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[se_juggles]

finally thought id make a thread of how my mini is coming along.... as ive moved to the country and am living at work and my work is a nice hotel and golf course i can not do the work myself so i have 3 people doing the work for me at a nice cheap cost of around £6000 - £7000 all told (for everything not just the work)

would like to thank:
richard pinchin (mini specialist southwall industrial estate, deal, kent)
james kersey (kersy klassics southwall industrial estate, deal, kent)
nathan (spray paint southwall industrial estate, deal, kent)
custom consoles for minis (ebay)
auto trim direct (autotrimdirect.co.uk

soon to be more will be going to optimise for my speaker pods and boot lining when i have the cash so ty to them in advance lol


so enough of that and onto some pics (we all love the pics :))

this is how it all started... got this car off of here from a guy that had been told like me "alot of work had been done" and "the shell is solid with new sills ect" "just a few small holes in the usual places" so had a poke round and all seemed ok at first lol

Edited by se_juggles, 12 March 2012 - 09:19 PM.

[se_juggles]

so anyway enough of the nice looking mini and onto the rust

this is some of the rust:
all corners of the roof had slight pitted rust which was just filled over
both inner arch tubs
boot pan front need subframe mount and rear on the rear valance
rear quater had holes at the bottem of the arches
door pockets on both sides
front floor pans
drivers side filtch panel
both inner scuttle pans
rot on the rear seat pan so 2 plates of metal where just welded over the top
and now THE worse part.... them NEW sills i said before.... ended up being new sills just put over the top of rot...
so the inner and outer sills need replacing

new panels brought and going on:
new inner and outer sills
front floor pans (being cut as only need the front part of them i do beleive
complete rear seat and boot pan (comes as one whole panel so handy )
2 inner wheel arch tubs
rear valance
little boot things (cant remember the name) lol
2 inner scuttle
drivers filtch
carbon fibre flip front (2 peice tho so worried it might flex anyone using one please settle my nerves :) )

any way here are some pics of the rust i dont have all the rust pics as i lost some just hope the welder has them

Edited by se_juggles, 12 March 2012 - 10:07 PM.

[se_juggles]

thought id add this pic my car is the multi coloured one behind the blue one lol.....

the white and black one has just been completely restored and painted... and is for sale i think he said £4500

Edited by se_juggles, 12 March 2012 - 10:09 PM.

[se_juggles]

thought id add some pics of some little interior bits ive got...

Edited by se_juggles, 12 March 2012 - 10:25 PM.

[se_juggles]

Edited by se_juggles, 12 March 2012 - 10:27 PM.

[se_juggles]

a few more bits ive brought include:
black headlining
new metro 4 pot calipers
a set of new cobra classic bucket seat (got them froma guy on here thank you if you see this there brillient :) )
i think a set of black carpets with orange lining but cant remember if they where in the box and i beleive i did ask for them so now im abit worried as i only just realised :S
1x edge 10" 750w sub
2x edge 800W amps
4x edge 6x6s
2x edge 6x9s
(speakers are for show perpose i dont like a sub that rattles the car so it will be looooow!) lol

thats about it for the moment have alot more to buy but as the cutting and welding is costing me £20 an hr and there is a hell of alot to do!!! im skiiint!

Edited by se_juggles, 12 March 2012 - 10:39 PM.

[se_juggles]

and back onto the cutting and other stuff this is where the mini is at now hopefully will be more done in the next 2 weeks

half the boot and the rear seat pan an has been cut out,
both wheel arch tubs cut out,
1 wheel tub welded in and all the other rust hopefully has been found :S (not counting on it wont suprise me if theres and invisible mini panel with rust behind it on this bloody thing!)






and thats me updated for a week or so :) enjoy!

Edited by se_juggles, 12 March 2012 - 10:43 PM.

[se_juggles]

the rest of the back seat and boot has now been cut out along with the rest of the inside of the boot, the other rear wheel arche tub has been welded in and all the panels are brought...... heres some pics

Edited by se_juggles, 03 April 2012 - 09:23 AM.

[se_juggles]

so much more done now just gotta get the pics up so will keep you all posted the rear end is basically finished accept the sub frame panels so now onto the front :S

[Brams96]

Looking good, James does some excellent work. I'll be getting him to do some work for me soon too.

[se_juggles]

You Alright mate?... yer James is very good its had loads more done just gotta get the pics sorted

[se_juggles]

New floor going in soon and the front is completely on.

I will get some pics soon.

That said yesterday I went to devon to pick up a new engine for her...... so the front needs modifying :s

The cost is going to go up!

[Brams96]

Just saw your car today, it's looking good with the new floor in & James is about to put the whole floor section on the drivers side. It's taking shape!

[se_juggles]

Not updated much but the mini is almost ready to be sprayed so i better get it all updated on here soon. if anyone knows of any arch templates to mark out group 5 arches with 13" wheels it would help loads!!!...

anyway back to the project!

[se_juggles]

I brought an engine off here from adcyork but as with all classic engines it had some oil on the back so just encase today i decided to strip it down ready to be painted and all fresh new seals . Here is how i got on.

I Started with the cylinder head which i stripped down completely. Was completely hassle free accept the valve compressor was far to big so had to use a handy nut to help with it . very dirty though!

Then after i cleaned it. (currently being sanded back and will them be treated so the rust doesnt start coming through again.)