Hi Everyone,

Just thought I'd say hello. I'm Vinay and I have been the proud owner of this little 1275 E for the past year and a half. He's gone through some changes since I first got him, most of which have been very recent and rather striking (Quite pleased with the result  ) 





And now with D1s and 165s (Thanks to Sean for some lovely wheel nuts) 
Plus all the rust spots and dents have been fixed. Stripes were fitted incorrectly, but they'll be sorted out soon. 

http://www.classicandsportscar.com/class...car/351873

'68 Mini Moke (Morris) 998cc

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'69 Austin Cooper S 1275 Mkll

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Hi Everyone!

My name is Craig and I am from KZN. 

I have my youngest brother to thank for getting me involved with minis. He introduced me to a member of the mini club in 1998 and as a result, I purchased my first mini later the same year. I have been a member of MOCKZN (Mini Owners Club KZN) on and off for the last 16 years or so.

I currently own two minis, Taffy and Benjamin. Taffy is a 1977 GTS that I can honestly say I will keep forever, and Benjamin is a round nose rolling shell that is currently in storage.

Glad to see the forum back up and running.

Bit of a mini nut! My first car was a '64 850cc Mk1 and it looks like my last car could also be a mini of some sort!!!

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Hey guys,

I have been keen for a long time investigate the interest from everyone (as well as costs involved) in arranging an auto test/Hill-down/gymkhana/track day aimed specifically at classic minis.

ANY event, really, where the point would be to drive our cars as opposed to parking them in the sun at a spit and polish affair because I am one of those that enjoys driving my car as opposed to showing it  No need to thrash them if we don't want to, 'spirited' driving would be the order of the day.

Seeing the KZN track day post reminded me and I thought I would gauge the interest here in Gauteng for something similar?

I have NO experience in arranging these but I have participated in a few at Zwartkops raceway in the past.

This would be the obvious venue then since we would be able to let them arrange and just 'pitch and pay'

The following options are available:

Actual main track time - too expensive to hire exclusively and we would have to mix it with the 1600 - 2l class at a normal track day, so in my book not a good choice. Also expensive at R650 per driver.

Go-kart track - Track rental per hour is in the region of R1,4k, we could then do timed head-to-head sprints, 3 hour event with 20 cars would be around R200 each at a guess? Not sure but that might give us 3 or 4 runs each? cars matched in terms of kw output etc.

Skid pan - could arrange a wet or dry gymkhana type event, not sure on the costs here, possibly less than Kart track, we would set up two parallel courses and go head to head to see who finishes first etc. Possibly allows for more runs each due to shorter time taken.

Drive-in road venue - this has been used in the past for "Hill-down" events, timed sprints down to the old drive in and back, no idea of cost and would expect that there would be a lot of standing around in between with only one car on circuit at once.

To make it feasible in terms of costs we would need a fairly big turn out (20 to 30 cars) and cost are (VERY) estimated but I want to hear what interest there is for an event of this nature?

if I am the only one who likes this type of thing I will hang my head in shame and go back to the hole I crawled out of

regards,

Craig

26B Four rotor turbo Mazda RX2... this is truly Fast & Loud.. 6.89sec quarter mile @ 203MPH

I'll post the progress from a UK thread I started :

Seeing as I have my own project on the forum, I thought it would be nice to add my dad's one. His car is a South African built 1275GT that was found in 2011 or so after having sat in a barn/garage for 15 years prior to our acquirement. It is one of 935 GT cars that were made here in South Africa. It's a really special car though in that it wears a different paint scheme when compared to any of the other cars made here. These cars were only available in BRG, Killarney blue and Aloe red. The one we found was Protea white in colour. Having looked all over the car, we've come to the conclusion that it hasn't been resprayed - an interesting find was the PW lettering on the rear seat back inside the car. The car has an ox blood colour basket weave interior. Whether this colour was available on these cars or not, I wouldn't know. 
 
Probably the luckiest find with this car was the engine, which turned out to be a 1275 Cooper S item, along with its crank. We have yet to inspect the rods and pistons (the block was split from the 'box, but head still attached). The head is a 12G940 item, so not 'S', but it has had some work done to it in the past. The 'box appears to be a GT item, except for the addition of Hardy Spicer joints.
 
I could go on with mundane info, so we'll get straight to pictures :
 
The car as found :
 

 

 

 
And back home with us :
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 
She shall be treated to a full rebuild, whilst saving some of the important and original bits, like the interior. We're going to try and do as much as we can on our own. This way we save money and also get it done exactly how we want it.
 
The updates on this one will be few and far between for the time being, but progress shall commence soon.

So I got two little ladies, 1973 Blue and 1968 White MKI hybrid. Love these ladies. My son will get the blue one next year as his first car...will miss her...lol