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Old Nov 6, 2018 | 03:30 PM
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Hello all.

hey guys and girls. I’m josh. I’m new to the world of Mini Cooper. My son and I wanted something fun to project. And our new to us mini came up on offer up for 1500$. We picked up an 06 cooper s JWC hard top in blue. We’re really excited to enjoy it and can’t wait to share our ups and downs with it.
 
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Old Nov 6, 2018 | 03:42 PM
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Welcome to the forum! There’s lots of useful info here. What a good time, my son and I wrench on ours together too.
 
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Old Nov 6, 2018 | 04:32 PM
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Yeah, we just got our first round of parts to bring it up to par so we’re excited to get started. Starting off with a new cat/header oil pan and oil filter housing gasket, brakes all around and tail light gaskets. All good stuff for a kid to help on.
 
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Old Nov 6, 2018 | 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by joshuaG
hey guys and girls. I’m josh. I’m new to the world of Mini Cooper. My son and I wanted something fun to project. And our new to us mini came up on offer up for 1500$. We picked up an 06 cooper s JWC hard top in blue. We’re really excited to enjoy it and can’t wait to share our ups and downs with it.
Hi and welcome to the NAM family. The 06 MCS JCW is a great model and top dog of the gen 1 Mini Cooper S.
Here is mine:


06 MCS JCW

 
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Old Nov 6, 2018 | 07:45 PM
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Welcome and Congrats. Happy to help with anything you need in the future as they are great cars.
 
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Old Nov 7, 2018 | 08:30 PM
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Congrats Josh. Happy wrenching for you and your son.
 
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Old Nov 8, 2018 | 05:23 AM
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Welcome to NAM and yes there is allot of good info on this site, also YouTube is a good place for how to video’s.
 
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