Some old pictures
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Recently got a printer with a half decent scanner and started scanning some old pictures from 35mm prints lol.

My first ever mini in florescent green, bought from a kid at college, drove it home and to an mot, guy advised me it was so rotten to not even attempt to drive it home!, so it had a date with the gas axe. sold all the bits off it, doors, bonnet and boot were off another car- 998 went for scrap as no one wanted them then, but sold 295 head, twin carbs, cooper exhaust and loads of other bits off it, think I was up about £100 in the end

Scan0016 by smithsonmorris, on Flickr

I sold all the bit to a place on langsett road in Sheffield, 2 lads who did minis up, business came and went in 2 years but when I turned up they had a white 998 auto that they were tarting up so I px'ed my bits for it

998 manual slung in by them
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And what did we all do to our first minis?

badly tart the engine bay up
Scan0014 by smithsonmorris, on Flickr

liberate a 41,000 metro of its heart, that got gas axed too lol
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fully rebuild the engine by painting it red
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On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?

Love it !!! Rebuilt the engine by painting it!!!

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Shitty pic of it at home, 12" rfx's with falken deathmasters on em teamed with group 2's, and now with lcb and Ashley single box system that set off car alarms on our street lol

Scan0001 by smithsonmorris, on Flickr


Think we've all found our selves here "what the fuck have I done to my perfectly serviceable car!!!"

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On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?

Nice wee bit of history oli.

What the fook are the gay things on the headlights?

Who's the slim young fella with his whole future ahead of him?

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

www.twin-turbo.co.uk

Excellent. Love an old pic.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Cheers guys, I have a few more of other tat I've had over the years to put up tonight

On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?

Hahaha, my dad got me the headlamp peaks for my birthday along with other bits,after seeing his beaming face as I opened them I had to fit them otherwise he would have been crest fallen lol.My biggest complaint was slicing my leg open on one whilst pissed up lol

That slimmer chap was just about to start work onsite as a spark for the first time so really that was the point where I stopped drifting and got some direction about life ect ect, used the white one for 18 months for work but had to sack it for something more practical in the end. Also he was in the throws of developing a taste for beer which is probably why he's not so slim now. ........

Edited by oli79 on 3rd Jan, 2015.

On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?

Just some of the other horrible tat ive had over the years

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Edited by oli79 on 8th Jan, 2015.

On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?

Holey moley whats goin on with that last one!? Haha

Against the general opinion, I always rather liked the Maestro. A turbocharged Maestro with the 5 speed box could be pretty useful and is more accommodating than a mini for those of us of "generous" proportions !

I had 3 of them dave, all 1.3, theres one hiding in the mini pics, whenever we had a decent drive ahead everyone would pile into my car cos it had more room and 4 doors, nothing worse than a 3 hour trip to Blackpool 5 up in a two door nova or fiesta lol

On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?

Because banger rally

On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?

Did someone say banger rally??


Decorated


Posing in Germany


After Oli redesinged the back end of a Mitsubishi (intentionally, I'll have a look for the video)


The man himself! lol

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Love the Ital, you should have written 'I couldn't afford and Escort' on the side!

Otherwise a similar collection of oddballs to my history.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

www.twin-turbo.co.uk

Haha awesome John, did you also notice the pic of your blue mini-that's on the bay at peel, isle of man.

I ran the ital in std ncik for a bit only reason I kept the car wil and 'improved' (ruined) it was because in all honesty, I couldn't afford an escort lol

it gets worse

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On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?

Whats the banger rally car modeled on? It looks like the thunderbirds uniform haha