friend of mine has bought a mini as a 'little' project.

long story short its a 1983 1ltr silver mini, it was driven into a garage by the prvious old lady that owned it 5 years ago in very good condition, never touched since,

so, hoping it hasnt turned to dust, whats going to be needed to at least get it running! i can think of a fair few things but never done anything like this,

cheers for any tips.

Fresh fuel. Octane evaporates out of fuel after a few weeks/months...

Good BIG battery.

Good jump leads - as a backup.

Can of easy-start.

Check that the points haven't rusted if its on points by putting a screwdrive accross the contact pads just to get it sparking on cleaner contacts.

Air filter off and squirt some down the carbs 3 or 5 secs BEFORE cranking (making sure the choke hasn't closed off the "hole" into the carb".

In that order or there abouts.

Good luck...

my first thing to check would be all the brakes and also tyres

cheers chaps,

yeah wont be driving it, just be nice to see it live!

ill let you know how i get on!