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[MrBounce]

One of the front hubs on the Midas project had been attacked with a grinder for some reason. I have no idea why.

 

 

They had also done this to the castellated nut. It was finger-tight to undo...

 

 

The mind boggles.

[micromontenegro]

 

You can see the clutch reservoir is attached by tie wraps. You cannot see the piece of broomstick used as a spacer for the slave cylinder, also held in by tie wraps. And that was just the start.

[ChopperHarris]

 

When we bought the pickup, many many years ago, 90% of the drivers side outer A panel was made of filler, it was 1/4" thick in places!
We bought it from a body shop in Chesterfield, think they went bust years ago
 

Left a Copy of Spandau Ballets greatest hits in the CD player

That's worse than finding an oversill attached with Tiger Seal

True.

 

clever

[Chris1992]

The previous owner of one of my mini's had painted the outside with rattle cans. The back half black and the front half yellow and then a harsh diagonal fade between the two.

 

All the shuts and the inside were still the original vermillion and it looked awful.

 

That finished off with a coupe of 13" metro wheels on the back and 10" mini wheels on the front made for a truly shocking looking mini.

 

I have a picture somewhere..

 

now THIS i must see, it sounds simply glorious! 

[sonikk4]

Paddys fuse box had a very dangerous addition

 

[Ben_O]

 

The previous owner of one of my mini's had painted the outside with rattle cans. The back half black and the front half yellow and then a harsh diagonal fade between the two.

 

All the shuts and the inside were still the original vermillion and it looked awful.

 

That finished off with a coupe of 13" metro wheels on the back and 10" mini wheels on the front made for a truly shocking looking mini.

 

I have a picture somewhere..

 

now THIS i must see, it sounds simply glorious! 

 

I need to find the photos mate

[Archived2]

Guy who painted one of my old minis re sprayed it in 2k and failed to tell me that he hadnt added any activator!
It dried and looked ok but water would mark it and you could cut straight through to the undercoat with just t-cut.

He runs a car business too, he aparently realised his mistake but thought it would be ok? ******* lol

[Shifty]

This was one of the worst cars I've done..

 

 

 

[Archived2]

Is that foam or filler?

[Shifty]

Filler, and lots of it!!

 

The entire car was an utter nail!!

 

http://www.theminifo...e-1983-mayfair/

[Archived2]

Thats the most filler ive ever seen in a mini floor, they must have spent hrs doing all of that? Mind boggles!

[Shifty]

The thing was a death trap, no other way to describe it.  It fooled me as well, I didn't think it was bad at all when I bought it.  It hadn't long been off the road either, an accident in it just didn't bear thinking about.

[feybrand]

well...firstly the last owner of my mini sold it to me ...pretty stupid but thats just the beginning .......

 

the scuttle was full of rubber and a patch had been welded over the seam lines

 

theres 3 outer sills...per side

 

any welding or patching thats been done has been done with sheet metal thats gotta be between 3 and 5 mm thick the car weighs a ton

 

all the patches are welded on with to much weld...an inch thick weld in the suspension turrets

 

one outer over sill is riveted on to the middle outer sill which is riveted to the rotten original sill

 

a few of the patches were screwed on

 

theres filler everywhere and far too much sealer to hide the rust er i mean expert repairs

[feybrand]

oh and they replaced the door mounting panel with the afore mentioned armour plating and on the drivers door they put the holes in the wrong place which means i cant use it to line any new panels up lol

[fenghuang]

Speaking of angle grinders ...
An angle grinder had somehow made contact with the carb float bowl, trashing both the the bowl and the lid. The leak was slow, but I couldn't figure out how it could have happened becuse none of the panels that had been replaced were anywhere near the carb.