Re: SER1 Must be my lucky week!
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Hi everybody, I also am restoring a Mini a 1961 countryman direct import to the USA San Francisco it has never been out of the area! It got me wondering what else people on this list are rebuilding or hobbies even.......................Paul.................
57 109 Ser 1
61 Mini
73 MGB GT
89 Spitfire
94 Discovery
Matt Draysey <matt.draysey@xxxxxx.xx.xx> wrote:
There is a lot of difference between MkI and MkIIs! Too much to go
through on here!
I'll take it as it comes!
Im am 6'2" and I fit just lovely, I used to have a Lotus 7 and you
should have seem me getting in and out of that when I had the roof on!
: )
On 13 Apr 2005, at 16:59, Diana Alan wrote:
> Matt
>
> It'll be an Aussie Cooper S, what's the difference between Mk I and Mk
> II? I remember something like 1275cc but I thought the earlier ones
> were better?
>
> Do you want it Par Avon or Surface? I don't know if it will get into
> my annual limit of Qantas airfreight.
>
> When I was a kid the NSW Police Highway Patrol drove Mini Cooper S's -
> I remember this big burly coppa wearing navy blue riding jodhpurs,
> black leather riding boots and black leather peaked cap getting out of
> a one when he was booking my older brother for something or other.
> You wouldn't have thought he would fit in such a little car.
>
> Cheers
> Diana
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matt Draysey
> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:34 AM
> Subject: Re: SER1 Must be my lucky week!
>
> Hi Diana
>
> If it is a MkII Cooper S I'll have it! Put it in the post to would you!
>
> No my wife is an accountant! She is too squeamish to be a nurse!
>
>
> On 13 Apr 2005, at 15:48, Diana Alan wrote:
>
>
> Matt
>
> My house mate has a mini but he hasn't touched it in over a year - do
> you want it? It's preventing me bringing up one of my 80" from the
> farm.
>
> I don't know your wife - is she a nurse? Maybe I know someone who
> knows her - almost half my department are Pommy ex-pats.
>
> Cheers
> Diana
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matt Draysey
> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 12:23 AM
> Subject: Re: SER1 Must be my lucky week!
>
> Nice one! : )
>
> I do have a 1968 MkII Mini Cooper S that I am in the process of
> restoring so once I have done that , another S1 will probably turn up!
> But don't tell the wife!
>
> Cheers
> Matt
>
>
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<DIV>Hi everybody, I also am restoring a Mini a 1961 countryman direct import to the USA San Francisco it has never been out of the area! It got me wondering what else people on this list are rebuilding or hobbies even.......................Paul.................</DIV>
<DIV>57 109 Ser 1</DIV>
<DIV>61 Mini</DIV>
<DIV>73 MGB GT</DIV>
<DIV>89 Spitfire</DIV>
<DIV>94 Discovery</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Matt Draysey <matt.draysey@xxxxxx.xx.xx></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">There is a lot of difference between MkI and MkIIs! Too much to go <BR>through on here!<BR><BR>I'll take it as it comes!<BR><BR>Im am 6'2" and I fit just lovely, I used to have a Lotus 7 and you <BR>should have seem me getting in and out of that when I had the roof on! <BR>: )<BR><BR><BR>On 13 Apr 2005, at 16:59, Diana Alan wrote:<BR><BR>> Matt<BR>> <BR>> It'll be an Aussie Cooper S, what's the difference between Mk I and Mk <BR>> II? I remember something like 1275cc but I thought the earlier ones <BR>> were better? <BR>> <BR>> Do you want it Par Avon or Surface? I don't know if it will get into <BR>> my annual limit of Qantas airfreight.<BR>> <BR>> When I was a kid the NSW Police Highway Patrol drove Mini Cooper S's - <BR>> I remember this big burly coppa wearing navy blue riding jodhpurs, <BR>>!
black
leather riding boots and black leather peaked cap getting out of <BR>> a one when he was booking my older brother for something or other. <BR>> You wouldn't have thought he would fit in such a little car. <BR>> <BR>> Cheers<BR>> Diana<BR>> <BR>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>> From: Matt Draysey<BR>> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx<BR>> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:34 AM<BR>> Subject: Re: SER1 Must be my lucky week!<BR>><BR>> Hi Diana<BR>><BR>> If it is a MkII Cooper S I'll have it! Put it in the post to would you!<BR>><BR>> No my wife is an accountant! She is too squeamish to be a nurse!<BR>><BR>><BR>> On 13 Apr 2005, at 15:48, Diana Alan wrote:<BR>><BR>><BR>> Matt<BR>> <BR>> My house mate has a mini but he hasn't touched it in over a year - do <BR>> you want it? It's preventing me bringing up one of my 80" from the <BR>> farm.<BR>> <BR>&g!
t; I
don't know your wife - is she a nurse? Maybe I know someone who <BR>> knows her - almost half my department are Pommy ex-pats.<BR>> <BR>> Cheers<BR>> Diana<BR>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>> From: Matt Draysey<BR>> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx<BR>> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 12:23 AM<BR>> Subject: Re: SER1 Must be my lucky week!<BR>><BR>> Nice one! : )<BR>><BR>> I do have a 1968 MkII Mini Cooper S that I am in the process of <BR>> restoring so once I have done that , another S1 will probably turn up! <BR>> But don't tell the wife!<BR>><BR>> Cheers<BR>> Matt<BR>><BR>> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Re: SER1 Must be my lucky week!
Paul Edmunds 16:39 on 13 Apr 2005
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