Mini Shipping - Third Port of Call (Terceiro e Proxima Parada) - Dakar, Senegal

Now the Mini's are all on the way to the Third destination. Dakar in Senegal. Maybe for some rallying?

See link below for their latest status.

[Agora os Minis estão todos a caminho para o terceiro destino/parada. Dakar, no Senegal. Talvez para participar de alguns ralis?

Veja o link abaixo para o seu estado mais recente.]

Mini Shipping - Second Port of Call (Porto Segunda Parada) - Le Havre, France

Now the Mini's are all on the way to the second destination.  Le Havre in France.
See link below for their latest status.

[Agora o do Mini estão todos no caminho para o segundo destino. Le Havre, na França.

Veja o link abaixo para o seu estado mais recente.]

Mini Shipping - First Port of Call (Primeiro Porto de Escala) - Antwerp

The Mini's have finally set off on their journeys today.  First destination is Antwerp. :)

Track there here:  Mini Tracking

The Last Steps - Os Últimos Passos (The Mugshots!!)

Meant to post these pics a couple of months ago....  Busy busy...  

Here are some pics that were taken for the Brazilian documentation.  We needed to prove that the cars are in fact 'Classic Cars' and in 'Collectors Condition'. 

MINI 1

Mini 2

Mini3

Mini4

Finally Shipping Mini's

Nearly a year of Blood, Sweat & Tears. And they have only just about to leave Tilbury Port!!!
The cars are now loaded into the containers.  When I say containers, we couldn't find a company to squeezy them all in to one, so Mini 3 is going it alone. :)

The container can be tracked here: Container Tracking
Container No 1: ACLU2183888
Container No 2: CAXU6590295

The container ship is GRANDE FRANCIA and you can track it's progress here:http://marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=247078800





Will keep you posted.

Osmars Car - Ready To Race

Oi Osmar.

Your car is ready for racing.  It's not very fast though.  I think the exhaust is leaking.

Enjoy. :)

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Wheely Good - Osmar's Bling

So we're a few days from shipping the first car now.  Some technical issues with importation licenses means that we will only be shipping one car in the first container now.

So Mini 2 was delivered on Sunday on a beautiful day.  Spoiled by the fact that we lost the football. :(

With only a couple of days to get a few bits on the car ready the fist job was to throw away the original carpet.  Apart from being brown, the carpet was filthy and had probably spent a bit of time under water!!!

Unfortunately the floor of the car has seen the tip of a welding torch a few times.  By the looks of it, by a blind person!!!  There is also some more welding to be done as a couple of holes are visible in the drivers side foot we.  A job for later. 

The new carpet is Biscuit Brown.  Quite light and quite easy to get dirty.  A new set of Mini mats save the day.

For ease of shipping (and also so not to pay extra tax) the alloys have been fitted.

These are the 5x10 Mini Light (Copies of the original Minilite) with some Yokohama rubber.

The wheels are slightly wider than standard.  These will need extended wheel arches to cover the edges of the tyres and stop rain and stones flicking up the side of the car. 
I have already bought a set of Stage 2 rally style arches for the car, but not enough time to fit them before shipping.  A bit of fun for Osmar!!

While inspecting the car I have spotted a few extra bits that need fixing.
1 -  Choke cable is shot and needs to be replaced
2 - Indicators not working.  Must be wiring issue as hazzard lights work fine.
3 - Drivers side parking light bulb is blown.
4 - Passenger side main beam not working.
5 - Battery clamp is missing.
6 - Battery cover is missing.
7 - Jack and Wheel brace are missing.