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nick!

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While I had my Rallye for sale I spotted this on ebay. A few days later it was on the drive!!Its a Classic Leyland Mini, made in 1976, with the 1275 GT A-series engine in with a weber carb. Few other goodies too. Not many pics at the mo...










Bit of an impulse buy, but I can only describe it as a gokart with a shell!! Sticks to the road and corners like nothing Ive ever been in before!

The engine is quite good is strong and is great on countrylane blasts. I think the weber needs balancing though as it pops sometimes. Will get it all setup on a RR next year jsut before I use it again. I used it for couple of months, but have now taken it off the road to fix and partly restore areas. Want to paint the engine bay for example.

What do you think? Bit of a marmite car, but certainly got a lot of attention when driving it around, especially when I had my bike on top LOL

Cheers,

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Posted 28th Nov 2010 at 22:35
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Love Used to own one,great cars.But the brakesLOL
Posted 28th Nov 2010 at 22:38
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lol old skool kona. i like it

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Posted 28th Nov 2010 at 22:39
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great litle project im in to old fords and waiting for a email back to go and collect a old escort rs turbo

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Posted 28th Nov 2010 at 23:02
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Looks good, miss mine even tho it never made it
on the roadSad

never get a mini shot blasted more holes than metalLOL

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Posted 28th Nov 2010 at 23:04
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heliosphan

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Brilliant Big grin
Love Mini's, had a '74 Clubman when I passed my test and my ex-girlfrind had a '71 (tax exempt) Clubman that I loved!

Might find it runs better and is nicer to drive if you bin off the Weber and whack an HIF44 on there... Probably more suited to the capacity of that 1275 lump, better low down torque too.

Enjoy the rust issues Whistle
Posted 28th Nov 2010 at 23:40
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Mate I am V. Jealous!

I don't know loads about minis but they look like they're such a laugh! I will have to get one in the future.

Will keep subscribed to see how this comes along Smile good luck!

P.S much better than that BMW junk Wink

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Posted 28th Nov 2010 at 23:47
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SteviePut

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I've rebuilt 2 of these from scratch, from the ground up, so I guess I know my way around them. If need any help drop me a pm Smile

My first one had an 1100cc with a full race cooper head. It made 75bhp ATW's. The second was a 1293 which made 85bhp ATW's and the third (which got me a driving ban for doing 112.7 average mph) was Again a 1293cc which put out 93bhp ATW's (close to 110bhp at the flywheel) they all ran a modified HIF44. The last one would have made over 100 atw's if fitted with a webber. What I'm saying is unless you're after mega power ditch the weber Yes

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Posted 28th Nov 2010 at 23:55
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Lovely looking car mate,had one as a project at 15 but after going to wash it with the jet washer and blowing 2 massive hole in the wings with the lance i give up LOL
Posted 29th Nov 2010 at 02:04
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NiceCool

Had a couple when I was first drivingSmile

Couple of bits stand out at a quick glance,Clubman dash in a normal Mini?and the servo is not standard is it?Blink

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Posted 29th Nov 2010 at 02:10
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Posted 29th Nov 2010 at 02:13
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Thanks for the comments folks.

It was originally a Sprite 1000 in red, and has been restored before. Been re-sprayed black (obviously) and had the usual welding done to sills and pillars. So she is in pretty good nick.

The original engine has been replaced with this 1275 unit which Ive been told is from a metro.

I am unsure of its state of tune, regarding the weber being there. But it has a few goodies on it and obviously had some money thrown in during the restoration. I guess the only way of telling is to get it on the dyno.

So far I know its got;

Front disc conversion
10" minilites
Maniflow exhaust man
LCB (2" bore)
Spax dampers all round
Weber carb
Extra engine steady (I think)
Sportspack arches

Sure it must have spacers on too to push the wheels out that far!? Need to get the wheels off really and see!

But thanks for your comments, and looks like a few of you will come in use in the future for some help and info LOL

Nick.

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Posted 29th Nov 2010 at 03:02
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Old minis are a lot of fun.
I have had loads of them, back in the day.
That one looks good, apart from those things on the headlights which are totally gay.

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Posted 29th Nov 2010 at 04:45
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i had a mini i binned the 1275 enngine it was shitty assmatic slow piece of crap.......then it got a 1.8 rover engine from a lotus elise then it was very fast lmfao.. scooby killer

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Posted 29th Nov 2010 at 04:52
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Thats cool mate, imthinking of binning the kit i fitted on mine as was ten years ago lol and go with a fat arches instead love minis, so much fun and turn so many heads!


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im thinking of starting a project thread on my mini aswell, once the rallye is finished or at a stage that im happy with it i will start 1, as mine needs done again as ive left it sitting doing f*ck all, only needs an engine tiny spot of welding and a subframe, bought all parts to repair but never had the chance to busy, here she is when i first had her restored and back on the road, mine is 1989 mini sky

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Posted 29th Nov 2010 at 06:54
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chrisd306

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anymore progress nick? mine is sitting on 4 wheels again bonus!!

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Posted 2nd Jan 2011 at 11:08
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Love it!
Yeah ditch the webbers, get the hif44 from the 1.3 metro or mg metro.
Then get the needle and jet sortd to suit, try not to go down the route of filing the needle down just fit an off the shelf one.
Then get the carb spring alterd to suit.
Have the carb, carb spacer and inlet port matchd.
Should all help.

I ran a metro with a late fuel injectd cooper s lump in it, junckd the injection and fitted a carb to the above specs.
Made 96 atw

and dont fit multi electrode plugs, it ran like a bag of spanners with them in, fitted a set of ngk r and it was sweet and made more power.
Posted 2nd Jan 2011 at 23:47
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nick!

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Cheers for all the info, it will all come in useful along the line Smile

I havnt done much on it, mainly due to the cold weather and not wanting to go in the garage all night LOL I also bought a road quad so been having fun on that in my spare time.

I have though made a start on cleaning and painting the engine bay to spruce it up a bit. Just bought some bits and pieces for it so will hopefully have an update in a couple of weeks.

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Posted 4th Jan 2011 at 00:14
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nick!

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Wanted to get rid of the grease and grime from the bay before painting so cleaned it with some degreaser fooooooooooooam





Ive fitted new HT leads, new coil, polished rocker, polished rad cap, painted block, new heater valve. The engine steadies are being painted at the moment and waiting on some bushes and thermo gasket then can put all those parts on.

Painted the bay black, but need to go over some areas which I missed.

So here she is as of tonight....




Not much of an update, but something! LOL

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Posted 11th Feb 2011 at 03:19
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heliosphan

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Seeing those engine bay pictures makes me want another Mini so much! Was it expensive by the way?

Very jealous... Love
Posted 11th Feb 2011 at 23:19
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nick!

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I got it for a good price I think. I was surprised at what they go for really, but they are classics!

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Posted 13th Feb 2011 at 15:25
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Did you not whip the engine out to do the bay?

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Posted 15th Feb 2011 at 17:27
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nick!

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No, I don't have the knowledge to just 'whip the engine out' LOL

It has been done before so I am just touching it all up. It's ok to get into the tight spots, just got to take your time Smile

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Posted 20th Feb 2011 at 16:31
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My First car was a mini city in a 2 tone Purple/blue, with stage 1 exhaust manifold & straight through exhaust.

I'll never forget the look on the guy driving the XR3i when I raped him from a set of traffic lights...Well until we got to 30mph...

Handle like nothing else you've ever driven.

So much like a go cart & mad fun to drive.

Just don't crash into anything!

Enjoy

Ah memories, anyone want my 6 for a mini? haha

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Posted 24th Feb 2011 at 08:11
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nick!

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Well been a while since I updated this. Has been on the road for a while now, using it as a weekend fun car. Been on a few Mini Runs including the London to Brighton - around 3,000 minis in total it was crazy!

Anyway, here are some pics. Its just had some work done and now has 12 months mot! Will be for sale soon as I fancy a change.

Roof bars now off and rear wheels no longer spaced. Also added black rear tints to replace the reflective ones.

Added mk2 rear lights


L2B


Suffolk Mini Run




Tarted up engine bay

How it was before!




Thanks all!

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Posted 16th Jul 2011 at 03:40
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