he changed his mind about the colour again and had it resprayed burgundy. Fast forward a few more years and John sold it to a guy called Andy, this was in the mid to late ‘90s and It was featured in Minimagazine in 1998. I saw and photographed it at Stoneleigh in 1999 while it was still burgundy. A few years later Andy sold it back to John, meaning John owned it for three separate periods, it was during his third ownership that he decided to have it restored back to the dark blue that W&P had applied back in 1969. It appeared on the cover of Miniworld mag in December 2009 with a very good article on the car within. Since then John sold the car one more time and it has passed through two more owners, possibly three until it was sold at auction fairly recently A couple of stand out cars, both W&P are 5 OMAR having first seen it in a mini book years ago, it is interesting seeing a picture of it being built here.
Also YYU 292H is shown several times showing it different colours, it was recently sold on an auction site, does any one now who is now the very fortunate owner?
Bobupndown said:
Some very tasteful and some very tasteless modified minis on this thread. Personally prefer standard ones these days. I have a mk1 850 of 1963 vintage in almost exactly factory spec, have done the modified versions when I was much younger.
Well it takes all sorts, ideas and 'fashions' come and go. With nearly 5.5m built, it would be boring if they all stayed the same. I spotted an unrestored 997 Cooper for sale this week and quite fancy it, but I just know that if I bought it I'd still want to modify / customise it a bit.'67 Stewart & Arden Minisprint...
https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=849214832417588&am...
'69 W&P Margrave Cooper S...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXjkepHYMjg
W&P Margrave formally known as '50 MAR'...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AO6r6RY8e0
'67 Stewart & Arden Minisprint again...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SzHVuuYxN0
John Lennon arrives at Abbey Road in his Radford Cooper S on 20th December 1966...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUF__0CXPbs
https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=849214832417588&am...
'69 W&P Margrave Cooper S...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXjkepHYMjg
W&P Margrave formally known as '50 MAR'...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AO6r6RY8e0
Edited by P5BNij on Sunday 17th July 20:57
'67 Stewart & Arden Minisprint again...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SzHVuuYxN0
John Lennon arrives at Abbey Road in his Radford Cooper S on 20th December 1966...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUF__0CXPbs
Edited by P5BNij on Sunday 17th July 21:00
It's interesting seeing all the pics of the Sellers Morris Cooper 6189 PK as I have almost a sister car. Well that's a bit of a jump too far on a couple of counts. Firstly its a 63 Morris Minor (mini) but its 6188 PK, and secondly its not really a "car" based on the state.
As far as I remember is was also supplied by S&A which would make sense.
Paw
As far as I remember is was also supplied by S&A which would make sense.
Paw
Paw said:
It's interesting seeing all the pics of the Sellers Morris Cooper 6189 PK as I have almost a sister car. Well that's a bit of a jump too far on a couple of counts. Firstly its a 63 Morris Minor (mini) but its 6188 PK, and secondly its not really a "car" based on the state.
As far as I remember is was also supplied by S&A which would make sense.
Paw
Would be interesting to see some photos of it Paw As far as I remember is was also supplied by S&A which would make sense.
Paw
Meanwhile, in a parallel universe this appeared...
Mr Peel said:
^^ Not seen that one before. Do you know any more about it? Looks kinda cool but I can't work out what's going on with the doors.
I've just had a shuftie at Jeroen Booij's book 'Maximum Mini' and apparently it's a Canadian built Reptune GT, of which only four were made... not exactly pretty are they...?
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