Not been on here for some time, mainly due to pc problems but fingers crossed all is ok now. Put a deposit down on this little beauty on Saturday, still pinching myself to see if it actually happened as I wasn't even looking for another car....anyway, bit of background to it, it's a November '68 job built to standard spec and despatched to Stewart & Arden's Acton premises the same month, where it appears to have sat there until 19th April '69 when it was reg'd to it's first owner. Restored in '91 to standard spec (apart from conversion from wet to dry), it stayed with the same owner until 2007 when it went to an elderly gent in Wrexham who bought it for his (presumably) elderly missus, who hated driving it so barely a month later it went to the guy I bought if from near Hertford. He then added Newton replica recliners (ditching the black adjustment handles and fitting MG / Triumph ones instead), neg camber radius arms and new bushes etc, period ciggie lighter, Benelite grille (currently off the car, it's a bit grubby so I'll restore it), electronic ignition, period seat belts, steering column drop bracket and a nice Moto-Lita steering wheel. It also comes with the original back breaking front seats, four 4.5" S rims with tyres and two boxes of bits he didn't want hanging around, inc an unopened Speedwell throttle pedal. Just been MOT'd and serviced too. Numbers wise it all checks out, and Steve Burkinshaw from the MCR had a hand in finding the car for the guy I'm buying from, which is good news. All being well I should be picking it up in about a week or so, if I can organise a lift before the seller nips over to Le Mans on the 10th June.
Nearly forgot..... it drives fantastically, much nicer than the Mk1 S I had a while back, strongest engine I've come across so far in a Mini. Can't wait to get it home...
Nidge
