Reading all these brings back some lovely memories - In my case a 1976 100,000 mile Mini 850 ( clapped out ) back in 1986. Pasted first time, despite the examiner walking around the car - admiring the multitude of spot lamps - and asking " has it actually got an MOT?"
The most unreliable pile of junk that mini, but i loved it! Didn't last long - i found out what valve bounce was all about and within months in the hands of a wannabe teenage racing driver it met its match with a church gate. The lesson was that even a Mini will skid in the snow - ran out of talent big-time!
2015 Morgan 4/4 (Wolf fettled) previously 2014 M3W MINI Cooper S and numerous BMC/BL relics.
