Lawrence and I used to work together. He had a 924 and 968 and I liked old-style Minis. I moved on to a Mazda MX-5 when I spread out a bit, and about three years ago I saw a 986 in AutoTrader and bought it.
I used to own a turbo-charged Mini in need of repair and was advised to buy a manual and a toolkit and do it myself as it would be too expensive in a garage, so I’m used to working on my cars. As the 986 was a bit of a patchwork, I resprayed it Speed Yellow, which I hadn’t done for about 20 years. But the more time you put into it, the better the results. A couple of years ago, the engine seized on the Stelvio Pass. Once I got the car home I rebuilt it then after 5000 miles the con rod snapped, so I bought a donor car and put its engine in mine.
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