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17 hours ago, figgy said:

In the late eighties my insurance would have laughed at me if I'd tried to insure a mini 1275 GT. Cracking little car.

86/87 the regal van and the mini were £168 tpf&t I remember that, price was same when I changed the insurance over.

 

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3 minutes ago, defender said:

 Mine started oiling up 1 plug then it miss fired so I had to sell it turned out 1 piston had a hole next to a ring groove.

hello, mine quite often  over heated, lasted about 2 years until i passed my car test at 20, then i got a mini, oh those were the days😁 

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back in the day after a few years on motorbikes my first car was a mini clubman 1l then shoe horned an allegro 1.3 into it fitted twin carbs branch manifolds etc race prepped head and high lift cams with adjustable Vernier cam timing gear  looked rough went like stink    next mk 2 escort shoe horned 2lx flow  blueprinted and altered sump to fit over x member and steering rack  stiffened suspension limited slip diff really good brakes and tyres   looked standard in every way went like stink        sadly grew up got married now drive off the shelf 

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