Mini 54,sooo good.
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It lives , just like Frankenstien's monster , photos soon just at the moment it is raining so hard I can't see across the road and in the north of Sydney we may have had a small tornado!!!
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I love when an evil plan comes together, or not! he he he....
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Grant, I was going to suggest marking/labeling the parts as you took it a part, but I figured you were smart enough to figure that out.... surprise!!!!! Tale some pics of the puzzle...
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Mike all the parts for the trophy are laid out on the floor now we have just got to figure out how it goes back together, stop laughing I can hear you from here! will send the photo as sonn as we can .
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Put Blinkers on the RH Reindeer Al.
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Was that trophy "BIG BIRD" if so, it used to scare the crap out of my 5 cats when it got cranked up-
AW- Glad you got home safely, would have been sad if you had been at LA X and been a victim-
LHD 's may scare you but RHD s' are driving me crazy-
BIG AL
new e-mail address-
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Please update your records-
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Grant, you guys were a lot of fun! I'm glad you got to experience what a CMU event and the group is like. Yes, I was laughing as I pictured you trying to explain all of the parts for a 6' trophy to the TSA. Did they find the razor blades I hid in the base???
I will being doing the story for MiniWorld and I need you to assemble the trophy and take a good quality (high rez) photo of the 3 of you with the water and Sydney Opera House in the background. That will be proof that you came all the way to the Mini 54 and dragged home a 6' "furthest traveled" award. This is hard for me to type as I tried to catch a friggen boomerang! Thanks, seriously!!!
NOTE TO EVERYBODY that was at the Mini 54, I need your best 5-10 pics for the story and the website. Please email me them in low res, then if I use them I will get them in full/high rez... Thanks!
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I just wanted to bring this topic back to the top , and to say that we arrived home in one piece , despite Mike's best effort with the trophy, are you reading this Mike? we got stopped at JFK in New york and had to explain the contents of one of our bags and have everything x-rayed twice (Mike is now rolling on the floor laughing).
Seriously we had a great time and mini54 was the highlight of our holiday, Thanks to all those who took us on as passengers your cars were great and the variety was awsome . To Justin ? in the black moke who offered us the use of his spare car on the final day we were truly grateful ,great gesture at this point we were enjoying passengering and looking at the scenery so much we just could not take up the offer THANKS (and LHD scares the crap out of me it is just wrong lol).
Mike, Ronnie, Rob, Gayle the run masters and the tow vehicle driver Jim and Brad well done on a GREAT event I will certainly be passing on the message and hopefully we will be back, maybe by then we will have reassembled that trophy!!
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Thanks again for all the work you all put into these events. Smiles per mile factor keep us coming back for more. This week marked the 32nd anniversary of my first Mini purchase. I am glad that I still enjoy driving them and meeting up with old friends to drive the wheels of them.
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Mini 54 Snake pictures:
The Pictures taken on the Snake are Posted at: www.blindkenny.com
Go to "Find your photos", Then "US421 Photos", Then October 12, Then "Mini"
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Well that was fun!
Thank you everybody that came to the Mini 54! For those that missed it, you have to wait a year and a half for the Mini 56 in April, 2015.... We have new plans for 2 driving groups. There will be the Spirited group and the Touring group, something for everyone, if you like driving your Mini!!!
//www.classicminis.org/mini54/groupphoto.jpg
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Absolutely the BESTEST event I have ever attended. Superb roads for LOTS OF Minis!!! Can't wait for the next one.
GREAT JOB BY MIKE AND EVERYONE WHO HELPED PLAN AND ORGANIZE THIS. Lots of fun.
Thanks to all involved and all who attended.
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We just cant leave it alone! Yeah that's right!! ALL WEEKEND and just came back from a ride!
Once a broke down mini always a broke down mini!
After all the welding and cross-breeding of two cars to make Special K, (I see a personalized tag in your future), I can see you firing it up and screaming "It's Alive!......... It's ALIVE!!!!"
That's a sincere pat on the back for a lot of work completed sucessfully, not a kick in the groin for old news, best remembered with a few adult beverages! As I told you in Cherokee, thanks for taking the loose wheel heat off me!
OK, OK, I enjoyed walking up to you and Jim Watson and asking if you knew each other. The three of us have spent more time together than we'd have liked to!
N J
Sarcasm - Because beating the crap out of someone is illegal.
Avatar: 'B, bye Veruca. Luv ya.
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Yea Freddy. The question that wont stop being asked... Hows your car running? I heard it a million times around ya!
To be said - the Scavenger hunt had multiple "broken" mini parts turned in.
1 Distrubutor
1 Electronic distrubutor module
fuel filter
Thermostat
and we all know the moke was having fuel issues from a 48 year old fuel pump.
Hearing the work you did to make your swap and the miles accomplished this week seem like a success in every way, Seeing your tow rig was even cooler!
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We just cant leave it alone! Yeah that's right!! ALL WEEKEND and just came back from a ride!
Once a broke down mini always a broke down mini!
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...and a special nod to Freddy's car, "Special K", that ran all weekend!
Yaaaayyyy!!!! (in my best Kermit the Frog voice)
N J
Sarcasm - Because beating the crap out of someone is illegal.
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Missing everyone...not the same without all you Mini maniacs!
Mrs Aussie
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I will third that again! GREAT PICTURES!! Enjoyed them all!!
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I have one or two (or 430) pictures up at //www.flickr.com/photos/alanprigby/sets/72157636423341895/
Alan,
Great photos. Awesome quick upload . Too much work to do to get thru them all!. Great showing. Thanks for your efforts doing this... You should be the CMU Historian...
Who ever won the Silly Award from last event, bird thing... I surely did not. That needs to be confirmed...
I will second that statement.
Don't know who got the bird at the last event we all thought it was you, if anyone knows or has it please let Mike or Rob know.
If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
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