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AndyW
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5th Sep 03 at 17:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
whats your opinoins on them?

lookin at a italian job mini, almost same spec as cooper " i think"

andy.
wainey
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great fun, cant beat em round the streets, they just stick to the road, put a red top in one and watch the thing go know to a mini with an rst lump in, and one bein done with a 5gt engine, theres also a twin r1 engined mini
AndyW
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5th Sep 03 at 17:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yea but im lookin at one for fun with CHEAP insurance and economical lol.
starkmotorsport
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Very light in weight, only 660Kg if I remember. Although they're slow with their 4 speed box. You really need a Quafe job and an LSD to make them fast. There used to be a 2.0 Mini up our way a while ago.
starkmotorsport
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Oh and they're one of the best handling cars ever made.
AndyW
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get on msn u slag
nik
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Bike engined mini's are the way to go. Not keen on them though but can't deny it would be fun
Craig6682
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I'd love to get a Mini, only prob for me is that they are too small. Maybe in a few years i could get one as a second car or something. One would prob go up my drive with no probs, the 106 is seriously tight, have to take the wing mirrors in to get it up.
starkmotorsport
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5th Sep 03 at 17:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I am now! You'd have to buy a good condition Mini as restoring one (like I was going to do for competition use) is a nightmare. Lots of welding and almost certainly the subframes etc will all need replacing.

Cheaper with the Nova!
AndyW
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the mini is in mint condition!
p4ult
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Andrew, ur six foot + mate, I dont think u and a mini would go!!!!!!
AndyW
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bucket seats, 6ft 4 dads 6ft 2 n he was ok. so low buckets n i shoudl be fine, its only an idea at the mo, so just lookin
Colin.S
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Want to buy this? You wont bang your head on the roof

For sale if anyone wants it. I havent got a clue what it's worth.

Offers.
AndyW
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5th Sep 03 at 22:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£50? lol
Paul H
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excellent cars i have owned at least 6 of them..i liked the mini pickup best you get the tailend sliding
Sooty
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aint you like 6ft 4 mate?
AndyW
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im gettin alot of good feedback, aslong as i can fit in the fucker and get insured may get it.
AndyW
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5th Sep 03 at 22:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yea, but my view is if i like it i can fit in it! lol, get buckets slammed to the floor take out backseats anything
Colin.S
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quote:
Originally posted by novaless18
yea, but my view is if i like it i can fit in it! lol, get buckets slammed to the floor take out backseats anything


Or rip the front seats out and sit in the back.
Sooty
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you will have some issues getting in them... even 6ft 4 massif problems there I rekcon
CorsAsh
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my mate had an early model, did a turbo conversion on it, completely stripped, ONE inch suspension travel all round, 3 degrees negative camber, the list goes on. Limited to 130 mph cos of 'box, but was capable of much more. Replaced pistons on more than one occasion, think he ran a crazy amount of boost at one point and melted a hole right thru the centre of his no. 3...

He used to work at Southern Mini Cente in Kent if any of you know it.
AndyW
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yea i know theres gonna b a prob with my height but i gotta try. im not really big build for my height, quite broad, but slim too.
jo_jess
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Mini's are cool, my hubby had one when we first met, blue with white roof and two whites stripes down the bonnet. A real babe magnet at the time.
AndyW
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this one is britsh racing green, and has the white roof white bonnet stripes and light weight alloys.

change carb n manifold shud see off most coopers

and keep it in good condition and it should be a nice little collectors car, as theres only apparently about 500 of them left.

 
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