our old late  great buddy   big al guest.. will be turning over his grave.. 

Hmm. Guess I'll have to check the bulb?

Probably no more obscure than "That rabbit's dynamite!" ??.  For what it's worth,  I have an outstanding order with their sister division, Spridgetmania since April 29.  Half the order was filled, but the remaining items were backordered.  I've called their order line twice and left messages, as well as an e-mail, but so far no response.  Reading what you folks have posted here makes me wonder about their solvency; I really hope that's not the case.

My account is from March 1999, back when the forum was reset and updated with the requirement to register for an actual account !!
Prior to that we all just entered our username into the blank field and happily posted...

I actually started using the Mania/Spares forum in '97 while looking for info on disc brake hubs.

Ha, that keeps tripping everyone up. I have since deleted that one. The answerwas "Cooper". I was about to replace it with "what's the velocity of an unladen swallow" but figured that might be too deep into trivia lol.

What is the correct answer in the verification box for "Classic mini _______" ?

I tried Moke, 1275, Yes but none of these is the correct answer.

 

[email protected]

 

Thanks.

Looks like I need to keep an eye on my own spam box! The few of you that signed up and sent me a personal email went right to my spam. Just now got you approved.

This forum has been in critical condition for a long time, but the time has come to pull the plug and let it die a natural death. I thank all of those who shared their knowledge and expertise to a relative noob when I first bought my 87 Japanese spec 1275 from Herman many years ago. I gave Mini Mania a good amount of business, but that is water under the bridge at this point. I just signed up at Restoration Mini and hope to see some of you over there. 

 

Time of death: Sunday, May 25, 2025 @ 7:37 AM.

Cause of death: Apathy from host

 

Now it's time to watch the Grand Prix from Monaco!

 

Happy Motoring to everybody, except the spammers and scammers.

 

Signing off for the final time here,

 

Veggivet

 

 

 

 

I agree, come on over to RestorationMini.com, lots of friendly folk and no BS, plus we have some really knowledgeable folks there who will happily give of their smarts.

Willie_B just made a post over on restoration mini about potential flow over members. You all are more than welcome to join, I'll just need an email sent to me to approve your registration. I get a ton of spam and have to do it manually now. [email protected] if you need help joining.

I am over there also. Not as active as this once was but NO BS or spammers. Good folks sharing and helping. 

Dan, you are one of the pillars of this forum. Also the gate keeper. Jim

I found the forum ve9aa mentioned.

Thanks Mike!

Browses the members list - WOW - so many that used to be here.

I've been here a long time too.      I still check in from time to time hoping that this board will come back to it's former glory.   

 

I've been through several mini's:

1963 Cooper,   1974 Canadian mini Converted to US bumpers, a 1989 - racing green re-vin, and my current mini a 1987 UK RHD mini with a very tired engine.

 

Everyone here is so knowledgeable I would hate to see the forum go away.

 

I guess it's true what they say - You can never go home.

 

Michael

 

As the newbie, (2019) thank you for your service...... Doesn't not appear as if there is a white knight sitting in the wings to revive the 'brand'. I am sure the tariff crap has not made survival any easier. Glad to migrate (I avoid facebook) if anyone has a good idea. KimB

I just noticed that all of us signed up in 2002 (and Bill likely before that)

 

Sigh!

Been here a long time as well.  I miss the daily banter and learning cool mechanical things from all you very knowledgeable guys and gals.

 

I posted something neutral about M-M (more of a question than anything) a week or two ago and it was deleted within hours.

 

I'll miss you guys !

 

I hang out at Dan's restoration Mini website a little.

 

 

 

 

Sad but true. A lot of forums have died due to Facebook. Faster  response to questions and more folks to help. This WAS the place to be but people have moved on. I keep hoping and hanging around to provide any help I can. 

Hi dan.. yep.. the Phat lady is getting ready to sing.. the party is over .  California eastern bankruptcy @ 2.24 bk 22456. there was update last week..  5/15/2025.. but I do Not have pacermonitor.com account to open..   did Not want to have to pay $49 to open one..   yep been around since 1997..

This forum is just about dead. Most of the posts are by scammers, more likely AI scam-bots.  The current owners/operators of MiniMania are not paying any attention to this problem. I am done trying to point out potentially harmful scam posts.

Will the last one to leave please turn off the lights.