Can anyone advise me on the best place to buy body parts?  I need both "A"
posts for my '73 Clubman panel van and live just south of Sydney.
Graham

Hi I am starting on the rebuild of a 72 clubby but wanting to but a round
nose flip front (steel) on it any probs with this conversion. and as the car
has single line brakes, with the 1275 motor going in and using 7.5 disc
brakes to keep 10" wheels any probs with the master ...

Sorry to post a question that has been asked a million times, but I have
just come into possession of an abandonned  '73 Leyland Mini panel van with
a motor in the back (not rear engined, just a motor sitting on a bit of
cardboard in the back) and an empty engine bay.  The engine ...

I wonder if they will be making classic minis!
Steve.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-mg_p15279,00.html

I've recently acquired an '81 Austin Mini, and I'm having some trouble
sorting out the wiring. I've fixed a few things, but I still have two
problems:
1) The sidelights won't turn off. The headlights come on with the

Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqCeoKTHFtM&search=old%20mini
Taffy

I really am a sad inbred backward moonshine swilling hillbilly, us dumb
yanks are so gullible that's why we buy cars like the Bini, but on a serious
note I bet none of you decent honest English blokes could tell the size
difference between a real mini & a 40 ton 16 wheeler after ...

Cheers All,
I have a 2005 mini 5-speed and I am unable to do any
speed shifting. It rather shifts like a small truck than a rally
car. I also have a problem getting it in to reverse. I took it

Howard Stern cracks me up! On the radio he said " the Brittish will put
anything in front of them in their mouth, other than a toothbrush".

Ok, so here is the dilemna.
My wife wants a mini, but she wants the purple haze color, they stopped
that color this year.
We managed to find a 2006 early model Cooper S in Purple haze, it is a

I have original RSP Roverlite alloy wheels on my mini, currently fitted with
145-70-r12 tyres. These are terrible tyres and are due for replacement. I
heard years ago that you can fit 155 or 165 tyres to them but I forget the
full details now.

Is the winged Mini badge a horrible BMW invention or was it created prior to
them owning the Mini brand?  i.e. proper Rover

Hi, I have just added some more pages to my models website
Keith
www.littleminis.co.uk

where can i get estate panels from and anybody got an web address for a
print out of
the panels got a price list off dsn site  but i need drawings of such

I am looking to restore my Mini and have been looking at a number of
companys. I've looked at MBM Bristol who have a decent website and from
the pics the work looks good. This is, unfortunately, not matched by
some of the comments I've seen posted in this group which are now