Recently I helped a mate drop a uprated Swift tune built engine into his 1964 Mini, yet it looks bog standard.
Yesterday we went for the first extended 'Run in' drive, around North Wales ( After a little tinkering, as you do )
Thought some people would like the RR / Mini 'Comparison' photos, a real case of 'chalk n cheese' and the Mini is Soooo easy to work on. 1380 lb's V's 5379 lb's kerb weight !!!!!

Hope people like the pics

I love the pictures...
Such happy memories of my youth in mini’s.
This 1964 version B reg looks good on minilites.
I rebuilt a write off C reg 1965 1071cc Cooper S into a new shell in the late 60’s. How I didn’t kill myself , it could catch pigeons
Mike. G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
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i to have fond 'mini' memorys..
me and my mates had a regular trip to weston-super-mare via chedder every sunday '4 up' in my mini , and surprisingly there was plenty of room in it..

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And that is why you need reversing Camera's especially if you are at the supermarket  2018 SE SDV8 4.4 Byron Blue

Ah yes, fond memories of my 2 seat mini van
Unbelievable how much you could get in the back too. Mind you, 6 up did mean it was rubbing the back wheels

My mate had a Dolomite Sprint but couldn't keep up with me on twisty country roads as the mini would go round corners like nothing else  2021 D350 Fifty Edition
2017 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography -
2012 4.4 TDV8 Westminster - Gone, but not forgotten

@Kot, go to a different supermarket where you can park like this,





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Thank you for the comments on the pics, last time I drove the Mini it was a blast - once it's run in, the owner is going to let me have another go as I am still on his policy for going on Classic car rally's, the type where you have to keep to the speed limits

Love it!
It almost looks like daddy and toddler… if the toddler looked like mum  Currently driving: 2012 L322 SE Overfinch 4.4 tdv8

Past rides:
2014 Audi Q7 3.0d (good riddance)
2010 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged
2011 L320 HSE 3.0 sdv6
2014 Jaguar XF-RS 5.0 supercharged
2007 BMW 535D
2005 Mini Cooper S

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And both seat 4 adults, 7 at a push, a few more in a traveller. Brilliant photos

Ah yes, fond mini memories. Those grazed knuckles from changing the oil filter. Forever, having to replace the centre bracket of the exhaust, and keeping the rust at bay. Loved my Clubman estate and the subsequent standard car. Great fun to drive, probably more than the modern ones. My JCW scares me in a way my old Minis never did...

1st 2 cars were minis, had another a few years later, don’t think I’d fit in one now

My lower back problems started shortly after returning from honeymoon. We were skint so did a driving holiday to a relative’s house in western France. Just a six hour drive from Cherbourg in a Mini City. I’m 6’2”, so basically bent double with feet at an odd angle for all those journeys and eventually my back said ‘no more!’