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General => New forum members => Topic started by: Mini Mark on 16 February 2011, 11:39
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Hi Guys
I'm Mark and as my user name suggests I'm a Mini Owner (2 Classics :smiley: ) but please don't hold that against me. I also love the new MINI too. But as an everyday car I run a 06 2.0 TDI sport :cool: in Tornado Red which I love its so comfy and effortless to drive before that I had a 54 1.9 TDI SE which was sadly killed last year after a meeting with a lorry :shocked:
I don't plan on doing much the the golf but do want to get a leather interior for it and at some point fit a detachable towbar!
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welcome to the forum... old skool mini's are :cool:
Have a nosey about, plenty of people in the MK4 section that can help you.
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Thanks for the welcome how do you upload photos?
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Hi & Welcome
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Thanks for the welcome how do you upload photos?
have a look HERE (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=85911.0) mate
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Thanks for that here's a few shots of my motors
My Daily Drive
(http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc508/Mark_Gameson/golf.jpg)
My First Mini a 1969 MKII which I still own :smiley:
(http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc508/Mark_Gameson/PICT2656A.jpg)
My 1999 classic :evil:
(http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc508/Mark_Gameson/PICT2667A.jpg)
(http://i1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc508/Mark_Gameson/PICT2672A.jpg)
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Oh the picutres are showing I copied the img code from photo bucket then clicked the image button in the post and put it between the img thingy s!
Edit I've sorted it lol
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Welcome to the forum.
Love the green Mini :cool:
Thanks The Green Mini is the only car I have ever brought new (and probably the only car I will ever buy new) it costs me £££ but I don't care its a limited edition 1 of 5 converted by a company called Downton in 1999 to celebrate Mini's 40th birthday it has a1.3i engine with 90bhp conversion (yeah I know woo big power!) 5 Speed 'box, sports suspension and 4 pot calipers with vented and grooved discs. I had it painted in classic Almond Green as a special order then the garage sprayed the roof the correct shade of snowberry white foc (well it was the second most expensive Mini they had (and ever did) sell!) spent a load on mods over the years to get it looking like it does everyone thinks its much older then it is due to the styling and private plate. Oh and its driven not trailered last year in the space of 3 weeks I went to Santa Pod, a run into wales with a bunch of New MINI'S and then off down to North Devon for our annual outing on the LGT with 250 other Mini/MINI drivers! The 2 Minis couldn't be much different as the the blue one is a 1000 cc running drums all round and hydrolastic suspension so its a bit basic and not that quick 0-60 eventually but I love them both no traction control, no abs, no power steering, no stability control just me and the Mini :evil: :evil: :evil:
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That the Jack Knight 5 speed box? Knew a couple of peeps with Cooper sport 5's but both ended up with 4 speeds due to them going bang.
Welcome to the site!
nick
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That the Jack Knight 5 speed box? Knew a couple of peeps with Cooper sport 5's but both ended up with 4 speeds due to them going bang.
Welcome to the site!
nick
No I think its the Tranx one I test drove a Sport 5 and actually put my name down for one of the last ones produced but then the Downton Sport Touring came up and it was the same money for the same spec but a bit more exclusive :cool:
Thanks for the welcome
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Ah right, good thing than. I thnk those JK boxes were made of chocolate!
I used to be well into minis and used to help run www.minifinity.com back in the day. The wife still has a 79 850cc City with only 30K on the clock!
nick
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Ah right, good thing than. I thnk those JK boxes were made of chocolate!
I used to be well into minis and used to help run www.minifinity.com back in the day. The wife still has a 79 850cc City with only 30K on the clock!
nick
Nice same age as me :smiley: My MKII has done 43K and I believe this is genuine, the Downton has done 33K I would love a MK1 Golf and Split Screen Camper but need to win the lottery first lol Do you still do any of the Mini Shows?
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Not really, did do Cooper day last year. Mrs wants to do a couple this year.
nick
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Himley Hall is a good one. Also Stanford Hall if you want to do a run for charity then in my opinion the Legendary Grand Tour of North Devon is the best ever let me know if you want info on that its August Bank Holiday Weekend and is mind blowing there are people lining the streets to watch the Minis go past even in the middle of no where
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theres also a Mini/VW show at cornbury park I think that is in Sept
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I used to do most of them back in the day. THis is my old beast:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3465353906_14b8198c9e_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/3465353906/)
DSC00013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/3465353906/) by Nicholas R Horne (http://www.flickr.com/people/nickhorne/), on Flickr
96bhp 1275 with a carbon flip front. Featured in Mini Mag.
THis is the wife's 79 850.
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1301/4696632236_8b6e823ffc_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/4696632236/)
IMG_1737 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/4696632236/) by Nicholas R Horne (http://www.flickr.com/people/nickhorne/), on Flickr
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4696638878_2910000c17_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/4696638878/)
IMG_1743 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/4696638878/) by Nicholas R Horne (http://www.flickr.com/people/nickhorne/), on Flickr
nick
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Welcome :cool:
Classic minis are awesome :afro: :cool: :cool: :cool:
Im restoring a 79 super which has been in the family for 16 years :cool:
My first car was a mini too :smiley:
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Himley Hall is a good one. Also Stanford Hall if you want to do a run for charity then in my opinion the Legendary Grand Tour of North Devon is the best ever let me know if you want info on that its August Bank Holiday Weekend and is mind blowing there are people lining the streets to watch the Minis go past even in the middle of no where
Hopefully my mini will be ready for this :evil: See you there :laugh: i live in Devon :cool:
My build thread here : http://swmoc.forumup.co.uk/about976-swmoc.html
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Himley Hall is a good one. Also Stanford Hall if you want to do a run for charity then in my opinion the Legendary Grand Tour of North Devon is the best ever let me know if you want info on that its August Bank Holiday Weekend and is mind blowing there are people lining the streets to watch the Minis go past even in the middle of no where
Hopefully my mini will be ready for this :evil: See you there :laugh: i live in Devon :cool:
My build thread here : http://swmoc.forumup.co.uk/about976-swmoc.html
Cool Have you watched it in the past?
If you have in the last few years you'll have seen me :smiley:
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I used to do most of them back in the day. THis is my old beast:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3465353906_14b8198c9e_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/3465353906/)
DSC00013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/3465353906/) by Nicholas R Horne (http://www.flickr.com/people/nickhorne/), on Flickr
96bhp 1275 with a carbon flip front. Featured in Mini Mag.
THis is the wife's 79 850.
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1301/4696632236_8b6e823ffc_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/4696632236/)
IMG_1737 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/4696632236/) by Nicholas R Horne (http://www.flickr.com/people/nickhorne/), on Flickr
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4696638878_2910000c17_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/4696638878/)
IMG_1743 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/4696638878/) by Nicholas R Horne (http://www.flickr.com/people/nickhorne/), on Flickr
nick
I thought I reconiksed yours mine was featured in Mini Mag too :cool: I love the city it looks so original
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Himley Hall is a good one. Also Stanford Hall if you want to do a run for charity then in my opinion the Legendary Grand Tour of North Devon is the best ever let me know if you want info on that its August Bank Holiday Weekend and is mind blowing there are people lining the streets to watch the Minis go past even in the middle of no where
Hopefully my mini will be ready for this :evil: See you there :laugh: i live in Devon :cool:
My build thread here : http://swmoc.forumup.co.uk/about976-swmoc.html
Cool Have you watched it in the past?
If you have in the last few years you'll have seen me :smiley:
Ive never been! Was really into minis a few years back - only just got back into them :cool:
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@ Mini Mark
Your Mini's look ace
@ Horney,
didn't know you about your Mini history, looks great, has your wife still got hers?
@ richw911
Damn you had your work cut with that one, look forward to going through that thread properly
I miss our little 1000 now.
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@ Mini Mark
Your Mini's look ace
@ Horney,
didn't know you about your Mini history, looks great, has your wife still got hers?
@ richw911
Damn you had your work cut with that one, look forward to going through that thread properly
I miss our little 1000 now.
Your not wrong :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
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welcome along :cool:
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Hello and welcome