Name: Aaron Lynch
Car: 1994 Mini 35 LE
Location: County Louth
• I’m lucky enough to have five Minis – a ’79 Rose 1100 Special, an ’85 Ritz, ’91 Cooper, a MINI diesel and the current project, this Mini 35. I bought the car three years ago when I was 16 and so far I've replaced the sills, front subframe, fitted a quick rack and added poly bushes all round. I also spent a lot of time building a new 1275 engine for it, as the old one was knackered. It’s got a turbo oil pump, central oil pick-up pipe, new pistons, uprated clutch, fast road cam, lightly-ported cylinder head and a rebuilt gearbox. There’s just a set of straight-cut drop gears to be fitted, then new carpets and Honda…