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The Mini Diaries
Greece
Приєднався 23 кві 2011
The plan is simple. Drive into the european sunset in my Classic Mini and not quit until a full round and 13,000 kms have been clocked in!
I m curently working on preparing the car for the trip and I expect the process to take a few months. June 2021 is my tentative departure date depending on how the Covid situation pans out, so I have plenty of time to work on the car and run my trials within a country as beautiful as Greece.
Feel free to hop on and enjoy the ride. (That means like and subscribe if you like the concept) :-)
I m curently working on preparing the car for the trip and I expect the process to take a few months. June 2021 is my tentative departure date depending on how the Covid situation pans out, so I have plenty of time to work on the car and run my trials within a country as beautiful as Greece.
Feel free to hop on and enjoy the ride. (That means like and subscribe if you like the concept) :-)
#16. Back From The Dead
Its already been a full year and a half of absence. This is a quick update as both Bob and I get back on our feet again.
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#15 Mykonos Off The Beaten Track
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Mykonos was on my "To Do" list for quite sometime now. Out of all the driving tests I've been carrying out with Bob I forgot to check whether he gets sea sick or not. I therefore decided to get him on a ship all the way to Mykonos and spend a few days exploring the unique island of the Cyclades in a more or less off the beaten track fashion. Hop on and enjoy the ride. Guest Star: Citroen 2CN Sp...
#14 . SU HS4 Carburettor Part 2. The Two Pennies Trick
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SU HS4 carburettors may be brilliantly designed devices but they do suffer from issues here and there. I bumped into the Two Pennies Trick in a forum for classic cars in my desperate efforts to try and resolve the idling issues on my car. I would hate to run into problems while travelling in a foreign country ( let alone the shame of restarting the car at each traffic light) so I started lookin...
#13. SU HS4 Carburettor Part 1. How to get rid of Air Leaks on the Shaft!
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Brilliant designs as they may be, SU carburettors do come with their own sets of problems. On an SU HS4, airleaks on the butterfly shaft can be a serious problem when it comes to loosing idling and messing up emissions and a lot of us end up chasing gremlins in our carburettors trying to figure out the issue. In this video I present a very simple, and super cheap fix in managing air leaks on th...
#12. Classic Mini Auxiliary Cooling. Keeping it cool during summer time!
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Overheating in the super hot Greek summers places a challenge not just on a Classic Mini but on any car for that matter! In trying to increase the cooling capacity of Bob so as to be able to handle temperatures in excess of 40 degrees Centigrade (104 F), for which it was definitely not designed for, I came up with a very simple yet quite effective way of making sure I won't be frying eggs on my...
#11. Classic Mini Road Trip Across Greece Part 2
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Classic minis and road trips are a great combination contrary to common belief! When locals saw me driving around in my Classic Mini, going up and down mountains and climbing cliffs, advised me NOT to navigate certain routes. Bob proved out to be a worthy oponent to the interesting terrain I had to drive through and I ended up in places that made my jaws drop! Running a test trip proved invalua...
#10. Classic Mini Road Trip Across Greece. Part 1
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What would a road trip with a classic mini actually be like? Since I couldn't answer that question to myself either I figured, I'd run a test trip across Greece for three weeks trying to simulate the conditions I would most likely be up agaist once on the road exploring the world. There were many a challenge along the road and I quickly realised that practise from theory are a long way apart! N...
#9. Classic MIni Upper Engine Steady upgrade. Test driving by visiting The Stonehenge Of Greece.
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Upper engine steady on my mini was totally toast, one time too many in the years I've owend the car. Fed up with the quality of the std part and not willing to wait a month or so for a better quality poly version of the part to arrive from the UK I decided to look for an alternative to solve the problem once and for all (hopefully). Though it seems challenging I'm steadily preparing Bob to set ...
#8. Unknown Greece. The medieval Castle of Redina. Test driving for my Great European Escape.
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Test driving prior to a road trip is absolutely necessary. Since I will be just by myslef all around Europe, I need to be as self sufficient and independent as possible. I've been working around the clock these past few months in making sure Bob will be in an as good a state as possible. In this episode I'm checking my rear brakes. Once done I took advantage of the glorious day and drove the mi...
#7. How far can a Classic Mini actually go over snow and mud? Stories of shuckles and Chains.
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How far can a Classic Mini actually go over snow and mud if need be? Picking things up from the last episode , test driving the car was all that was left to evaluate the effectiveness of my winter cooling set up. While at it I decided to cease the opportunity of snow in Greece and so I set out to try and fit my snow chains for the first time ever on my classic mini. Having survived the first st...
#6 Classic Mini Winter Set up. Cooling In a Winter Wonderland.
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Classic Minis and temperature control has always been an issue. As winter kicked in and the temperatures dropped significantly, it was time for me to roll my sleves up once more and get my hands dirty with the auxiliary fan set up in my attempts to stop the car from cooling down too much in cold weather. If successfull the set up will be the basis on which I will be further epxanding the imporv...
#5 Classic Mini Cooling fan. The correct way to do it without wondering what the fan is going on.
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Experiencing a lockdown within a lockdown in Greece I'm sharing my two humble cents on the much debated and quite often inccorectly installed yellow, plastic, cooling fan on a Classic Mini. Once at it I figured I'd also bring the mettalic (hot climate) fan into the game. If you like my content and would like to give me a helping hand in achieving my traveling goal you can buy me a coffee. :-) w...
#4 Classic Mini Windshield Wiper Repair. Operation Blade Runner
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Having died an honorable death during the previous episode, the stubborn wipers actually set the stage for the first repair needed in preparation for my trip across Europe. All footage shot by Jorge Donios Photography (gdonios.wixsite.com/photography) Music Selection through Epidemic Sound Infinite Expanse - Frank Jonsson Opa Opa - Nathan Welch Knastry - Jerry Lacey I happen to kow this - The M...
#3 The plan to take a Classic Mini across Europe. The Great Escape..
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Travelling Europe on a Classic Mini? Seriously? Watching a movie the other day (in quarantine of course) a quote stuck with me "If you don't follow through your dreams, you might as well be a vegetable". This is the plan to turn me from a vegetable back into a human being again with goals and targets! This is my plan to travel 13,000km around Europe in my classic mini 1000. If you like my conte...
#2. Daily life with a Classic Mini. A love and hate relationship.
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Ownership of a Classic Mini can be a love and hate relationship. There are days that I want to set it on fire but I always change my mind right before I light it up! Introducing Bob with his funky personality! . . . All music through Epidemic sounds Cafe Oceano - Rune Dale Mount Olympous - Trabant 33 Sweet Moonlight - Rune Dale Drone footage (Dji Mavic Pro) Interview footage Nikon D500 Car foot...
#1 My 1976 Classic Mini. Austin /Morris Mini 998cc.
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#1 My 1976 Classic Mini. Austin /Morris Mini 998cc.
My Quarantine Timelapse Project - March 2020
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My Quarantine Timelapse Project - March 2020