My new car

[Wouter Melissen]

Just got me a new vehicle, a Mini Cooper 1.3. Here is a first image, expect more to follow!!

[Suka]

Oh, oh! That is beautiful!

[Niko_Fx]

Just got me a new vehicle, a Mini Cooper 1.3. Here is a first image, expect more to follow!!

No no, no more images, we want to see a "The Italian Job" kind of video with your Mini ;)

Nice car :)

PS:JK, please post more pics.

[UK CARS]

WHAT AN EXELLENTY BUY!!! the original mini is my favorite car of all time, what a legend. ;)

[carlover]

Just got me a new vehicle, a Mini Cooper 1.3. Here is a first image, expect more to follow!!
Quite beuatiful. Nice mini! ;) :D ;)

[Sweeney921]

very hot. how much did you pay for it?

[Wouter Melissen]

very hot. how much did you pay for it?

Probably more than I should have, but when I saw the windscreen wipers in action, I couldn't resist getting it. Actually you are the ones that bought it for me by visiting the site !! Thanks!!

[whiteballz]

ahh but wheres the proof? we all know many people tried to fake owning a car... give proof! :p :D :p :D


(nice car)

[fpv_gtho]

do you really think Wouter's one to try trick us all? in this case its probably fair to just trust its his car

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Congrats Wouter. You should feel proud of your new baby! it seems like you got a bit of alright there :D

I should really click on more ads, i'm sure Wouter needs some mods for the car, maybe even a matching set......

[motorsportnerd]

Nice car. Good colour to. Glad you went for the original.

[whiteballz]

fpv note all the smilys! :D :p :D :p dosent that portrait the fact that i am having a bit of fun?

[Matra et Alpine]

I've a full race-prepped 1380 engine going for it :)
Then we get you a roll cage, sump gaurd and some BIG CIbies and you can go rallying. Dad will sponsor you surely :)

[UK CARS]

when i was 13-15 i used to to a bit junior mini stox at high edge raceway ( buxton ) in a mini, useally came about 3rd or 4th coulple of times 1st. the mini was great with a 850 cc engine, roll cage, no lights windows, cage around the car, bucket seats and tour sorted!!!!! great handeler!!! fun all the way........... :D

[Spastik_Roach]

May I ask what year this motoring pioneer is from?

On another note, awesome car! Something awesome to do would be fitting a Turbo to it so you could go smoke some ricers in a mini, and you could put like a grey wig on so you look like a granny so that will shame the ricers out!

[Matra et Alpine]

May I ask what year this motoring pioneer is from?

On another note, awesome car! Something awesome to do would be fitting a Turbo to it so you could go smoke some ricers in a mini, and you could put like a grey wig on so you look like a granny so that will shame the ricers out!
MG Metro Turbo drops straight in with a wee hole cut in the bulkhead and replated :)
Unfortunately, it's mainly good for smoking tyres !!!!

[Batmobile_Turbo]

Very great car Wouter! looks like it's in great condition too.

[Egg Nog]

Staff party in Wouter's Mini!%$#!%$!^&#!(%!!!111 Wooo!!!

Seriously nice, Wout. My Uncle is actually working on a very similar car. British racing green, forgotten-in-an-old-barn type :)

Hope you have fun with this one. :) You should put your name over the shifter, just for fun ;)

[Wouter Melissen]

Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately this is not my car, got all of you guys fooled!!!

Hehe, just kidding. It's a 1991 and rust hasn't found its way to the essential bits and pieces yet. It'll need some work, but I do plan to get it in tip-top condition.

I might get Egg Nog his P of O today.

[Wouter Melissen]

Two more images. The shifter knob is not looking too good right now, if I get a new one I'll put my name over it!

[UK CARS]

thats in rearly nice condition, hope you and her have years of fun together :p

[Spastik_Roach]

I've ordered 15 Pioneer 15 inch subwoofers for your mini, a couple of X-Plod amps, and a 3000 dollar DVD Headunit. And how could I froget the the 6 Rockford Fosgate speakers, top of the range. It'll fit with much room to spare! Top of the range ICE install for a top of the range car.

I also got some vinyl, 4 6 inch exhausts, a carbon fibre hood, a aeroplane spoiler, and stole some chicken wire from old mcdonalds farm.

[Suka]

Two more images. The shifter knob is not looking too good right now, if I get a new one I'll put my name over it!
Ah doing the old drive around the countryside to find good places to get photos from. Me and my Dad do that all the time with the Libra. :D :D

[carlover]

Two more images. The shifter knob is not looking too good right now, if I get a new one I'll put my name over it!
Any chance of getting a front image like the one in your avatar?

[henk4]

Dad will sponsor you surely :)

Mentally for sure :)

[werty]

Probably more than I should have, but when I saw the windscreen wipers in action, I couldn't resist getting it. Actually you are the ones that bought it for me by visiting the site !! Thanks!!


how did we buy it for you by visiting the site???

[carlover]

how did we buy it for you by visiting the site???
Mostly by clicking on ads... Which is why I'm gonna click on the red text add at the top of the page... Here's an 100th of a cent Wouter! :)

[stratos]

cool car Wouter Melissen :cool: :cool: :cool: ! keep posting pictures :)

[DarkPhenix]

Nice car!! Post more pics :)

[Falcon500]

Minis while not my cup of tea have charictor and are very hardy! ill never forget will poor mini (its suffering has now ended and will be alloud to die in peace now!) i never saw a car that copped such a flogging and still lived!

[Falcon500]

...and im glad youhave a motor that you have endless hours of enjoyment out of...and enviable position indeed! :)

[werty]

Mostly by clicking on ads... Which is why I'm gonna click on the red text add at the top of the page... Here's an 100th of a cent Wouter! :)


i still don't understand, how does clicking on adds give him money, and what adds anyways, i've never clicked any add before???

[carlover]

i still don't understand, how does clicking on adds give him money, and what adds anyways, i've never clicked any add before???
You know the red text adds? For example: Ferrari. Everytime you click on one of those the company who the add leads too gives UltimateCarPage 100th of a cent. I think it's much nicer then having annoying pop-ups. :)

[werty]

You know the red text adds? For example: Ferrari. Everytime you click on one of those the company who the add leads too gives UltimateCarPage 100th of a cent. I think it's much nicer then having annoying pop-ups. :)
oh i get it, the first time you said it i thought some how the money was coming out of my pocket,
you are right, that is a great idea, i wonder how long it takes to make $100

[crisis]

oh i get it, the first time you said it i thought some how the money was coming out of my pocket,

Your invoice comes at the end of each year.


you are right, that is a great idea, i wonder how long it takes to make $100

10,000,000 clicks, buy a thimble.

[carlover]

10,000,000 clicks, buy a thimble.
I think I'd break my finger. :eek:

[fpv_gtho]

well just remember how many visitors UCP gets not only through the forum, but through the car archive's where the red text links are as well. even over a couple of hours it surely adds up

[Spastik_Roach]

Wouter needs to make a special page choka full of ads so we can go visit it and make him some more money.

[henk4]

He better lists his bank account number directly.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

We kind of have a page like that in Advertisement Fight.

but still, i think the Red Writing is so much better than Pop Ups, they annoy the hell out of me.....

[Spastik_Roach]

Not just that, but it would have every pop up in the world and everything to annoy the hell out of you.

[johnnynumfiv]

Nice car wouter, Make sure your front suspension bushings are ok before you drive it hard, I saw a guy at a race do a nose dive in his mini cause the bushings came off and the shock arm disconnected (something like that). Thats only if you have the stock lever shocks. I'm about to make a attachment for a turbo for one of my midget's 1275, I just hope the gaskets will hold up.

[Matra et Alpine]

Nice car wouter, Make sure your front suspension bushings are ok before you drive it hard, I saw a guy at a race do a nose dive in his mini cause the bushings came off and the shock arm disconnected (something like that). Thats only if you have the stock lever shocks..
Don't worry, Wouter/Henk, the Mini never had lever shocks.
The front has only been one of 2 setups. One with cones and rubber bushes and the 'wet' hydrolastci system.
I think johnnynumfiv may be describing a cone collapse displacement. The latter is quite common if the car is lowerd by shortening the cones. Taking a rise or bad pot-hole, the wheel can drop and the cone come out :) Not going to happen on a stock car !!

[johnnynumfiv]

Sorry mate, I'm used to my midget suspension, I always thought since the cars had the same suspension systems, since they were made B.L.. It wasn't a cone coming out, It was the bushing for the shocks, I think the set up is, two clamps holding the bushing in. I guess either one or both came out. I'll post some pictures of the MG midget's system in a bit in the users ride thread.

[henk4]

Don't worry, Wouter/Henk, the Mini never had lever shocks.
The front has only been one of 2 setups. One with cones and rubber bushes and the 'wet' hydrolastci system.
I think johnnynumfiv may be describing a cone collapse displacement. The latter is quite common if the car is lowerd by shortening the cones. Taking a rise or bad pot-hole, the wheel can drop and the cone come out :) Not going to happen on a stock car !!

Anyway thanks for reassuring, but could you judge from the pics whether the car was a bit too low in the front part? They were never supposed to be horizontal, but I am a bit suspicious. The absolute lack of any capacity to take speed bumps faster than a pedestrian indicates that there is really no suspension to speak of. (My Citroen's hydropneumatic suspension is the absolute king of the speed bump, so I might be making a very unfavourable comparison here)

[Wouter Melissen]

Here are some more shots of the Mini after we fitted a new grille, waterpump, discs and pads.

[fpv_gtho]

woah, go the wheel arches :cool:

[<AAA-MOD>]

wow, that new waterpump really sharpens the car up. looks better now.

[Wouter Melissen]

wow, that new waterpump really sharpens the car up. looks better now.

It's most definitly the brightest part of the engine. There is no doubt about that!

[Wouter Melissen]

Four more.

[foto_choppa]

ah i love those cars, leaking seals, cramped space, musk smell, slow ass acelleration, cracking paint, ready-to-rust body panneling, spark plug replacements every week. OH NO thats my sisters crap 1980-sumthin honda civic, a whole $300 worth :D

nice car :D

[henk4]

did you already find out how to switch on the fog lights?

[SL500]

neat mini

[SIMPLETON]

Four more.


you doo realise that there is some sort of paper in front of the Mini in the last pic?

[Niko_Fx]

I love this pic, saved it to my collection, hope you don't mind :)

[mad_max]

neat mini what car do u own