NS Dev
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| posted on 12/8/09 at 07:12 AM |
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1991 Mini Cooper for sale, fully restored
See listing on ebay:
Ebay linky
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The car has been totally rebuilt with complete new front end, including lead loading the wing to scuttle joins to prevent cracking and corrosion.
Its one of the last carburettored ones with "stage 2 kit", plus lightly ported head.
cheers
Nat
[Edited on 12/8/09 by NS Dev]
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mookaloid
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| posted on 12/8/09 at 07:30 AM |
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Sweet 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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TimC
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| posted on 12/8/09 at 07:32 AM |
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I like that a lot.
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bitsilly
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| posted on 12/8/09 at 08:29 AM |
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Tim,
lets go halves?
Then fit a tow bar and sell that other thing?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 12/8/09 at 09:34 AM |
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looks very good
but amazed that it needed so much work and yet its 2 years younger than my Bluebird which needs nothing done to it
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 12/8/09 at 09:37 AM |
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Very nice and at a good price too 
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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NS Dev
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| posted on 12/8/09 at 11:22 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
looks very good
but amazed that it needed so much work and yet its 2 years younger than my Bluebird which needs nothing done to it
......the rot on these minis has to be seen to be believed!!! They seem to get worse the later they were, I have recently been to look at a lot of
'93-'95 ones which "just have a bit of bubbling round the headlamps" which need a complete front end like this one has had.
They go in a manner which appears cosmetic but is actually really bad!!!
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ReMan
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| posted on 12/8/09 at 11:38 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
looks very good
but amazed that it needed so much work and yet its 2 years younger than my Bluebird which needs nothing done to it
You've never owned a Mini have you! 
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 12/8/09 at 11:54 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ReMan
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
looks very good
but amazed that it needed so much work and yet its 2 years younger than my Bluebird which needs nothing done to it
You've never owned a Mini have you!
tbh I'm now very glad I didn't. I have had to weld up the floor of one when a friends seat fell though it due to rust. They don't
seem to have much in the way of spare metal to lose before they become dangerous
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ReMan
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| posted on 12/8/09 at 12:11 PM |
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Zero active rust proofing from the factory 
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 12/8/09 at 12:12 PM |
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Together with low-grade steel that rusts easily...
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MikeR
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| posted on 12/8/09 at 01:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ReMan
Zero active rust proofing from the factory
You lie - that have an A series engine up front. Active rust proofing every time you start the engine
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NS Dev
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| posted on 12/8/09 at 07:51 PM |
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oh gawd don't even mention the bloody engines!!!!!
argghhh
I will NEVER work on another mini with an a series engine in it unless its on commission.
enough said!
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TimC
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| posted on 13/8/09 at 11:03 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bitsilly
Tim,
lets go halves?
Then fit a tow bar and sell that other thing?
I think our existing combined fleet (6 cars) is probably enough don't you think?
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andkilde
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| posted on 13/8/09 at 10:16 PM |
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quote:
I will NEVER work on another mini with an a series engine...
LOL, what is it about "proper" mechanics that upsets them so much about Mini's?
My mate will work on Hummers, tractors, Deloreans, articulated lorries, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, Lambos, Audis (feck me! modern Audis are
really shite to work on...) basically anything you throw at him but he completely loses his rag when I ask for a bit of help on the Minis.
He's got no sense of humour at all about them
Name another car you can change the clutch in situ in about two hours or do a complete cylinder head in 45 minutes?
Simple as all get out, tons of room to work and parts as cheap as chips. I imagine the injected ones get to be a bit of a pain (we never got them in
Canada) but I'd take a Mini over any piece of crap interference fit emissioned to the hilt hosed up interference fit modern heap of sharp edged
sheetmetal cuts on the back of your knuckles piece of modern fool injected burned up computer hexed evil nasty modern pile anyday
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MikeR
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| posted on 13/8/09 at 10:50 PM |
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depends - do you have arms with 4 double joints - if so mini's are cool.
Otherwise they're a bloody arse when it comes to the clutch change. Although have helped my dad do 3 in a 24 hour period.
(don't ask, lets just say we learnt the VERY hard way to lay old and new out separately).
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andkilde
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| posted on 14/8/09 at 08:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
depends - do you have arms with 4 double joints - if so mini's are cool.
Otherwise they're a bloody arse when it comes to the clutch change. Although have helped my dad do 3 in a 24 hour period.
(don't ask, lets just say we learnt the VERY hard way to lay old and new out separately).
OK, TBH, a clutch change is easiest in a Clubby, but I've done my van in the car as well with the non removable grille and it was still pretty
easy compared to trying to wrestle the transmission out of and back into a modern car.
Different strokes I guess -- Mini's are fairly distinctive from other cars (gears in sump, rubber or hydro suspension, lots of grease points to
maintain) but other than a few of the stupid things they did to modernize them (he who devised the rubber mounted front subframe ought to be shot and
wee'd upon) they're pretty robust simple and servicable.
I am lusting after that carby Cooper of NS Dev's 1991 is old enough for legal import into Canada and the price is good as well.
Cheers, Ted
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NS Dev
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| posted on 15/8/09 at 05:46 PM |
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Now sold folks!
We're hopefully, maybe, possibly, if its still there, getting a clubman estate soon, will keep you posted, but it'll be a good one, rest
assured!!!
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