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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Drewomega on 18 July 2012, 11:34:33

Title: My Old Moggie!
Post by: Drewomega on 18 July 2012, 11:34:33
I bought this Morris Minor in Mallorca in 1994 for £400. I then registered in 1996 in Birmingham.
I had to buy and fit a new soft top, steering wheel, brake cylinder, radiator. All bought from a company in Bristol. She always attracted interest outside whichever saloon I happened to be in.
She was the only MM on the island at that time, but I have seen another green one recently, owned by a Swiss guy.
I eventually sold her to an avid car restorer here in Mallorca for a lot more than I paid for her. :y :y
Should have kept it really. :'( :'(

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/drooscott/07-18-2012121213PM.jpg
Title: Re: My Old Moggie!
Post by: RobG on 18 July 2012, 11:44:33
(http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/drooscott/07-18-2012121213PM.jpg)
Title: Re: My Old Moggie!
Post by: freecall666 on 18 July 2012, 11:55:01
a garage i used to go to for my mot used to resore them think he had about 20 of them all done up, and about 15 in bits, he used to have to make some new parts him self as could not get new parts.
Title: Re: My Old Moggie!
Post by: omega3000 on 18 July 2012, 17:12:55
Quote from: Drewomega on 18 July 2012, 11:34:33
I bought this Morris Minor in Mallorca in 1994 for £400. I then registered in 1996 in Birmingham.
I had to buy and fit a new soft top, steering wheel, brake cylinder, radiator. All bought from a company in Bristol. She always attracted interest outside whichever saloon I happened to be in.
She was the only MM on the island at that time, but I have seen another green one recently, owned by a Swiss guy.
I eventually sold her to an avid car restorer here in Mallorca for a lot more than I paid for her. :y :y
Should have kept it really. :'( :'(

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq119/drooscott/07-18-2012121213PM.jpg

Like them MM , i think its the same for many of us who have had classic cars ..... feel we should have kept them  :(
Title: Re: My Old Moggie!
Post by: dbug on 19 July 2012, 22:06:22
Lots of cars I wish I'd kept, including . . . . .

Riley 1.5 (Tuned MGB engine & O/D gearbox), TR3, TR3A, TR4, TR6 PI, Mk2 Jag 3.8S, '72 Ferrari Dino 246, '63 E-Type 3.8, Jag 3.8 engined Anglia 105E, 3 lit Mk1 V6 Granada Ghia, a few 1293 racing Cooper S, plus a few of my many past company cars.  Hindsight or what?
Title: Re: My Old Moggie!
Post by: Vamps on 20 July 2012, 00:01:56
Quote from: dbug on 19 July 2012, 22:06:22
Lots of cars I wish I'd kept, including . . . . .

Riley 1.5 (Tuned MGB engine & O/D gearbox), TR3, TR3A, TR4, TR6 PI, Mk2 Jag 3.8S, '72 Ferrari Dino 246, '63 E-Type 3.8, Jag 3.8 engined Anglia 105E, 3 lit Mk1 V6 Granada Ghia, a few 1293 racing Cooper S, plus a few of my many past company cars.  Hindsight or what?

Indeed....... ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: My Old Moggie!
Post by: omega3000 on 20 July 2012, 14:42:00
Quote from: dbug on 19 July 2012, 22:06:22
Lots of cars I wish I'd kept, including . . . . .

Riley 1.5 (Tuned MGB engine & O/D gearbox), TR3, TR3A, TR4, TR6 PI, Mk2 Jag 3.8S, '72 Ferrari Dino 246, '63 E-Type 3.8, Jag 3.8 engined Anglia 105E, 3 lit Mk1 V6 Granada Ghia, a few 1293 racing Cooper S, plus a few of my many past company cars.  Hindsight or what?

Miss my capri MK1 escort and MK1 astra , 3x carltons , 3x granadas ... even miss the MK5 cortina for all the times it broke down and rusted before your eyes  ::)