Back in the Fold! North Central California.
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Back in the Fold! North Central California.
Well, old Mini nut back after flirting with a Fit.
Got my first Mini Cooper (Austin, not Morris - I do have my pride
- in 1960 traded in my 1956 Porsche "Damen".
White, black top, Seats were for midgets but I found some Porsche seats that went in VERY easily.
White paint rubbed off on everything so re-painted body bright yellow, wonderful! Front end got entirely smashed '67. End of chapter one.
2004 - Saw a yellow/black Mini on a dealer's lot and bought it with a credit card.
2014, May. Frozen belt pulley damaged engine after 120,000 miles that it never let me down.
December 2014 bought a 2015 Honda fit. Bad idea, local Honda service incompetent and it was an early 2015 built in the brand-new factory in Mexico. Factory start-up problems?
Yesterday, traded the Fit in on a 2014 Mini with 14K on the clock, what I should have bought in the first place, and the first owner paid for all the add-on Harmon Cardon, leather seats, sun roof &tc. Good deal.
Happy Camper!
Got my first Mini Cooper (Austin, not Morris - I do have my pride
- in 1960 traded in my 1956 Porsche "Damen". White, black top, Seats were for midgets but I found some Porsche seats that went in VERY easily.
White paint rubbed off on everything so re-painted body bright yellow, wonderful! Front end got entirely smashed '67. End of chapter one.
2004 - Saw a yellow/black Mini on a dealer's lot and bought it with a credit card.
2014, May. Frozen belt pulley damaged engine after 120,000 miles that it never let me down.
December 2014 bought a 2015 Honda fit. Bad idea, local Honda service incompetent and it was an early 2015 built in the brand-new factory in Mexico. Factory start-up problems?
Yesterday, traded the Fit in on a 2014 Mini with 14K on the clock, what I should have bought in the first place, and the first owner paid for all the add-on Harmon Cardon, leather seats, sun roof &tc. Good deal.
Happy Camper!
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Well, old Mini nut back after flirting with a Fit.
Got my first Mini Cooper (Austin, not Morris - I do have my pride - in 1960 traded in my 1956 Porsche "Damen".
White, black top, Seats were for midgets but I found some Porsche seats that went in VERY easily.
White paint rubbed off on everything so re-painted body bright yellow, wonderful! Front end got entirely smashed '67. End of chapter one.
2004 - Saw a yellow/black Mini on a dealer's lot and bought it with a credit card.
2014, May. Frozen belt pulley damaged engine after 120,000 miles that it never let me down.
December 2014 bought a 2015 Honda fit. Bad idea, local Honda service incompetent and it was an early 2015 built in the brand-new factory in Mexico. Factory start-up problems?
Yesterday, traded the Fit in on a 2014 Mini with 14K on the clock, what I should have bought in the first place, and the first owner paid for all the add-on Harmon Cardon, leather seats, sun roof &tc. Good deal.
Happy Camper!
Got my first Mini Cooper (Austin, not Morris - I do have my pride
- in 1960 traded in my 1956 Porsche "Damen". White, black top, Seats were for midgets but I found some Porsche seats that went in VERY easily.
White paint rubbed off on everything so re-painted body bright yellow, wonderful! Front end got entirely smashed '67. End of chapter one.
2004 - Saw a yellow/black Mini on a dealer's lot and bought it with a credit card.
2014, May. Frozen belt pulley damaged engine after 120,000 miles that it never let me down.
December 2014 bought a 2015 Honda fit. Bad idea, local Honda service incompetent and it was an early 2015 built in the brand-new factory in Mexico. Factory start-up problems?
Yesterday, traded the Fit in on a 2014 Mini with 14K on the clock, what I should have bought in the first place, and the first owner paid for all the add-on Harmon Cardon, leather seats, sun roof &tc. Good deal.
Happy Camper!
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I drove a fit around for a little. Those things were... pretty gutless, but comfortable to drive nonetheless. Looks like you're back in what you belong in! Got any pictures for us? Oh, and welcome back to NAM.
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I always enjoy the page header on this site - looks like my Yellow mini in the upper right corner.
PIX - yeah - here ya' go: My '60's Austin Cooper as we leave on our honeymoon in '65 - subsequently painted yellow/black top; My '04 Yellow Mini, and my new-to-me 2104.
I REALLY liked the "Mickey Mouse Ears" convex mirrors I installed on the first Mini - I could see 360º without turning my head.
-Oly
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