bloody mini sprint
- rich@minispares.com
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bloody mini sprint
after such a great day yesterday I decided today to drag my minisprint out of storage and use it for work this week.
problem one: flat battery, leave it on charge all day and finally it chugs into life.
problem two: brake pedal sinks to the floor and stays there - not an immediate problem so I ignore it......
problem three: nothing electrical works -this has been an issue since I drove it through a HUGE flood last year
problem four: I take the bonnet off and notice a mouse giving it legs down the back of the engine - I then notice a veritable mouse feast of chewed up conkers filling the engine bay, sound proofing, and some what amusingly the bell mouths of the carbs - it should be noticed that at this point the car is still running, all be it like its got the choke one......
clearing the conkers out the carbs sorts this problem out.
flush with this minor success I decide to drive round to the garage so I can have a look at the none working electrics.
so....
I jump in the car, set of.....
and....
do a blooming tim harber and drive straight over the bonnet.................
curses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ive bent it back, but the whole car now looks proper sorry for its self
problem one: flat battery, leave it on charge all day and finally it chugs into life.
problem two: brake pedal sinks to the floor and stays there - not an immediate problem so I ignore it......
problem three: nothing electrical works -this has been an issue since I drove it through a HUGE flood last year
problem four: I take the bonnet off and notice a mouse giving it legs down the back of the engine - I then notice a veritable mouse feast of chewed up conkers filling the engine bay, sound proofing, and some what amusingly the bell mouths of the carbs - it should be noticed that at this point the car is still running, all be it like its got the choke one......
clearing the conkers out the carbs sorts this problem out.
flush with this minor success I decide to drive round to the garage so I can have a look at the none working electrics.
so....
I jump in the car, set of.....
and....
do a blooming tim harber and drive straight over the bonnet.................
curses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ive bent it back, but the whole car now looks proper sorry for its self
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Re: bloody mini sprint
rich@minispares.com wrote:
problem two: brake pedal sinks to the floor and stays there - not an immediate problem so I ignore it......
Hmm, and do we think the local MOT guy will appreciate this
rich@minispares.com wrote:
so....
I jump in the car, set of.....
and....
do a blooming tim harber and drive straight over the bonnet.................
curses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ive bent it back, but the whole car now looks proper sorry for its self
Clearly not your day.
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Re: bloody mini sprint
Sounds like me crashing my van....
Ahh well...
(Ive been looking for plastic minis since sunday....)
Ed
Ahh well...
(Ive been looking for plastic minis since sunday....)
Ed
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Re: bloody mini sprint
(Ive been looking for plastic minis since sunday....)
That collection on Sunday did prove that there are some lovely variants out there if you look hard enough.
Didn't you use to have a plastic fantastic Ed?
That collection on Sunday did prove that there are some lovely variants out there if you look hard enough.
Didn't you use to have a plastic fantastic Ed?
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Re: bloody mini sprint
There's a Biota on evilbay, one of the cars in the previous larger offering which I hear may all have found a new home...... (not with me, sadly)
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Re: bloody mini sprint
I wonder how many of us have driven over our own bonnets? I guess more than like to admit to it, I certainly have, so I know how you feel, it's even more embarrassing if someone sees you do it!
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Re: bloody mini sprint
I've watched mine disappear out of sight and reappear behind me, luckily with no one following
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Re: bloody mini sprint
When I was driving my Moke years ago, at about 40 miles an hour I watched my bonnet levitate into the air almost horizontally & as soon as it was above the top of the screen it did it's utmost to decapitate me, followed by my 2 mates in the back. Thankfully we all survived to tell the tail, including the bonnet.
Close escape.
Close escape.
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Re: bloody mini sprint
Hmmmm freshly painted Clubby bonnet on my GTS came up at 120kph, bent clean over against the roof seem.
Try find a nice straight non rusted clubby bonnet this far away from the UK
Try find a nice straight non rusted clubby bonnet this far away from the UK