Mum Wanted Me To Have An Airbag...
#1
Posted 27 January 2014 - 11:22 PM
I was after a mini that needed some work and in November 2008 stumbled across a 1999 Cooper sportspack which had small accident damage (dented wing and broken headlight) and was a non-runner which was expected to be an immobiliser fault.
I ended up buying the car for £1600 and it soon after arrived home. The engine was soon fixed with a new battery and she fired up first time.
Unfortunately I have lost the photos due to broken phones until around half way through the build, but the car was treated to new sils, front floor, boot floor, front end and repairs to just about every panel.
We shall pic up the action once this work was completed
The photos above show the car with its new metal and the beginnings of paintwork with undercoat in the engine bay
The following job was to paint the engine bay which resulted in this
This was a huge milestone as by this time it was around 4 years after the car arrived home, soon after the body work gained more paint with undercoat being applied
The final paint preparation took place and the car was ready for its top coat, I have prepared a little before and after, hopefully you can tell which is which!!!!
Once the paint was on, I was desperate to get the car back on its wheels after around 3 years of them being stored!!
The photo doesn't show the addition of 4 pot callipers and fully adjustable suspension
Next up was painting the engine which at the moment remains basically standard other than a K&N filter and LCB manifold and getting it fitted along with a new DTM back box (which is much louder than expected!!!)
To be continued....
#2
Posted 27 January 2014 - 11:26 PM
Looks to be done to a high standard! Great job so far dude! Keep the updates coming! :)
#3
Posted 27 January 2014 - 11:41 PM
Looks to be done to a high standard! Great job so far dude! Keep the updates coming! :)
Thanks mate!!
#4
Posted 27 January 2014 - 11:52 PM
Once the majority of the car was together it was driven outside, the first time it saw daylight on over 4 years to have the stripes put on, I opted to have OEW stripes rather than bright white as the colour is less harsh!!
So the last job was to fit the grille and get the car through the MOT
Amazingly it passed 1st time, which I was chuffed about and u finally had my first drive of the mini on my 19th birthday, 2 years after the original completion date
But here is the 'finished' article... For now.....
Plans are to change the engine to a 1380 mpi with specialist componants throttle body kit, change the wheels to deep dish 13's, change the dashboard and centre console and a few other tweaks here and there!!!
I'll be sure to keep you posted!!
Edited by Minimad100, 28 January 2014 - 12:12 AM.
#5
Posted 28 January 2014 - 12:10 AM
LOVE!
#6
Posted 28 January 2014 - 12:13 AM
Very nice indeed.
Great work.
Look forward to more updates
Cheers
Ben
#7
Posted 28 January 2014 - 12:35 PM
This a lovely rebuild.
#8
Posted 28 January 2014 - 12:45 PM
looks very nice, great work
#9
Posted 28 January 2014 - 01:09 PM
great build to a high standard, keep it up!
#10
Posted 28 January 2014 - 01:57 PM
Nicely done. Good to see the great results you can achieve in a garage.
#11
Posted 30 January 2014 - 06:41 PM
Just a quick update with a couple of things I bought from bingley
Boot lining kit from optimise automotive, I'm really impressed with the quality of the kit, hopefully get it fitted at the weekend!!
And some chrome wheel nuts and a set of locking wheel nuts as I've never changed the current wheel nuts which have odd locking wheel nuts and odd nuts so look bad plus these should help stop the wheels being stolen!!!
#12
Posted 30 January 2014 - 06:55 PM
#13
Posted 30 January 2014 - 08:17 PM
Thats a cracker and a great investment too!
#14
Posted 30 January 2014 - 08:39 PM
Thats a cracker and a great investment too!
This won't be sold... My dad made that mistake with a pickup... Haha no I love the car too much to ever let it go!!!
#15
Posted 30 January 2014 - 09:29 PM
Good, you know it makes sense
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