looking for Lee in Atlanta
Created by: kd
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Dec 2, 2018 02:44PM | thewerewolf | |
Dec 2, 2018 02:37PM | 66Cooper'S | |
Nov 26, 2018 01:03PM | thewerewolf | |
Nov 26, 2018 10:24AM | pbsaz | |
Nov 25, 2018 08:05PM | thewerewolf | |
Nov 25, 2018 06:59PM | pbsaz | |
Nov 25, 2018 06:27PM | kd | |
Nov 25, 2018 08:25AM | thewerewolf | |
Nov 25, 2018 06:45AM | pbsaz | |
Nov 24, 2018 08:20PM | kd | |
Nov 24, 2018 06:53PM | pbsaz | |
Sep 2, 2017 05:38PM | kd | |
Aug 30, 2017 04:01AM | kd | |
Aug 29, 2017 04:20AM | LIMIni | Edited: Aug 29, 2017 04:40AM |
Aug 27, 2017 07:24PM | kd | |
Aug 27, 2017 06:39PM | thewerewolf | |
Aug 27, 2017 12:39PM | kd | |
Aug 27, 2017 10:33AM | Willie_B | |
Aug 27, 2017 09:48AM | thewerewolf | Edited: Aug 27, 2017 10:02AM |
Aug 27, 2017 09:42AM | kd |
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LiMini.. did you here that Danny Barrett of ballground georgia.. DIED this week.. massive stroke.. he had that very nice 1978 black mini 1000 with tan interior RHD.of course.. He bought in the UK the same day I bought my morgan in 1979 and imported via Canada.. it was SEIZED by CBP and held for over four years.. he finally got it back..in 1985.. his wife. has it now.. later bc
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Deb
Just emailed you what I believe to be Art Junior's phone number. A few years back he called me looking for some used tires for a Cooper 'S that he had inherited and was trying to get it rolling so he could sell it.
Just emailed you what I believe to be Art Junior's phone number. A few years back he called me looking for some used tires for a Cooper 'S that he had inherited and was trying to get it rolling so he could sell it.
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deb I looked at Georgia DMV website.. but can NOT find archives for some reason?? later bc
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Originally Posted by thewerewolf
pbaz .. if you could reach.. art mckenzie he could tell. you.( maybe). he is in dracula georgia.. but must be at least 95 years old.. his son might have some Mini owners south.. from back in the day.. later bc
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pbaz .. if you could reach.. art mckenzie he could tell. you.( maybe). he is in dracula georgia.. but must be at least 95 years old.. his son might have some Mini owners south.. from back in the day.. later bc
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Originally Posted by kd
Since it still has the France license plate try contacting Club Mini France and ask if they know the car.
//www.clubminifrance.com/pages/index.html
//www.clubminifrance.com/pages/index.html
I just thought since there were references in this thread to Mini Owner's South that someone here might recognize the car. I figured that there couldn't be that many members of the club who purchased a 1968 Mini Cooper S when new owned it until 2005. I guess it doesn't ring a bell to anyone. Thanks again.
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Since it still has the France license plate try contacting Club Mini France and ask if they know the car.
//www.clubminifrance.com/pages/index.html
//www.clubminifrance.com/pages/index.html
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Deb.. on the DMV archives files.. for NC DMV.. you just need to send in the $10 and MVR 605.. but in georgia.. gets bit tricky since.. pre 1985 cars do NOT have be titled.. you can ONLY get GA title if this chain has NOT been broken.. will look up the from number.. later bc
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You can buy a BMIHT heritage certificate and you will know where the car was sent after manufacture.
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You can buy a BMIHT heritage certificate and you will know where the car was sent after manufacture.
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Does anyone know a gentleman named Lee that bought a red and black 1969 Cooper S at MME 07 (1981) in Ste Marguerite Quebec?
The original owner of this car is hoping to find this Mini Cooper S or what happened to it?
Thanks
Deb
The original owner of this car is hoping to find this Mini Cooper S or what happened to it?
Thanks
Deb
I wanted to include a picture but can't figure out how to insert it into this post. My car is white with a black roof. It also has a Historic Sportscar Racing, Ltd sticker on the rear window.
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Can you ask your dad if this was after 1981? The car in question was Tartan Red 2 and black. Sold in July 1981.
thanks
Deb
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Deb
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The car was Tartan Red with a black roof.
It did not have flares. Maybe added after?
Any pictures?
Thanks
Deb
It did not have flares. Maybe added after?
Any pictures?
Thanks
Deb
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Deb-
There's some old Atlanta/ MOS people on this thread from a couple of years ago...
//www.minimania.com/msgThread/117655/1/1/Atlanta_Area_Owners_and_Clubs
I seem to remember the car you were talking about, if it's the same Lee (don't remember his last name, but I remember his car). Was the car more of a burgundy with black roof?
Talk of the Run Offs of that era, I think I spent most of my weekends as a kid getting lost in the kudzu patches at Road Atlanta, while god knows how many cars buzzed by me. My father worked for a guy who raced, Hubert Duprez (yellow mini, later Datsun B210) and knew pretty much everyone there at the track. He was heavily involved with MOS from the beginning. I remember the chilli cook offs and the smell of the house for the three days leading up to them. They didn't mess around when it came to chili....
I'll see if dad can remember Lee's last name. Or who that might have been!
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The guy's name was Lee Wilson. Right after he got back from Quebec, he had the engine rebuilt by dad's shop, The Starting Line. Dad said he had it for a few years and then sold it on to finance his Formula Ford habit.
He told me a funny story about following Lee over mountain roads in North Georgia. Lee has his arm sticking straight out of the window, looks like he's holding on to something. Dad pulls up alongside: Lee's holding onto the front wheel arch chrome trim piece, making sure it doesn't come any further off the car!
There's some old Atlanta/ MOS people on this thread from a couple of years ago...
//www.minimania.com/msgThread/117655/1/1/Atlanta_Area_Owners_and_Clubs
I seem to remember the car you were talking about, if it's the same Lee (don't remember his last name, but I remember his car). Was the car more of a burgundy with black roof?
Talk of the Run Offs of that era, I think I spent most of my weekends as a kid getting lost in the kudzu patches at Road Atlanta, while god knows how many cars buzzed by me. My father worked for a guy who raced, Hubert Duprez (yellow mini, later Datsun B210) and knew pretty much everyone there at the track. He was heavily involved with MOS from the beginning. I remember the chilli cook offs and the smell of the house for the three days leading up to them. They didn't mess around when it came to chili....
I'll see if dad can remember Lee's last name. Or who that might have been!
*EDITED/ ADDED
The guy's name was Lee Wilson. Right after he got back from Quebec, he had the engine rebuilt by dad's shop, The Starting Line. Dad said he had it for a few years and then sold it on to finance his Formula Ford habit.
He told me a funny story about following Lee over mountain roads in North Georgia. Lee has his arm sticking straight out of the window, looks like he's holding on to something. Dad pulls up alongside: Lee's holding onto the front wheel arch chrome trim piece, making sure it doesn't come any further off the car!
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I am pretty sure Art passed but his son is alive.
Mini Owners South was always present at the Run Offs and together with the Ohio Mini Owners they would put on the great chilli cook offs... good times..Belch fire Chilli....
Will email Dean Meyer in Georgia and see if he knows anything...
thanks
Deb
Mini Owners South was always present at the Run Offs and together with the Ohio Mini Owners they would put on the great chilli cook offs... good times..Belch fire Chilli....
Will email Dean Meyer in Georgia and see if he knows anything...
thanks
Deb
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wille b.. is crazy art mckenize still alive there in dracula georgia?/ sure art would know him.. deb there was a mini owners south. but this club is long gone.. later bc
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Bill, He was blond . We saw the car at Road Atlanta in the late 1980's and it was not well taken care of. In fact it had a broken mirror at the time and the guy was camping at the track.
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Do you have a last name? Maybe Wilson. Knew a guy in the early 80's that had a mini that could have been it. Was the guy on the SHORT side? He was a cornerworker at Road Atlanta that I worked with several times.
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deb..you do NOT need a 17 digit vin to do vin search in most US states.. just the right form from DMV.. just looked at Georgia DMV website. . found IT. MV 20... just google it and you can send in..?? later bc
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Bill,
Will be able to get the VIN but based on on-line searches they require 17 digits which is not the case. So on line searches have been unsuccessful. Any one in Georgia able to help?
Deb
Will be able to get the VIN but based on on-line searches they require 17 digits which is not the case. So on line searches have been unsuccessful. Any one in Georgia able to help?
Deb
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