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This one’s mine, engines out currently but looking forward to getting plenty of use out of it next year.

Nice to see this out at Curborough recently and get a ride in it! Longman’s 1978 BTCC winner, in pretty fine form too!

hi
what is the point of putting posts up and not allowing people to see the pics
cheers roger mcnab

roger mcnab wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:48 am hi
what is the point of putting posts up and not allowing people to see the pics
cheers roger mcnab

I can see them fine Roger, have you logged in mate?

Pete wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 8:02 am This one’s mine, engines out currently but looking forward to getting plenty of use out of it next year.

Very tidy Pete. It's a long time since I saw an Aqua GT in the flesh Unusual and quite suits it BL had some cheery, bright colours at that time.
Is it still Hydro?

No mate but I may just put it back, haven’t decided yet. It’s a nicely restored car albeit had some incorrect parts nailed to it when I got it, should make a really nice toy once finished!

Nice car Pete my fav colour
My very first mini was a Jreg clubman in aqua quite an early one with centre key start

Sitting in this spot for about 40 years
not for sale was an MOT failure back then so i doubt it has gotten any better lol

Was sent this pic last week first time i have seen the car since the 80's

KEEP BRITAIN TIDY!

Is that Bracken or Bronze?

Who knows Pete . I can't see what year it is but Bronze Yellow pre-dated Bracken and was a little lighter and brighter so I'm going with Bronze Yellow. BL must have changed from one to the other around 1973/74? A good "T-cut" will soon tell us

Pete wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 4:09 pm No mate but I may just put it back, haven’t decided yet. It’s a nicely restored car albeit had some incorrect parts nailed to it when I got it, should make a really nice toy once finished!

The grille looks like a post '76 one......? Albeit with an earlier badge fitted. A rub down and a can of satin black will sort it.

Old English White wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 3:52 pm Who knows Pete . I can't see what year it is but Bronze Yellow pre-dated Bracken and was a little lighter and brighter so I'm going with Bronze Yellow. BL must have changed from one to the other around 1973/74? A good "T-cut" will soon tell us

Definitely Bronze yellow. One of the last with that boot handle.

"Not for sale"

Probably thinks it's still worth £500.

But goes to show that they're STILL around. Hidden away in dusty old garages

They certainly are , this one turned up on Facebook recently for very cheap money and was snapped up ….

Not always in dusty garages...this W Reg 1275GT sat on the driveway outside the garage of a very nice house local to me and had not moved from the spot for over 10 years. Sadly it eventually had green mould growing on it and flat tyres...but disappeared a couple of years ago, hopefully to be restored rather than scrapped....or maybe it has been put in the garage it sat outside of unused for so long!

Barn Find 1977 Mini 1275 GT | Off The Road For 35 Years:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpakCzu-KGE

Pete wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 2:47 pm Is that Bracken or Bronze?

Not bronze it will be bracken
from hazy memory i think this car was a Mreg or Nreg

So i think Bracken is slightly newer than bronze ??

mab01uk wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 9:10 am Barn Find 1977 Mini 1275 GT | Off The Road For 35 Years:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpakCzu-KGE

Those later plain velour interiors really are an acquired taste!

hi
well it helps to log in so you can view all the posts for a while i have been forgetting to log in i need to do it right and that is a nice gt mini
every time i feel the urge to work on the car everything goes wrong so money has to get diverted to other things our solar hot water tank is now leaking a new tank in the answer so 3.7klater it will be good the car and bikes now wait unlill next year when some money stays in the piggy bank it looks sad with all the band aids on it
cheers roger