Rebuilding and starting a mini clubman estate that’s been parked for 7 years minus it’s engine . We find an engine (sat under a mates bench for 12 years) fit it and get the old girl alive again
My late Mother owned one of these, 'T' reg, in two-tone yellow and white and I think hers was an 1100. Handled just like a go cart on rubber suspension. I had a Bedford HA van that was changed from 40bhp to 60bhp with the addition of a Viva HC engine from a car that my mate rolled. Got a library book about cylinder heads and got a spare and learned how to grind out the ports, match gaskets and hand grind valves. Happy days! Much more fun that an OBDII port! Smashing video, Al. Brings back so many fun memories.
Brings back memories being about 18 putting 1100 engine's in to 850 or fitting inch and hall su carbs to them to make them go faster. Great video makes a change having something decent to watch on a Sunday morning. please keep them coming Al
This guy is mint been watching him for last 12 months I’ve been a motor mechanic 42 years as every position in road haulage and road transport I like he’s approach and skill’s similar to mine top man good on him .
I do love this shape mini had one had to sell it the same day as always laughing driving it Bought for 30 quid and sold for 50 quid a few hours later My wooly hat been refitted to keep my solar panel dry
I don't want to think about that too much if I had a barn or land just to park up my old cars instead of selling them cheap if I had bought a fast ford instead of a fast volvo I could get my money back and a profit
The Clubman's are so much easier to work on than Minis with the standard front end - the better access makes a huge difference. A hugely enjoyable video again - that engine sounds sweet as a nut, keep em coming! 😃👍👍
Thank you so much for this video. As a kid from age 14 i used to work minis and try and repair them. Mostly i got it wrong, i had a library haynes manual that i got fined for never returning and my grandads old tools. I did learn by mistake all the time, but owning fixing and driving them remains one of my favourite car memories. Not been in or worked on a mini since rolling my last one some 20 years ago now. I miss them, so brilliant, funny and thoughtful content as yours is wonderful. Thank you, of all the channels i subscribe to. Yours is the one i click for straight away.
Excellent video Al, will it start? Erm oh look no engine. Ah just happen to a spare one here. And apart from minor issues it went in easy and ran brilliantly!
Great video. Didn’t see you connect the Speedo cable. Easiest way is just before dropping the engine unit fully into position. Otherwise can be a very frustrating task. I’ve been there. Please carry on,great entertainment. 🎉
Great video Al. I'm not a mini man but did enjoy a blast around the streets of North London in one many years ago. Great fun car and I'd happily have one for high days etc.
This is a trip down memory lane, some interesting mods on that mini such as the lcb (long centre branch manifold), looks like it's got later 12 inch wheels, the first carb you fitted looked like 1,3/4 or 2" HS4 (seen as an alternative to twin carbs) as opposed to iirc the HIF fitted normally, engine sounds pretty good and should be fine on the lcb and standard carb (always seemed to me the lcb let the engine rev more readily and sounded a bit more "rorty" as well).
Loved this one Al😅 My first car was an 850 mini. Still remember the reg BFX897B ! Spent seemingly more time under the bonnet than driving it. I learned a lot, and a basic set of AF combination spanners and a slot head screwdriver and a set of mole grips together with my mates ballpein hammer got most things done. Swapped the 850 for an MG 1100 engine, went very quickly to 60, but died of piston failure soon after😟Happy days
Hello I'm thenewstoryteller I have a mini which I'm to drive from the shack in Wedge Avenue it's a 96 model and it's automatic which I call it a manualatic it's brought from new South Wales Australia. There's a film of it in a car show. Hello from Tasmania.
Great video love seeing these old school motors brought back to life, would be nice to see you team up with bearded explorer or imstokze and save some of their amazing finds, until next time. 👌
Great video Al love the old minis and the little girl has life 👍, look forward to the next one on her , great content as always and looking forward to a bit of tractorage be great to see the drots working at your mates and also seeing a bit of driving of the zetor, keep the great content coming mate
A lad had a brown one in my town. It had a 1750 ?? Maxi engine and twin SU carbs ,sounded awsome,might actually been webbers on it ,long time ago lol . Great channel Al 👍
Absolutely superb vid, Al! 100% love what you’re doing, how you’re doing it, and how you’re delivering it (Winkerage had me in bits!) Really lookin’ forward to the next instalment Keep ‘em comin’ JCHK
In the early 90s, a local lady wanted rid of a Clubman estate which had been in her barn for a decade or two and was in great condition with burgundy interior and wooden exterior trim. She wanted £500 for it but I only had £400 😢
Brilliant video Al. My first car was a Mini (1275GT Clubman). It bought back lots of memories of my early attempts at learning how to maintain my own car - including all the amateur first timer mistakes I made in the process. I did laugh when you threw away the Haynes "book of fairy tales" at the beginning of the video - did you realise the firing order was in there??? 🤣Looking forward to the next video - roll on Sunday!
Fantastic video. Very first car and was a mini and many many more after that one. Really takes me back watching these vids. Would love one now but they are way above what I used to pay for them so for now these vids will tide me over. Keep up the great work.
24:00 the British Leyland saviour makes a old BL gem run like a champ from outside the car This old stager with a bit of top fettling ran like the horse on the grill which let’s face it was looking nackered at the start . Top Job Al your killing RU-vid working on old shitters making them great again 🇬🇧🥷🏿
Didnt expect this on the channel, you made light work of getting that engine in 💪 i had a similar exhaust head scratching moment during the week, replacing backbox on Golf gti; couldn't get it over the beam, luckily only after a few seconds i realised beam needed jacking as it was on the ramps 😁👍
