dont whinge about LR maintenance

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Originally Posted by Tins

But Alex Issigonis was a genius, remember.

However, i'd forgive My Cooper S ANYTHING, as it was an absolute hoot to drive. I used to take at least half an hour to go to the shop to get milk. I could walk to that shop in 5 minutes, but the Mini would tempt me..... I'd have that car back in a heartbeat.

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I had a Mk 1 and a Mk 2 Cooper S but the best Mini I had was a 997 cc Cooper. I've seen a couple of real 997's for sale and the prices are eye watering. Usually well over $100k for a genuine one - not a replica. The fan belt on the Cooper was easy to change but the bypass hose was easier with the engine out...

You blokes whining about Mini fanbelts, should have got V-dubs.
https://youtu.be/BQhfcdQf1QA

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Originally Posted by trout1105

Try changing a cluch out on those east west pommy engines[bigwhistle]

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A woman I knew 30 years ago had a Mini Moke.

AFAIR the ring gear was trashed, but it might have been the clutch. Cost 3k to get fixed, which was a lot back then.

DL

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Originally Posted by Tins

Don't think I've ever heard one noisier than a Citroen CX 2200 Pallas.... Bloke who designed the fans on that cut his teeth on Concorde.

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must have been an early one .... maybe '76 .... the later cars went to series/parallel fans. so mostly run just on low speed. If your sitting at traffic lights and they spool up to full speed, often pedestrians would take a few steps back as the air being blown at them was too hot.

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Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

must have been an early one .... maybe '76 .... the later cars went to series/parallel fans. so mostly run just on low speed. If your sitting at traffic lights and they spool up to full speed, often pedestrians would take a few steps back as the air being blown at them was too hot.

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Well, the second job I had after the Army was in an office building in Miller Street, North Sydney, in a little workshop they had to service the rich folks cars. The building's owner's wife drove this thing, which I admit was lovely and fascinating, which you could hear coming from half a block away. I had that job from Feb 1977, so I guess you have the date right. Mrs Little didn't drive cars older than a year. Her previous car became the office runabout. It was a FIAT 130! Sedan, not the Coupé.
That CX made an impression on me. Silver, tan interior, and an instrument panel straight out of The Thunderbirds. The rest of the family drove such plebeian offerings as a Rolls Royce Corniche, a Series 3 V12 E Type, an XJ12 and a Range Rover.
I opened the bonnet on it once... and promptly closed it again. Here be Dragons. The E Type was simple by comparison, at least to my innocent mind. So I went out and bought a FIAT.

A fiat?.....but I doooon't believe it......

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

A fiat?.....but I doooon't believe it......

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Why not?? I had seven or eight of the things before I saw the error of my ways and moved on to Land Rovers...[bigwhistle]

I still have one down the back, although I admit it is more rust than car. Given the $$$ people are willing to pay for parts from a 1969 124AC Coupé it may well be my super.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

You blokes whining about Mini fanbelts, should have got V-dubs.]

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Holden red motor was nearly as easy,as long as one had a piece of wood to tension it back up.
Usually no AC or PS belts to get in the way either

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Originally Posted by Tins

Well, the second job I had after the Army was in an office building in Miller Street, North Sydney, in a little workshop they had to service the rich folks cars. The building's owner's wife drove this thing, which I admit was lovely and fascinating, which you could hear coming from half a block away. I had that job from Feb 1977, so I guess you have the date right. Mrs Little didn't drive cars older than a year. Her previous car became the office runabout. It was a FIAT 130! Sedan, not the Coupé.
That CX made an impression on me. Silver, tan interior, and an instrument panel straight out of The Thunderbirds. The rest of the family drove such plebeian offerings as a Rolls Royce Corniche, a Series 3 V12 E Type, an XJ12 and a Range Rover.
I opened the bonnet on it once... and promptly closed it again. Here be Dragons. The E Type was simple by comparison, at least to my innocent mind. So I went out and bought a FIAT.

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There be no dragons.... its a simple 4 banger that looks normal these days as most cars have east/west motors these days :)

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There be no dragons.... its a simple 4 banger that looks normal these days as most cars have east/west motors these days :)

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Yeah, but in 1977 mechanical fuel injection was high tech. Seeing that pic, though, shows that there was nothing much to fear.

Edit: Obviously mech fuel injection was NOT high tech for diesels... Petrol cars were a different story.