I have 2… ‘03 ST170 Focus 3 dr, 90K UNDERSIDE rear end and rear wheel boxes rebuild for the 2nd time in 7 years . no airbags sans rear seats sans air con, , downsized wheels to 16’’, metallic silver with Black leather Audi RS seats no badges…goes better than 170 horse , handles great, std springs front adjustable at rear, to get it level, with KYB gas all around… Only 10k of these built so worth lots later on… i hope
Then C class Benz 180komp,Auto, Estate 04, Silver, 128k Black leather and immaculate, sits on 17’’ std wheels with the big brakes 330mm and a/r bars from AMG, so they tell me…
Great topic with …surprising results. For me (as for few others here) it’s MX-5 all the time.
Daily is a NC 2012 2.0 prht and for fun we have the 1990 NA 1.6 and a Honda CBR 600f
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That you didn’t break down? 
No that I didn’t spin off the track.
I know
I was trying to be funny…
Sorry with both been traits of the TVR was taking you seriously 
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Had one of those some time ago, one of 9 MGBs I’ve owned and certainly the most ‘sorted’. Mine was a W reg too
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… a bit behind you then, only had 3 MGB Roadsters and 4 MGB GTs including a V8 version
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We bought this for the daughter to learn to drive but I’m growing fonder with each drive. It’s a 900cc twin air and such good fun.
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Let’s hope the wood doesn’t develop soft spots…
Our family had a Mini Countryman when I was a teenager and maintaining the wood was hard work.
Hope you’re going to be keeping it in a nice dry garage.
The Mini wood was cosmetic but I think it’s structural in the Minor.
Yep it’s structural and although mine was mostly replaced only 6 years ago it hadn’t been treated very well so needed quite some remedial work. All sorted now and half way through reapplying the correct protective top coats, it takes 4 coats with at least a week between coats to do properly. It’s so slow, so slow! Slow to do and slow to stop. Charming to drive though.
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We found conventional varnish problematic, as damp would creep underneath, cause mold and lift the varnish.
My brother-in-law built a boat a few years ago and used a very, very thin epoxy that soaked deep into the wood. You had to keep applying coats until it stopped soaking in and provided a surface finish.
A friend bought and restored a Minor for his wife a few years ago. He took it right back to bare metal and put modern brakes on it, modern transmission (Ford?) and a bigger engine to make it easier to drive. She loves it.
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