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As usual I don't know yet because I left early. My wife has a few memory problems so we needed to leave, but we had several people come by and say Checkers looks really good. II even had a guy on the way home riding a chopper give me a thumbs up. I'll find out later if I won anything, but I don't care about this one but the show next is June ( mini meets west) is the one I hope to do good at. Thanks for asking.

 

Attended the 2023 All British Field Meet (ABFM) at Van Dusen Gardens in Vancouver BC. That Lotus Emira seems reasonably priced. Here is a link to my Flickr Album of the event.

There were even a couple of Right hand drive MINIs there. Of note, there were no R56 gen MINIs in the show.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/beken/albums/72177720308460305

 

Four little French sparkplugs just showed up. Just what the doctor ordered for Skooby's little French, British, German engine.

 

That looks good. Compacted. This is mine.

A little hard to tell, but they are duel gauges oil temp, water temp, boost and oil temp.

 

Been here two days now. The first day there was only about 10 or 15 cars, but now about 200. Most of them are classics but that's what MOASF is all about. I'll have some picture a little later. To day is the car show so I need to get ready.

 

Air filter maintenance for the MINI (and for my Sunbeam)

The K&N drop-in didnt look bad, but it turned out to be pretty dirty.
It's drying now, and will get oiled and put back in tomorrow.

 

And oil change is done on the Clubman after work.. much easier on the 2012 than the 2002.

 

Yesterday my wife and I took a trip out to Granville, OHio, and had lunch at the Granville Inn...

We sat outside on the porch... It was quite nice, mid 70's @ 40% humidity...


She had the falafel salad...


I had the prime rib sandwich...






It was a nice summer day to be out in Ohio...

 

Chicago MINI Motoring Club drive..

Nice weather for a drive down Sheridan Road.. one of Chicagolands nicest roads. We had about a dozen MINIs out for a slow drive.





Here is a link to more photos

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ernestovumbles/albums/72177720310121918

 

I warsh the engines in our cars once a year. I spray a very diluted solution of simple green on wait a few minutes & hose it off with I light spray. Then I use a leaf blower & a touch up with an air hose if needed. It really is an easy process. If it was hard I wouldn't be doing it.

 

I pulled the intercooler and coolant tank to be polished. Then back to the shop to change back to red. You know for a little car their are a lot to clean.

 

Took a MINI ride out in the country today with my wife....
The town we visited had a street fair in progress...
Lots of Fair food if that's your thing....

 

Yesterday I did my 5K oil and filter change, after a 4 hour drive with Techron....
The MINI is running great...

 

Warshed my sweeties MINI clubster. Skooby is squeaky clean.

 

Drove to retiree breakfast this morning and the MINI really enjoyed the cool morning air.

 

Here's a couple more shots

 

I finally did something with GIR this weekend, mostly TLC type stuff. Saturday replaced the bellow on the steering rack and while it was up on blocks I changed the oil and filter. Sunday he got a wash and I worked on the paint some. Hopfully finish that up in the next day or two.

 

The 2012 Clubman went into 1/2 engine mode yesterday and was running crappy...

Off to my local repair shop, and they replaced a couple ignition coils. They also fixed a recurring problem of a damaged temperature sensor wire. New wiring was rerouted higher up under the front bumper.

The car feels back to it's normal peppy self, or maybe it feels faster because my wallet is so much lighter than before ;-)

 

Chicago MINI Motoring Club annual end of season drive to Starved Rock state park..

We take a scenic 75 mile back road drive to a historic state park west of Chicagoland. Start was at one of the local dealerships who provided coffee and donuts and a place to hang out.
Great weather brought out 30 MINIs for a fun drive and chance to explore the park.
210 miles of MINI driving door to door for me..




Here is a link to more pictures from today
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ernestovumbles/albums/72177720312796334

 

Last one in....

Forgot the winter mats....