I was supposed to have a day of rest yesterday, but somehow ended up back in the garage! Main goals from today were to strip the engine bay right down and assess as much of the bubbling paintwork as possible.
For me, the first job was to drain the coolant and get the expansion tank mount off. As you can see, after much deliberation, sweating, shouting and an angle grinder, I got it to this stage
I'm still going to sell it on ebay as "uber rare y0 mini cooper MPi/SPi expansion tank in excellent condition" in true clueless seller style.
Next was both screens out. The front one has seen better days, its laminated and gone cloudy in the corners. The rear I need to clean up as I think its actually ok! Rusty in the usual places, but not as bad as i first thought! Then I found out why...
I would appear the scuttle has been replaced at some point. From what I can see, there's a skim of filler to flatten the area out, but overall it doesn't seem that bad a join!
I already knew I was going to be replacing both front wings and the front panel, so out of morbid curiosity I had a look at how bad they are. Enjoy!
on the servo and breather. Like you say, you can't skimp on brakes. That area behind the front shock mounts is a right pain. It's treble skinned IIRC. One of my inner wings was also cracked so I beefed em up with some bigger plates.
