i haven't ever owned a mini,but my mother had a few.i remember a couple of funny incidents (well i thought they were funny).one time,my grandfather had borrowed my mum's mini,so he could go and get his hair cut.i went with him.as we were nearly there,he went for a gear change ,and the gear shift came out in his hand 
my friend also had a mini.we both went to swindon in it (to look at computer games/music).as we were driving back to devizes,we were just talking,suddenly a duck landed right in front of us,on the road.my friend didn't have time to avoid it.unfortunately he got a new ornament in his grill 
i still remind him of it to this day (he really appreciates it 
at least it was quick (then again it was a mini city
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Anyone Drive a Classic Mini
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No pictures, but I dearly loved my '75 850 (became a 997 with NOS engine from a chap who worked at Cowley and had it in his garage *ahem*). Left in my parents garage - my mother sold it without telling me.
Had it resprayed in a lovely BMW metallic blue (Mauritius blue) - not dissimilar in colour to that one up there^^^. Returned from two trips to Cornwall on the back of a towtruck...
Hung out with a few guys in my home town - one of them had a pickup with a tuned metro turbo engine in it. Torque steer so violent it'd jump to the side of the road when accelerating hard..!
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Sefton's there is a beautiful example. Very nice.
Mine looked nothing like that. Mainly because inside was all stained from the water that leaked in through the sunroof.
The choke! I'd forgotten all about that. Kids nowadays.
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My first ever car was a little white Mini 850. I was 17 at the time, and inherited from my Mum, and used to drive it to school. It was on its last legs by the time I got it - was stuck in third gear so always had to park it on a hill to get going again. The radiator was so furred up it had been bypassed so overheated regularly - always carried a jerry can of water.
By some quirk of fate, everyone's school locker keys fitted the ignition, so I never knew where I'd find it at the end of the day - remember looking out the classroom window once to see it parked between the rugby posts in the playing field.
It was so cool having a car of any kind while still at school though...
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I've had loads and love them. Had a 1961 when I lived in Australia, sliding windows and the whole bit, brilliant car with a magic wand gearbox, then came over here, in the end owned a Red Hot limited edition bought from a little old lady one owner car, had about 20,000 miles on after 10 years, wonderful thing, then really got the bug, bought an RSP Cooper with the John Cooper Works S conversion, that is the car I wish I had never sold (which I did when I went back to Oz for a couple of years and have regretted it ever since) and a Wolseley Hornet called Ivy that I bought from the original owner in Bournmouth.
They are great cars, would have another one tomorrow and if I could buy my S back for twice what I sold it for, I would.
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our 1964 1275S, fresh from the restorers. though not for driving anymore
What's the point of having it then! It's a car, not a painting
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I've had 3.....
This one: selling up cos i cant afford to finish it
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290647087789?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649My old ones:
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chronic trailing throttle oversteer
ah, happydaysnights
we "all" had em when I was younger (still got the number plate from my 1st one ( - wasn't the oversteer really, more the black ice that killed it - well, that and the lamppost)
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mines a 1979 special. the shell is solid but a little rough around the edges. been fitted with a multipoint cage, bucket seats and harnesses, cad brakes on 10"revolutions, minifins on the rear, MED built 1380 engine (wedged, bladed cross drilled crank, lightened and balanced s rods, forged pistons, 286 cam, which we may be changing to the 930 cam), ported and flowed large bore head, hif44 flowed carb (replaces the weber 45 dcoe that was ace but NOISY), straight cut gears, straight cut drops, super light flywheel and clutch, digidash, aldon dizzy but currently being converted to a distributor-less mappable ignition system. its always been extremely quick. about to get a little bit smoother. i love it.
need to find a decent set of rollers in the leicester area to get it set up once the ignitions sorted. no pics I'm afraid. i don't like the cage or harnesses particularly but they were in it when i got it and can't be bothered to remove it as part of it is welded in!Posted 5 months ago # -
What's the point of having it then! It's a car, not a painting
it's for shows and meets, and then it will be sold as I can't afford to run it and keep pristine.
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