Pic of the day

[Hurricane52]

 

[philw696]

8 years since my Dad passed.

 

[Phil the Brit]

It depends on what your personal taste is for, most people would probably answer with Mk1s with their early period charm, brocade interiors etc, but Mk2s are a good bet when you find a good one, they're also rarer as they were only made for two years, '67 to '69 (although the last few Mk2 Cooper Ss were built in February '70). Don't dismiss the Mk3s - they are becoming sought after now because of the bonkers prices attached to the earlier cars, but some have been reshelled using later shells. A good Mk3 Cooper S is a very usable car though. I'm a little biased as I've have several Mk2s but I still fancy another Mk1 some day.

Before I bought the white Mk2 above I put a wanted ad on the Mk1 performance Mini forum and within a couple of days had offers of seven good cars, Mk1s and Mk2s, none of which have been advertised before that I'm aware of, they're still out there

Good info thanks

 

[RoaryRati]

Matrix sign on M5 heading north around Droitwich would have been a good pic - it read "A46 closed because of flooding"!

 

[Felonious Crud]

When in France

Surely Wilkinfils? Phil Wilkinfils.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Surely Wilkinfils? Phil Wilkinfils.

Fitzwilkin

 

[safrane]

Matrix sign on M5 heading north around Droitwich would have been a good pic - it read "A46 closed because of flooding"!

Matrix sign on M5 heading north around Droitwich would have been a good pic - it read "A46 closed because of flooding"!

Another burst water main - thats why we have so much water shortage here... 100 year old infrastructure.

Updates after A46 near Leamington was closed in both directions due to flooding - CoventryLive (coventrytelegraph.net)

 

[MAF260]

 

[P5Nij]

Born four weeks apart in 1968, sold from the same London dealership and re-united fifty four years later...

 

[philw696]

Been doing a bit more on the Manta today.
Cleaning the motor up and removing old oil seals cleaning crud out of threads too.
Found remains of the old clutch behind the flywheel too.
A good 8 hours in today's heat.

 

[Oneball]

Been doing a bit more on the Manta today.
Cleaning the motor up and removing old oil seals cleaning crud out of threads too.
Found remains of the old clutch behind the flywheel too.
A good 8 hours in today's heat.View attachment 104439View attachment 104440View attachment 104441

Is it an alloy block and iron head???

 

[P5Nij]

I was watching the first part of a new Stones documentary last night and caught a brief glimpse of Keith Richards' fabulous Beltley S3 Continental Flying Spur, aka 'the blue Lena' pictured wafting Mick and Keith to Chichester court during their famous drugs bust trial in the Summer of '67...







If only that car could talk, what tales it could tell...

 

[spkennyuk]

Just browsing for a new battery maintainer / charger on amazon and spot an AA branded amazon choice offering. "As used by AA patrols" bold claim and hard to believe they use a mains smart charger at the side of the road.

Now spot what is wrong in the picture:

 

[philw696]

Is it an alloy block and iron head???

It's all Iron mate the front timing cover is alloy that houses the water pump.

 

[zagatoes30]

It's all Iron mate the front timing cover is alloy that houses the water pump.

The Manta / Ascona block was based on an old diesel engine hence why they are extremely strong

 

[Thatch]

Just browsing for a new battery maintainer / charger on amazon and spot an AA branded amazon choice offering. "As used by AA patrols" bold claim and hard to believe they use a mains smart charger at the side of the road.

Now spot what is wrong in the picture:


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I love spot the difference.

• have they spelt AA wrongly?
• is the battery upside down?
• how've they manage to get a colour label in a black & white photo?

 

[doodlebug]

Just browsing for a new battery maintainer / charger on amazon and spot an AA branded amazon choice offering. "As used by AA patrols" bold claim and hard to believe they use a mains smart charger at the side of the road.

Now spot what is wrong in the picture:


View attachment 104448

At the risk of stating the obvious, the positive terminal should have the shroud on it, not the negative.

 

[Oneball]

At the risk of stating the obvious, the positive terminal should have the shroud on it, not the negative.

They have one on both.

Im going for it’s got Pirelli’s on.

 

[philw696]

They have one on both.

Im going for it’s got Pirelli’s on.

Yellow callipers

 

[GeoffCapes]

Just browsing for a new battery maintainer / charger on amazon and spot an AA branded amazon choice offering. "As used by AA patrols" bold claim and hard to believe they use a mains smart charger at the side of the road.

Now spot what is wrong in the picture:


View attachment 104448

They've disconnected the negative wire and left the positive in place.