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Pea green Gold convertible in Cumbria
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Thu Oct 30, 2014 5:17 pmby ACourtney
This one is a bit of a project for somebody -
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MINI-MIDAS-/201204944033?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2ed8bfcca1But it looks to be properly registered, so it should be a good starting point.
I think it is fair to say that only our Scottish owners wouldn't describe the location as being North.
Re: Pea green Gold convertible in Cumbria
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Thu Oct 30, 2014 5:22 pmby Hans Efde
This car has a few strange mods, one of them is a big box behind the seats (at least it looks like this, there is no room behind the seats). I wonder how many surprises the new owner will find.
Re: Pea green Gold convertible in Cumbria
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Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:20 pmby 8386nw
It's got the Rover 200 style dash which was an expensive extra cost option.
Re: Pea green Gold convertible in Cumbria
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Thu Oct 30, 2014 10:39 pmby Rich
Not that far from where mine came from, I quite like it in that green.
Re: Pea green Gold convertible in Cumbria
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Sat Nov 01, 2014 3:43 amby Jin
Looks interesting, nice colour
Re: Pea green Gold convertible in Cumbria
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Sat Nov 01, 2014 12:12 pmby wolfie
At first I thought it may be worth a punt but scrutinising the pictures I think it would be a full stripdown and rebuild with some nasty discoveries to be made along the way. I notice there's no heater and it obviously needs a new interior. Call me paranoid but that rear bulkhead box makes me suspicious because the roll bar looks higher than the factory 1 so there could be some poor sleeving extending it upwards
Re: Pea green Gold convertible in Cumbria
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Sat Nov 01, 2014 12:41 pmby DavidL
Jin wrote:Looks interesting, nice colour
I'd say "interesting" rather than "nice", myself!
I have a fondness for various shades of BRG, though, which it looks like was its original colour...
Re: Pea green Gold convertible in Cumbria
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Sat Nov 01, 2014 8:05 pmby Jin
DavidL wrote:Jin wrote:Looks interesting, nice colour
I'd say "interesting" rather than "nice", myself!
I have a fondness for various shades of BRG, though, which it looks like was its original colour...
Its a new shade, "British racing pea"
Re: Pea green Gold convertible in Cumbria
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Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:52 amby benofbrum
Runs on Shell, does it?
Re: Pea green Gold convertible in Cumbria
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Sun Nov 02, 2014 3:55 pmby mikeeskriett
That's a blast from the past, the weight of paint on that must be impressive Charlie had it painted when he had it. It also had a centre console fitted when I last drove it which had hidden a really nasty assembly mistake. The seat belt stalk captive nut plate had been pop riveted to the inside of the car so the only thing anchoring the seat belt were two pop rivets!!! I think it was a 4 point mounting subframe setup on the front.
The roll hoop is higher because it's an earlier car (Corby) the roll bars were different I think the design changed to allow clearance for the hard top, the earlier ones had a cross bar going across the middle.