Matthew: After many years of wanting to own a Mini, I was finally in a position to buy one in December 2019 and found one I liked: a West Midlands car so it was local to us. Most importantly, my fiancee Hannah agreed to it. I took my two friends with me, Luke and Alex. Luke has converted his Land Rover Defender into a competition vehicle and Alex has restored an Austin-Healey Sprite so, between us, I felt we were well equipped to identify rust and any other issues with the car. We arrived ready with Luke's trailer but parked it hidden around the corner for use in the negotiations as the seller wasn't expecting us to be able to take it away that day. It was a 1275cc 1998 Rover Mini Cooper MPi, in Tahiti Blue, which failed its MOT in 2011 and hadn't been on the road since. The previous owner completed a lot of bodywork repairs and some re-upholstery but that was as far as the project had got. Left for me to complete was a suspension refresh (ball joints, bushes etc.), new brakes, a new exhaust and finishing off sealing the underbody which by then had developed some surface rust.
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机译：马修：经过多年的想法拥有一个迷你，我终于在2019年12月购买了一个，发现了我喜欢的一个：西米德兰斯车所以它是当地的我们。最重要的是，我的未婚妻汉娜同意了。我和我一起拿了两个朋友，卢克和亚历克斯。卢克已经将他的土地流浪者捍卫者转换为竞争车辆，亚历克斯已经恢复了一个奥斯汀 - 希利精灵所以在我们之间，我觉得我们能够识别生锈和汽车的任何其他问题。我们随着卢克的拖车准备好了，但是在拐角处停放在拐角处，以便在卖方不期望我们那天能够把它带走。它是一个1275cc 1998年的Rover Mini Cooper MPI，在塔希提岛蓝色，2011年失败了其MOT，自以来并未在路上。以前的所有者完成了很多车身修理和一些重新装修，但就项目而言，这就是这一点。留下来完成悬挂式刷新（球形接头，灌木丛等），新刹车，新的排气和整理，密封底层，然后开发了一些表面锈。
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