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Do you think it's worth buying that new Paddy Hopkirk tat from mini Sport and putting it in the loft for 30 years?mk1 wrote:UPDATE!
It looks like the market has crashed, the last set went for just £115
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLASSIC-AUSTI ... 7675.l2557
Crazy.
If I'd produced knurling as shit as that as an apprentice I would would have been told to start the whole job again....mk1 wrote:UPDATE!
It looks like the market has crashed, the last set went for just £115
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLASSIC-AUSTI ... 7675.l2557
Crazy.
Old school machining and fabrication I don't think is taught the same any more, I can remember not that long ago when I was doing my maintenance course at work, and whilst being taught to file correctly, I was told by my lecturer if he heard it squeaking, he would launch the piece of work out of the window!mk1 wrote:If I'd produced knurling as shit as that as an apprentice I would would have been told to start the whole job again....
its an early hrg one, but needs a bit of lovetimmy201 wrote:Does this one look right?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mini-Alloy-R ... 2009863757
id say no , stuff usually only gets collectable because at some point nobody really collected it ,surfblue63 wrote:Do you think it's worth buying that new Paddy Hopkirk tat from mini Sport and putting it in the loft for 30 years?mk1 wrote:UPDATE!
It looks like the market has crashed, the last set went for just £115
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLASSIC-AUSTI ... 7675.l2557
Crazy.
Must be one for Rich, as it has a shag pile dash!!! very 70'smab01uk wrote:Mini Jem Gt - Rolling Shell
“Fellpoint mini jem gt Rolling shell with v5 log book”
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Jem-Gt-R ... 1588544340
,Ha Ha , Just done one 
, Lots of hours needed, Though it does have the V5 
Ad says he's "had a lot of timewasters" from his previous ads. He means the people who pointed out that it WASN'T a Mk1 shell as he claimed and as the logbook said - Also that putting oversills on during a "full restoration" isn't generally recognised as the way forwardsurf-blue-850 wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/classic-mini- ... 43dee1a22f
im not sure whats going on with that shell - the bulkhead looks a real mess, later parcel shelf, early mk3 seat back, horrid sills etc.Old English White wrote:Ad says he's "had a lot of timewasters" from his previous ads. He means the people who pointed out that it WASN'T a Mk1 shell as he claimed and as the logbook said - Also that putting oversills on during a "full restoration" isn't generally recognised as the way forwardsurf-blue-850 wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/classic-mini- ... 43dee1a22f