a quick visit to Minispares to pick up a repair kit this was soon overcome, then after the application of some more
underbody protection with Bilt Hamber wax ect, got the wheels back on,
as previously said I think getting the embellishers for, it as they were fitted originally ! finishes the wheels of many
thanks to ( Mr Hipwell) on here! and of coarse Ritch
,I had to modify the plastic?? wheel arch trim at the ends to match the way Oyler had cut the flanges a bit of dremmel
workbook care of it, the car did I believe have painted steel trims fitted! but they are as rare as Rocking Horse Poo,
and I remember scrapping the metal ones back in the day
hindsight is a virtue as they say,
I re covered the inside of the glovebox to match the headlining, the actual glove box is metal with wood ends,
the cup holders were set into the glovebox door, the heater pipe is still to be clipped up! had to take it done to get
the radio out for repair,
the hip flask and the tots, (unfortunately not the originals ) are as in the build sheet from Oyler, the small fire extinguisher
is the original,
first time out of my garage and first time driving for a few years, a little run round to check out brakes ect for MOT,
I presented it for its test a couple of days later, the only issue was a refusal on the headlamp orientation. I had only
checked the lamps for operation, they were LHD so the kick up was wrong, they were the lamps that came on the car
when I bought it
being a retired MOT man very embarrassing ,after a bit off running about on a snowy day managed to get a pair of lamps (without side lamp holes) local,
The next morning a quick retest on the lights! certificate was issued , as the car was registered 07/01/1978 and I had
a Heritage Certificate proving it was built 06/02/1976 and delivered to Cox of Keithley 27/02/1976 I thought it would
be straight forward to get Historic Vehicle Tax, had to Pay for the moment and send all the paperwork to Swansea.
I decided before the drive to Bingley to get some miles on it so the first visit was to Meltham still in West Yorks
and let the gent whom owned it for most of its life see it,
I think his face tells he was happy with the result, more so he has promised to get me its original reg no as the car had
when it came out of Oylers
then a visit to Minispares North to pickup some just in case spares! quite interesting first time on the M62 in a Classic Mini!!
those Truck Wheels look huge in a little mini
brought back memories of back in the day traveling to Holland sitting in thequeue for the old Antwerp Tunnel in those days most trucks had front mounted exhausts with a 3+" pipe exiting at window
height and the was before the days o AdBlue and emission controls,
And so to its first ever journey out of West Yorkshire to Bingley Hall Staffordshire,
The little thing drove and behaved brilliantly on its run to and from the show not the fastest probably due to the weight
but really comfortable, (we Mostly enjoyed the first time I have shown a car) thanks to anybody I spoke to hope you enjoyed
what you saw, the plan is to take it to some more shows over the year, hope to meet some other people,
Please say hello . now its back to gardening, decorating ect and the odd jobs, and keeping The Countess clean and running
well.
Cheers from The Count& Countess
Thanks for the suggestion GraemeC now looking at Lumenition or????
chased him for a couple of years gave up in the end, Never trusted a