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Curly
 Post subject: The things we did !
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Sorting through some old photos and found these shots of my '71 Cooper S taken around 1980.
Fibreglass Clubman tilt front / de-seamed with integrated flared guards / Clubman tail lights / Colt Gallant seats / custom dash with Clubman padded top and lower sections / thermatic fan and engine mods by KG Engineering.

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No regrets, it was a different time back then and we had a lot of fun :wink:

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Thats the thing you must remember they were worth nothing back then and there were lots of them, bought a MK1 cooper s for $700 in about 77.

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at least you didn't paint it red.... then it would have really been a shame

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simon k wrote:
at least you didn't paint it red.... then it would have really been a shame

That's exactly what happened to Mike J's car.
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gtogreen1969 wrote:
simon k wrote:
at least you didn't paint it red.... then it would have really been a shame

That's exactly what happened to Mike J's car.



:roll:

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You would have had to do an advanced driving course before you can have a red car.
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gtogreen1969 wrote:
simon k wrote:
at least you didn't paint it red.... then it would have really been a shame

That's exactly what happened to Mike J's car.

If you want to blend in get a red mini want to stand out Camino Gold all the way
All that glitters is gold
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MikeJ wrote:
gtogreen1969 wrote:
simon k wrote:
at least you didn't paint it red.... then it would have really been a shame

That's exactly what happened to Mike J's car.



:roll:


:shock: say it isn't so!! it wasn't originally camino gold was it??!!

goldbrocade_62 wrote:
All that glitters is gold


fun fact: 'camino' is spanish for 'road', so camino gold is 'gold of the road'

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Curly wrote:
Sorting through some old photos and found these shots of my '71 Cooper S taken around 1980.
Fibreglass Clubman tilt front / de-seamed with integrated flared guards / Clubman tail lights / Colt Gallant seats / custom dash with Clubman padded top and lower sections / thermatic fan and engine mods by KG Engineering.


No regrets, it was a different time back then and we had a lot of fun :wink:


Could be worse. Its not like you dropped a Fiat engine into it. :P

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peterb
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Now that would have been a big step............backwards :-)
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Fiat 128, haha
Don't diss the Fiats...
Any motor that survives being thrashed mercilessly by the Italians in the old country is a good thing. :)

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Years ago I saw a Mini in Auckland that had a twin cam Fiat engine in it fitted "North-South"! Chatted to the owner and realized very quickly he was mad, completely mad.....

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deluxe67 wrote:
Years ago I saw a Mini in Auckland that had a twin cam Fiat engine in it fitted "North-South"! Chatted to the owner and realized very quickly he was mad, completely mad.....


So he was just a regular mini owner?
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deluxe67
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Um, it was rear wheel drive with a 1/3 of the engine/ gearbox in the cabin. It all had a "home-made" look about it. He said it "didn't handle that great but was possibly the fastest Mini on the planet". I declined his kind offer of going for a spin on the motorway. As I said, he was mad, mad!!

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That's exactly what happened to Mike J's car. :roll:

:shock: say it isn't so!! it wasn't originally camino gold was it??!!

Yep, and one day ????.............but you know the story already

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