RMweb Premium Jol Wilkinson Posted September 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2017 I don't know if the MOT covers unsafe load, bodywork unsafe for pedestrians, vehicle likely to cause mirth, etc. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2017 Bob, you can always borrow the Bedford Bambi if you wanted to visit more distant shows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) A few from yesterday's Mini show at Stanford Hall... Quite a rarity now this one, a '79 Mini Special, the lady owner told me that 5000 or so Specials were built, half in metallic rose and half in silver, all with vinyl roofs but as far as she knows hers is the only one fitted with a Webasto from new, or at least the only one surviving. She said that only around fifty are still on the road... I've posted photos of this genuine Stewart & Ardern Minisprint before, it recently changed hands and is now up for sale again, the £100k asking price is bonkers but given it's rarity as a genuine RHD example I think someone will come along and bag it, it's thought that only around fifty were ever done before Stewart & Ardern gave up... certainly not everyone's cup of tea but a real period gem... Edited September 18, 2017 by Rugd1022 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 A few from yesterday's Mini show at Stanford Hall... Ah, that explains the two very clean-looking Minis on the Northbound hard shoulder near Scratchwood London Gateway Services when I was on the way to the stables yesterday morning. One had broken down, and the other was lending assistance. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2017 Not a bad survival rate for mini special's especially as 79 minis had a worse corrosion problem than others, something to do with shells having to pass outside due to the construction of the metro line. Compared with metro turbo survival that's excellent, there is fewer than 10 mk1s roadworthy and often less than 30 mks 2s though there are more in motorsports Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 On the trike, most big cities have at least one "sympathetic" bike MOT station who'll not fail stuff on an "I don't like that" basis and who are prepared to employ a broad (but usually still perfectly legit) interpretation of the written rules. Most locals into modified bikes and specials will know who they are. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 who are prepared to employ a broad Can be an expensive business. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) A closer look at la beauté sauvage:Not too terrible in the engine bay, though the protective undertray plate below the radiator is going to need replacement in the years ahead. The inner wings are very solid. There is even an extra cable which, when connected, allows an emergency start if the ignition switch has malfunctioned. The really good news is that the CX comes with Citroen imperial-sized alloys (6Jx14) in the correct style. Being a Series 2 non-turbo GTi, I was dreading the prospect of metric wheels (which came as standard on the GTi Turbo/Turbo 2 and DTR Turbo/Turbo 2) which come with a £250 per tyre cost attached. Tyres for 6x14s only cost about £60 each! Underneath, the longerons are still intact, although the underseal has peeled off in places and surface corrosion is setting in where metal is exposed: The n/s/r passenger door is also starting to rot along the bottom, but the other doors are all alright. CX trivia: of all the RHD GTi non-turbos produced for the UK market, only eight are still on the road - this is one of them. I had wanted to go and examine two of these survivors previously but they were sold before I had a chance. A "timewarp" LHD Series 1 GTi (chrome bumpers) was recently sold for about £25,000, so anyone looking for an "investment" might want to keep one of these long term. Obviously everyone with a hankering for CXs tends to go for the Series 2 Turbo/Turbo 2 cars, which are much more plentiful. These are already starting to attract 10 grand-plus asking prices. Fancy having a go on one? Same colour and same year as mine, but with a lot more rust! The time to catch all this is now. I have heard good things about FE-123 Rust Remover, but does anyone here have any experience in using it? Edited September 18, 2017 by Horsetan 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 This one's sold, but there are a few more in the collection that it came from, apparently.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Gosh you are brave taking on that CX ! My wife scarcely remembers a journey in our DS Citroens (one Slough, the later French) that did not end in messy Hydraulics fettling. My son similarly gave up on his SM when it settled down on its haunches somewhere near Lancaster going south on the M6 after he'd brought it up here to dazzle us Oiks. Five years later I think he regrets having sold it off.within a couple of months of importing it. dh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 A MOT garage, with good business sense, could do well to offer a safety test service, using the MOT as a basis but excluding the irrelevant emission test criteria. I'd think any decent, 'proper' garage would do that anyway - I know our local MOT centre will - our Mini came with 9 months MOT, but knowing how bodged some of the rally 'preparation' was, & thinking he might have known the tester, I asked them to do a safety check over of it, which he did for a tenner! Surprisingly it was OK! I'm guessing that if we ever do get it back on the road it likely won't be exempt anyway, as the rally prep. might be deemed as making it 'substantially modified'. Keith 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Gosh you are brave taking on that CX !... I always wanted one, so that makes me stupid rather than brave. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jol Wilkinson Posted September 20, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2017 Ivan, FE-123 is reputedy very good, as are the Bilt Hamber products. I don't have any corrosion problems with our MGB (that I know of!), but have used FE-123 in a couple of places on the vertical upper seams inside the boot where there is very slight surface rust, as a preventative measure. Seems to work well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Ivan, FE-123 is reputedy very good, as are the Bilt Hamber products. I don't have any corrosion problems with our MGB (that I know of!), but have used FE-123 in a couple of places on the vertical upper seams inside the boot where there is very slight surface rust, as a preventative measure. Seems to work well. In that case, I think I'd better save up for the FE-123 rustproofing service - apparently costs about £450 to cover something the size of the CX. About £150 cheaper than what Chevronics (Hitchin) charges to do the same job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted September 20, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2017 What I do every year is this: Clean down underneath the body, and patch repair the underseal with the waxoyal stuff. Then I spray all over with 3M cavity wax. This isn't a clean job, but the van has survived very well underneath from this simple treatment. Oh and I use it daily, come rain, sleet, sun, snow and salt. In 7 years there is no real discernible rust under there. Cost? Well the tubes cost about £35 each and I use about one and a half per moggy (I've got the saloon to do as well this year) plus some cash to 'my man' for the use of his ramp. I've got to fill the inside gutters this year on the van, which helps them to last a bit longer too. Andy G 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I dug this out the other day for someone on another forum, thought it worth a post here - back in 1993 Miniworld magazine did a short feature on the '64 Mk1 Austin Mini used by Anette Andre in 'Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), it was also driven by Tony Curtis (very briefly) in an episode of 'The Persuaders' and shows up in several underground car park scenes in the later colour episodes of 'The Saint'... It was restored by the same chap who rescued the Radford Mini Cooper S 'AA1000' used by Gerald Harper in 'Adam Adamant Lives!' back in 1966, and is still around today. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I took an Austin 1100 engine, stripped it out, shimmed where necessary and fitted it to a mini gearbox where the entire lump fitted perfectly into the mini engine bay. Gosnay Engineering, Romford told me it couldn't be done so maybe I just either got lucky, or they hadn't tried it themselves. Allan. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I took an Austin 1100 engine, stripped it out, shimmed where necessary and fitted it to a mini gearbox where the entire lump fitted perfectly into the mini engine bay..... Were the engine mounting points different? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr2 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I took an Austin 1100 engine, stripped it out, shimmed where necessary and fitted it to a mini gearbox where the entire lump fitted perfectly into the mini engine bay. Gosnay Engineering, Romford told me it couldn't be done so maybe I just either got lucky, or they hadn't tried it themselves. Allan. I'd always thought the 1100 engine was just another A series...?? I don't understand the problem? Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted September 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 21, 2017 If my memory is still working properly the swap was just that , you could use the 1100 g/box and modify the floor to take the remote shift , only problem then was diff ratio's , the 1100 would give great acceleration but a slow top speed due to the 10'' wheels instead of 13'' . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 21, 2017 If it was an early mini then holes would need to be cut for the remote change 1100/1300 are on 145/12s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2017 A bunch from a local event in 2015 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted September 22, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 22, 2017 Funny you should mention them - today on Ramsey prom.... 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted September 22, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 22, 2017 It always amazes me how most specials seem to turn out so damn ugly. in the above selection (other than what must be a non-2cv in the middle) the only one that looks anywhere decent is the Morgan look-a-likey. A friend has a Bentley MK6 Special, and his is amazing as it looks like a 20's racing blower Bentley, with a boat-tail back, on wires and nice and high. But when you look at Mk6 specials for sale they are mixture of odd and downright bizarre. Why? It can't be that hard to do it nicely... Costly yes, hard, no. Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted September 22, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 22, 2017 The 2CV ones are Lomaxes (Lomaxii?) IIRC, pig ugly - the Guzzi engine one is probably a Triking - much better job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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