Restoration-Mini

General Discussion => The Lounge => Topic started by: BruceK on May 18, 2018, 02:28:47 PM

Title: Happy 30th Birthday!
Post by: BruceK on May 18, 2018, 02:28:47 PM
Emma, my Mini, turned 30 years old yesterday.  I don't have the exact build date, but records show she was first registered on 17 May 1988 so that's close enough.

I know she was on the road for about 10 years, then around 1998 she was put away in a garage under a oriental rug for about 15 years (the car was given as a gift to an 18 year old girl who, it turned out, didn't want a Mini). Emma was recommissioned, as it were, in 2014.  And again last year recommissioned a second time to fix the work done in 2014.

She was born as a 1988 Jet Black special edition model with a 998.   Then, like Michael Jackson, she became white later in life.  ;D

Title: Re: Happy 30th Birthday!
Post by: MiniDave on May 18, 2018, 02:50:53 PM
Happy birthday, Emma!

My Jag was born the same day as my son!
Title: Re: Happy 30th Birthday!
Post by: BruceK on May 18, 2018, 02:59:42 PM
Quote from: MiniDave on May 18, 2018, 02:50:53 PM
Happy birthday, Emma!

My Jag was born the same day as my son!

Wow, that's a coincidence.
Title: Re: Happy 30th Birthday!
Post by: 94touring on May 18, 2018, 03:39:48 PM
Fantastic! Also cool I was able to help bring her back to her former glory.
Title: Re: Happy 30th Birthday!
Post by: BruceK on May 18, 2018, 05:13:51 PM
Quote from: 94touring on May 18, 2018, 03:39:48 PM
Fantastic! Also cool I was able to help bring her back to her former glory.

Yes!  Better than her former glory.   4.gif
Title: Re: Happy 30th Birthday!
Post by: ve9aa on May 19, 2018, 05:06:08 AM
she doesn't look a day over 21 ~!