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[stevem4323]

wow, so thats what happened to it, i remember wondering what happened to it wanting to know who got hold of it ages ago since i saw it here....

http://www.28dayslat...-Factory-REPORT

well its been out just over a month and we will slowly get it back on the road the floor pan is solid and so is most of the car

awsome stuff mate, i will follow your progress on here, get a mod to make this your resto thread and slap a load more pictures up for us to see :)
dont listen to people who say leave it there, i say nice one for saving it from the scrap heap or being used as landfill on the old longbridge site....if offered to the forum members i wonder how many would turn it down.....

i see in the vid it looks solid theres people on here including myself who are restoring rot boxes, theres even a guy who has pulled a mk3 mini out of a hedge that had sunk into the ground upto the sills and replaced everything but the roof

so i say good luck and i await more updates!

thank you brilliant post ...a good panel beater could knock these out in his sleep the body is like new in places it looks worse than it is ...thanks again

[Shifty]

Be back on the road by Christmas!!

Looks pretty damm good really.

[stevem4323]

Be back on the road by Christmas!!

Looks pretty damm good really.

yes it is ...35 years in a dry tunnel

[tomtaylor1994]

I think it should've been left there, as a ghost of the past, because you'll be needing new panels for it, therefore it isn't "as is" if you get what I mean...
I think it's great that you're trying to restore it, but I think I preferred it down in the tunnel, ownerless.

its a mini ....this is a forum for mini lovers ...it should be out and them panels with a bit of time and a bit of hard work they dont need to be replaced

Surely there'll be some creases where it's been bashed?

[stevem4323]

I think it should've been left there, as a ghost of the past, because you'll be needing new panels for it, therefore it isn't "as is" if you get what I mean...
I think it's great that you're trying to restore it, but I think I preferred it down in the tunnel, ownerless.

its a mini ....this is a forum for mini lovers ...it should be out and them panels with a bit of time and a bit of hard work they dont need to be replaced

Surely there'll be some creases where it's been bashed?

yes there are lots of creases ...but like i say a good old fashioned panel beater will do them with his eyes shut

[CCX]

Like others have said, it's great to see it out and in better condition than I thought - it really does look solid. I can't wait for the restoration but please bring it along to some shows early this year before the restoration, especially PoL. Everyone would love to see it in this unrestored state. Congratulations again.

[richw911]

Amazing!! How did you get it?

[steven]

Amazing!! How did you get it?

http://www.theminifo...ge-tunnel-mini/

[richw911]

Amazing!! How did you get it?

http://www.theminifo...ge-tunnel-mini/

Thank you good read!

[Orange-Phantom]

Fantastic!!! Well it will be once it's all done.

Methinks lots of photo's are the order of the day documenting your progress.

It would be a-lot of hassle but imagine time lapsing the rebuild, now that really would be cool!

[BVY]

this is the second one it has just been popped into somesort of shape

It's amazing the dents you can hammer out!!

[joshw]

Just saw this on the sun website http://www.thesun.co...r-30-years.html sorry if repost

[jaydee]

LOL at some of the comments on the sun blog like 'its bent and never gonna hold a windscreen'...

[Steely]

Wow! Thats looking good mate! :)

[Andi-p]

Lovers or haters. I am with the lovers on this one. One day there will be a shortage of minis around so the more being restored and enjoyed the better. Whether its a reshelled mayfair to a resurrected GT from a tunnel. Yes it has history and probably wants less work than mine. I think you should just go for it.