Miniman76

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Sooo before christmas the pinion bearing changed its mind, went south and ruined my day. bits stripped other bits off the side gears and blew the 4th gear needle roller bearing. basically it had had it. So it went in the shed over christmas/new years however a couple of weeks ago a challenge was laid by some friends to have it going for beach hop so we could take it up along with Gregs (64valiant on here) valiant. Therefore the following occured. The Engine/box came out, gearbox was removed... eventually. many many pieces of stuff were found. see the bits on the left hand side?... yea. Anyway a replacement box was sourced from New Plymouth. the engine was painted and it was all put back together last weekend. So anyway its all back together in time for beach hop in a couple of weeks. I'll throw up another thread of my race car one which has alot more detail/pics involved.

Hi! A few friends said I should sign up and post some pics/stories about some of my minis. So here goes! This is my road car, Originally I go the car when I was 16 at high school and rebuild it with my dad. That was around 7 years ago, Its been on the road now for ~5 years. Its been on the trailer a few times too ha. Originally it started out as a yellow mini 1000. It was pulled to a pieces, repainted with the rust patched etc. Disc brake conversion on the front off a 1275gt, cut the guards to fit flares with 13x7 inch minilite style wheels. Originally the car went back on the road with the 1000cc engine, but then I wanted more power so this was binned for a 1275 swap. Motors got a full rebuild with a bigger cam (can't remember the specs), fancy clutch, and a swish rocker cover. I through Honda Prelude seats in it for awhile but those were swapped out for the standard low-backs- its heaps more comfortable with the standard seats. anyway, Pics! I dont have any of when it was being built but heres some of it as she sits now... its still being fiddled with, The interior is on the on the to do list. These were taken shortly after it was returned to the road. Discussion thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/42650-miniman76s-76-mini-road-car/