BigJimny Meet - 2020 (01 Nov 2019)
Parkwood (Tong - near Leeds)
What's your 'other' car?
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I tend to 'rejoice' at the sight of a PROPER mini - theyre not seen very often nowadays.
I owned several but never had any luck with them, and the Mini-bug never bit me.
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A mini was my first ever car sold it and bought another, had a mg metro engine in it and went really well this has a 1330 big head and cam etc certainly goes well, I have always had the bug and finally found another

Actually it was lamberts fault talking about cafe racers a few months ago, got me thinking

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Have you seen Project Binky on youtube?
Standard mini shell with 2ltr turbo Celica 4x4 running gear.. Its a work of art but not finish. Watch from episode 1 if you like to see people welding and vehicle modifications.
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Yes I have what clever people they are still have to watch the episode about the flexi shaft to turn the alternator


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205/75r15 General Grabber AT3s, 40mm spacer lift, 15x6 ET5 steel modulars, Ignis Recaros, Green Stuff pads, Osram Nightbreaker bulbs
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Max Headroom wrote: Wow! Nice Mini, Daniel!
I tend to 'rejoice' at the sight of a PROPER mini - theyre not seen very often nowadays.
I owned several but never had any luck with them, and the Mini-bug never bit me.
I follow a Morris traveller now and then....has the wood if that's the version........looks its age!
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My Jimny is quite modified and whilst I've contemplated using it as a daily and have had to for a few weeks at a time, it requires dedication.
My daily is a 2003 BMW E46 320i saloon automatic. Not an exciting drive but as you can't move for traffic around our way it makes sense. It's got the Mtec 1 bumpers, Eibach lowering springs and nice 18" wheels. So a little bit of what is becoming retro class.
Importantly for me, I can maintain and repair it, albeit it's needed a bit too much attention this year.
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kirkynut wrote: Not an exciting drive but as you can't move for traffic around our way it makes sense. Kirkynut
I am a littler surprised by your preference but I have never driven a "lifted" vehicle so wouldn't know what the drawbacks are. Back in Brum the traffic was bad but tended generally to be fairly fast moving. Traffic is one reason I got the (auto) Celerio - it is undoubtedly a brilliant town car. What I find is that being low down is frustrating particularly in traffic which is why, in principle, I would go for a lifted Jimny but it would have to be an automatic to deal with crawling traffic. Since going auto full time back in the nineteen nineties I could never go back to manual shifting. The Celerio gives a fair elevated driving position but is no match for something like a Discovery for anticipating traffic.
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