Stuart_B
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 03:57 PM |
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my mini
hi all, i have finaly got a mini. it is 1988 f reg mini desgin.
it has some rust on it see pics for the rust.
here is one or two pictures of my new project.
 
mini
 
mini2
and now the bad bits.lol
this is the nearside
 
mini3
i am going to need a new door.
 
mini3
 
mini4
and some sills.
 
mini6
and a new floor or a patch.
 
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and now the offside:
i need a inner and outer sill:
 
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and floor or patch:
 
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the engine bay:
 
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there is quite a few photos there to show the mini, what do people a very big job or a big job or not a to bad job?
thanks
stuart
black mk indy, 1.6pinto on cbr600 bike carb's.
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vinny1275
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 04:05 PM |
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eeeep! hope you're good with a welder.....  good luck with it!
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iank
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 04:14 PM |
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While I've driven ones as bad as that (when young and daft) you'll be doing a lot of metal work to get back to a good condition. Hope you
didn't pay over the odds.
Good luck.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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JeffHs
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 04:20 PM |
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Good luck!
I brought one back to life from a similar condition many years ago. It was a Mk1 woody Traveller - wish I'd still got it. What you've
taken on is do-able and the parts are all available and cheap, but don't cost your labour!
Jeff
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will121
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 posted on 22/1/09 at 04:22 PM |
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certified big job i think! whats the project, motorbike engine?
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 04:25 PM |
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You need a very big derusting rig to deal with that.....electrosis on a huge scale.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 04:27 PM |
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Please tell me you got that cheap 
Should be a good project. #hows the MK going?
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Stuart_B
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 04:33 PM |
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hi, thanks for the replys, i am not bad with the mig welder.
what do you think i should off payed for it?
as the project plan was put a v6 in it, but i have changed my mind i am going for a vauxhall redtop engine, but still making my own subframe.
my mk, has been sva,ed, it pasted first time, phoned up abiut build up inspection and know got to send off all the paper work or take it up to her.
stuart
black mk indy, 1.6pinto on cbr600 bike carb's.
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grazzledazzle
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 04:52 PM |
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I wouldn't have paid for it...
Very big job. Is it worth it?
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ashg
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 04:59 PM |
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Pretty simple job but will take a while.
What will scare you is when the panels come off and you find more rust behind.
I would recommend completely stripping it and having it sand blasted. Will cost about £200 but will find thin spots that you would never normally
find.
As for price you paid. i would say its irrelevant. You paid what you wanted to pay or it wouldn’t be yours
restore a mini is next on my list of todo's but space is limited until i move again lol
Anything With Tits or Wheels Will cost you MONEY!!
Haynes Roadster (Finished)
Exocet (Finished & Sold)
New Project (Started)
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Humbug
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 05:21 PM |
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It would have been quicker to show us any panels without rust
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Omni
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 05:21 PM |
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HEY HEY
Welcome to the club 
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Stuart_B
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 05:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Humbug
It would have been quicker to show us any panels without rust
lol, the back is soild through, so that is a plus.
black mk indy, 1.6pinto on cbr600 bike carb's.
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clanger
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 05:51 PM |
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Wow, you gotta a lot of the brown stuff there. I thought mine was bad. Here's mine. A 1992 Mini City. Going ZX12R & RWD. Should be fun
!!!
[Edited on 22/1/09 by clanger]
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02GF74
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 05:57 PM |
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£125 max for that.
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Stuart_B
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 06:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
£125 max for that.
yes. well i got it cheaper than that.
stuart
black mk indy, 1.6pinto on cbr600 bike carb's.
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Omni
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 06:58 PM |
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Then there were 3
Nice on Clanger
I am doing a RWD with Fireblade Engine.
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How you going to do your RWD Clanger?
Mine will make LOTS of progree on the 8th & 9th Feb Got a WHOLE weekend of fun.
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P.S. I will take better pics then as these were the pics before I brought it. It has had a bit more done since then (Not much ) I will also start a
build thread me thinks
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Omni
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 06:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Stuart_B
quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
£125 max for that.
yes. well i got it cheaper than that.
stuart
Nice one Stu  Going for RWD too? When does the fun start???
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TGR-ECOSSE
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 07:20 PM |
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Welcome to the world of rust I have fixed worse than that. Try to get genuine panels if you can as they are so much easier to work with.
You can never have enough Mini pics so here are a few of mine.
And we race em as well
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triumphdave
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 07:28 PM |
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I had quite a few minis when I was a yoof.I would love to do a rear wheel drive or a red top conversion.As a matter of interest would you have to SVA
it and how would you go about insuring it.I converted a 850 to a 1275 many moons ago and had to get an engineers report and hassle insuring it.
If you always do what you have always done you will always get what you have always got
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Stuart_B
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 07:58 PM |
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hi, well the fun starts once i sort out the grarge, as i have a kit car, 2 jetski and motorbike and a big outboard, and two work benchs and my
dad's motorbike in bits as well, so i need organise some space for it, so i can start the work.
i am thinking of a fiberglass front, so that deals with the most of the rust on the front, and the bulkhead mod a bit so i can deal with the rust
then.
the in a panel i think i might beable to patch up, the outer panel nearside i might be able to recover by using a new bit of steel and the body hammer
set i got.
the nearside door need to be replaced.the inner and outer sill needs work only one point so maybe just a cut a bit out and put a bit in, insead of a
whole new panel.
the offside, i need a whole new iner and outer sill, and new a outer a pannel, inner a pannel might resuce.
both front floors need to be replaced.
so not to much to do.
i am sticking to fwd, but need to changing the brakes from drums to disc. and use some cheap coil overs on the front.
stuart
black mk indy, 1.6pinto on cbr600 bike carb's.
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grazzledazzle
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 08:06 PM |
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You are all mad!
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JoelP
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 08:08 PM |
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i was on a job last week and the lad next door had a mini dying on the drive, i joked to the customer about how it looked ready for the pikeys and he
said he had just bought it, to do up! Was worse than yours i think stuart, holes everywhere.
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 08:56 PM |
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Weve got one too !
Tiny bit of rust but nothing to worry about, good luck with the project, my misses wont let me do any mods to our one, its completely original and its
going to stay that way
Mini's........Just gotta love em..
[Edited on 22/1/09 by Andybarbet]
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austin man
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| posted on 22/1/09 at 09:31 PM |
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you think thats bad imagine my 1958 austin A35, oh an I had to make all my repair panels except the sills.
If you have the desire you will overcome, my firs car a Mini was far worse than any ive seen on this post the only thing without rus was the petrol
cap I think I still managed to get it done using an Arc welder with mig its far easier. Rather than repair replace if you can afford especially when
you see the price of panels repairs can be false economy
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