I'm JD, studying automotive engineering at Coventry uni,I've had my mini since January 2008 and have enjoyed every single moment in it, we've been all over the UK from Wales,Norwich,London,Southampton,Coventry to name a few places.Its a late 1991 Rover Mini City E, standard 998 cc engine, the only thing that isnt standard is the interior styling, body kit and DTM exhaust. I have now decided to give it the much required love it deserves and do a full restore. Over the years it has had 7 previous owners. Yes 7 that correct !
In my time of owning it i've replaced several bits and bobs in the car, however have never really had the time or money as a student to do a full restore project, but now i can as i'm on a student placement in oxford which helps costs.
I'm going down the Miglia route as i've always been a huge fan of them plus i cant get enough of carbon fibre , to be done in two phases, all the body work and electrics then the new engine build with a supercharger added upon completion(Vmaxscart)hopefully in time for L2B next year as i've never been before and would love to run it with my Mini mates . Phase 1 should hopefully be completed around
My restore project is finally happening , so excited
I plan to replace the following panels: front panel,wings,a-panels,scuttle,door skins,floor panels,new carbon fibre boot lid,miglia wheel arches.
Electrical items- New chassis loom,dash loom & rear loom,replace glass fuses with blades,add alarm as the electrics currently in the car are pants! doggy wiring everywhere
So here this is what the car currently looked like before i started stripping most of it down. Rust spots on the scuttle area, under the headlight on the front end,although it was in good condition, felt that i may as well do it all.
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The car is off the road and now i've started stripping the interior and removing the body kit and found that the rust was alot worst that i imaged.
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I've had two weeks off from placement and in that time i've taken alot off the car, as the above pictures show i've taken the zeemax body kit off, the boot lid, stripped most of the interior and the sound deading, will be using second skin as new proofing when the time is right.
I've ordered the new boot lid and arches from arc angels (due to arrive thursday, my kind next door will collect them as no-one is at my mums), getting a custom loom made up from autosparks and currently waiting to hear back from Moss Europe regarding my large panel order as they are close to my mums address in london. I got back home to work on the car most weekends so expect updates most sunday nights
Going to be putting some big orders at minispares and minisport soon so look out for updates on part ordering.
Thanks guys
Edited by minimotor_JD, 07 February 2010 - 07:54 PM.