Got another motor?

Looking good. Enjoy.

Did Paula Hamilton come with it?

Nice one Ian , what year is it 82/83 ??
And can I borrow it when we come for our service/mot on 27th March

Picked up this brand spanking new Mini Cooper D in metallic British Racing Green this afternoon.
Reminds me a little of the first car I ever had - an original 'G' reg Mini in British Racing Green.
We doo love this Mini - even though it is not so 'mini' any more.
Sorry the pic does not show it at its best - it was dark when we got home.

That's fantastic, Scooby. What a superb colour.

Mrs B loves her Coupe even though I frightened myself last week on the M61 when I noticed I was doing 115mph!* I'd been out in the Defender in the morning so everything felt fast after that.

*if any police officer is reading this you should know that I'm an insurance broker** and prone to exaggeration. I soon slowed down when I realised.

** just!

Cheers for the comments guys!

Its a 84, with a G60 Supercharged engine and running gear, 210bhp at the wheels :-)

My last Mk1.  I've had 5. 1781cc 112bhp  

Second owner when it was 17 years young - I stripped it, rebuilt it, drove it, featured in countless mags and then Fifth Gear bought it off me and gave it away as a competition prize.  Still going strong somewhere out there!  Be worth 3x what I sold it for now!  

My first car was a Mk 1 an X-Reg (82 I think) in bright Yellow... Loved that car...
You'll have fun in that Ian...

My first car was an S reg (78) mk2 Escort in Peppermint Sea Green - nicknamed Slimer of GhostBusters fame due to its similarity in colour.

Bought before I passed my test, structurally sound with an MOT but with a dead engine - head gasget and big end. I spent 6 months tinkering with it while I took driving lessons and saved for insurance and drove it out of my fathers garage on the day I passed my test.

Its always good to have a little project on the go!

Its fun planning what changes to make! :-)

Tallulah wrote:

My first car was an S reg (78) mk2 Escort in Peppermint Sea Green - nicknamed Slimer of GhostBusters fame due to its similarity in colour.

My first car was a MK2 Escort as well, they were excellent cars, had 3 in total. Used to thrash the hell out of them and they started every morning without a problem, super easy to work on as well

My first car was a Skoda rear engine (£50), which I ripped the clutch out trying to pull wheelies second was a 64 mini cooper then a dolomite Sprint wow !!. Tim

Nice MINI scooby, british racing green is gorgeous.

(Nice to see you moving towards the green side of life! )

Scooby doo think we should all try to be a little more 'green' in the current environment.

I've just ordered this due for delivery on March 30th where it will be driven straight down to Barcelona for a run in and then some testing

VW Polo 1.4 TSI Blue GT 150 PS model

suits my car OCD as its now in the stable with the other test cars white Golf 7 GTI the White Touareg 3.0 V6 TDi and the white T5 140 Highline van



I've got an orange and black mini cooper S for sale with 3400 miles on it if anyone is interested

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I've got an orange and black mini cooper S for sale with 3400 miles on it if anyone is interested

orange and black you say.......

here it is its called spice orange not seen any others this colour, it was a BMW press car with 300 miles when I bought it last year

2013 mini cooper S manual with chili pack, think some sports pack which gets 17" wheels and the boot spoiler its got phone and usb stuff inside with 1/2 leather

3400 miles just been serviced by BMW Crewe and has free servicing pack with it plus remaining manufacturer warranty

its faultless in every way no stone chips of marks anywhere surplus to requirements now it was my summer car

PM if interested its getting traded against the polo 30th march unless I get time to put autotrader advert next week

My first car was an Austin 7 Ruby like this, which I bought for a fiver off a 'bomb site' car lot. It was before I was old enough to drive, and I saved up my paper round money with the intention of building a '750 special' in time for when I passed my test.





This is what I did to it. (in an almost finished state)





Sacrilege, I realise now, but it was commonplace then.

It was ahead of its time though, it had a version of ABS, not in the modern sense, but in my youthful exuberance, I hadn't realised that the body formed the 4th side of the chassis rail. It had cable brakes all round, and when you braked the chassis flexed and released the brakes. It then went back to its original position and the brakes came on again, and the cycle repeated itself.

Had to strip it all back again, and then got the chassis 'boxed'

What a FAB first ride out of the season we had yesterday
We went around around the Oxfordshire country side in the sun, dropping into Oxford Harley Dealership along the way.
Today we treated both bikes a Meguiar's wash - another first of the season!
Here they are afterwards, we doo think they look good

So much chrome to polish!

Luverly!!!

Gorgeous, ridden bikes most of my life for pleasure and work, but best was a Harley my wife hired for the day when we were in Australia, great fun. Jealous!

Scooby, so now I'm assuming you'll be donning the leather gear and singing YMCA at the Sleepover?

Have done so many times in the past (at least the singing).
Most recently at the Halloween Bash along with some of the other attendees.
So if it's on the playlist for the Saturday night then Scooby will sing it again - no worries!
Roo b Roo

cool bikes. not bad not bad :-)

My first car - a '68 bug in Diamond Blue.
Bought it off an elderly couple who had owned it from new and put 40k miles on the clock in 20 years. All original with a full service record. I eventually sold it to someone who took a fancy to the reg plate POR 959 G
I wonder what car they were going to transfer it to?