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Keeping neat in the heat

MiniWorld staff and writers reporting on their month in, under and around Minis…

It’s just fitting an engine so why am I making such a meal of it? The actual fitting I don’t find difficult, having done it many times before (a skill I honed when I had a turbocharged Mini). It’s the smaller details that take time, as well as life and other non-car related projects eating

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