We picked this up a couple of weeks ago from a nice chap in Halesowen (pic is at his house) 25k miles, first owner Rover for 1 year (?) then one lady owner until 2013. 1995 Mayfair very very last of the Hif38 Carb 1275 Minis, all the fun of an SPI like the dash and seats but without the fuel injection
Mainly my wifes toy really (her 5th Mini and a Bini as her daily) but she will put 2k a year or so on it, probably the busiest period of its life so far coming up, unless a lottery win comes up (as new Cooper Sport 500) or it rusts away really quick hopefully she will have this one for a good while now.
Looks OK in the pics but the chrome window trims are shot, rusty headlamp rings, bent grill, rusty water in the radiator and no temp showing on the gauge, drove back OK but a bit lumpy.
After spending a few quid on parts, fan belt, oil & filter, full rad out flush & new coolant, rad cap, top hose, stat, temp sensor, air filter, plugs, dizzy cap, rotor arm, halogen lights, chrome trims, grill and surround, wiper blades and new tubing/washer jets,side rubber sill trims etc etc etc
Under the bonnet now looks like this after a days graft, it was gagging for some love!
Full tune up, greased nipples, dash pot, valve clearances, cleaned and painted rocker cover, carb cleaned, tyres pressures, oiled door hinges, cleaned all electrical connections and smeared with vaseline, new mats etc it is coming along nicely. I took the door liners off cleaned and re waxoyl'd them before upholstery cleaning the cards and washing all the furniture in warm soapy water and refitting.
Exterior only had a quick wash so far and a bit of underseal to cover some slightly poor sill patches, I have cleared out the grot spots by the subframe fixing points and front flitch panels and applied loads of Q-rust then covered in waxoyl where possible.
Next is to replace the side stripe with matching correct charcoal 3mm stripe (found some on ebay) and continue getting antirust treatment where ever I can.
Might fit a set of Cooper Alloys as they where an option on this age Mayfair and the original wheel trims are harder to find so far, alarm needs fixing, front valance wants a strip back and rattle can in "White Diamond 2", general small scabs to pop, treat and touch in, basically just fighting the elements as we all do but this is a good starting point!
So far she looks like this "Lottie" named after the Royal baby due to timing of purchase, Lol.
Interior is mint and standard right down to the Rover Radio and speakers all in working order
So there we go, not exactly a world class restoration but I wanted to keep a log with pics of what has been done so far and in future
Engine mounts, subby mounts, steady bushes, tie bars etc etc etc next!
Edited by CityEPete, 12 May 2015 - 05:46 PM.