Hi folks
I'm completely new to minis (other than friends owning them a few years back at college) but I've recently bought a project off a friend and I wanted to share the fun and also seek your advice as my build progresses! I've had plenty of fun playing with other cars and have always wanted a mini.
So I've bought a 1992 K reg Sprite - well a shell and some boxes of bits anyway. The friend I bought it off had planned to fit a vauxhall engine but I have more traditional plans. He had cut a big hole in the bulkhead for the new engine and had cut away inner and outer wings as he was planning a flip front. I'm planning to get the body back in standard form and find a normal mini engine of some kind. I really like the 10" wheels and archless look so will hopefully be working towards that...
The shell seems very good generally - at first glance it needs the following:
- small repair to rear valance
- small patch in heel board (I think thats what its called, the panel that the rear subframe mounts)
- inner wing repair panels (theres rusty holes behind the front upper shock mounts and front halves of inner wings removed previously)
- new front wings & front panel & grille
- replacement of brackets on the bulkhead that have been removed, engine steady bracket etc etc?
- fill the hole that's been cut in the bulkhead to clear the vauxhall engine (my card template made it into the photo below!)