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Old 05-26-2014, 08:27 AM
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This is what lives in my garage with my Mini. It is a project car that is for sale. I am just having too much fun driving the Mini.
 
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This is what lives in my garage with my Mini. It is a project car that is for sale. I am just having too much fun driving the Mini.
Oh no, dont sell it! That is a Bug-eyed Sprite, correct? What year?
 
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Old 05-26-2014, 10:14 AM
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There have been changes to mine since I originally responded. The 2012 Countryman All4 was traded on a 2012 X5 35 diesel a little over a year ago. The 3 and 6 series are still there.








 
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Old 05-26-2014, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by jnelson25
This is what lives in my garage with my Mini. It is a project car that is for sale. I am just having too much fun driving the Mini.
Frog eyed sprite?
 
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Old 05-26-2014, 05:30 PM
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Oh no, dont sell it! That is a Bug-eyed Sprite, correct? What year?
Yes, it is a Bug Eyed Sprite 1960. I have had it for over 20 years and I took it apart to restore, but kids and now grandkids became more important. Maybe if I retire I could take it on, but most of it is in buckets. It rolls and all of the parts are there but that is about it.
 
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Originally Posted by jnelson25
Yes, it is a Bug Eyed Sprite 1960. I have had it for over 20 years and I took it apart to restore, but kids and now grandkids became more important. Maybe if I retire I could take it on, but most of it is in buckets. It rolls and all of the parts are there but that is about it.
Nice... pity... the SU carbs are fun to work on...

My father restored a '59 Sprite and we had that for the longest time. Then he sold it.

We inherited a 1956 A-H 100/M (BN2) from my grandfather. We wrote the A-H trust in England to authenticate the chassis number and it was an M from the factory. As opposed to a dealer add-on or private addition. We had two motors, two transmissions, two everything with numbers matching. Then before we could dive into it, my father sold it to a guy in New York.

Im not bitter... Great cars and fun projects. It was a blast to ride in...
 
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2002 BMW 530 iA - in the garage
1971 MGB - in the garage
2005 Harley VROD - in garage
2008 EZ GO TXT - in garage
2008 Honda Ridgeline - outside
2004 Toyota Sienna - outside
2000 Mercedes SL500 - outside
2004 MCS - outside

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Mini is my daily.
 
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No room in the garage for the MINI....it's full of bikes:
Ducati Multistrada
Ducati 748
Triumph Daytona 675
Ducati Monster
Honda CBR250R (wife's)

The MINI shares the driveway with a Nissan Titan, Nissan Murano (wife's) and BMW 528is (son's).
 
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My 2013 blacked out Harley Street Bob the 07 Dodge Magnum or the 11 Hyundai Sonata.
 
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only have a 1 car garage, so i also have a 1 car storage unit that these two duke it out for .

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my mini shares the space with ....... another mini and a ford explorer
2003 mini r50 (mine)
2010 mini r56 (wife's)
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This is one of the R53s garage mates. Although the MINIs never quite make it in there...not sure my wife would appreciate an errant spark burning a hole through the roof of her JCW!

 
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I have a 2006 MCS JCW Checkmate and the family car is my 2010 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited (which im obsessed with just as much as my Mini) and the modding never stops with both vehicles.
 
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My 2007 Z4 3.0si coupe shares the garage with my 2005 MCS JCW.
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Originally Posted by ccccPUNISHER
I have a 2006 MCS JCW Checkmate and the family car is my 2010 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited (which im obsessed with just as much as my Mini) and the modding never stops with both vehicles.
Also guilty...
 
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Originally Posted by Albiecrazy

Also guilty...


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heres a pic of my "mall crawler" this past winter...good color choice ;-) lol
 


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