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[cookie4343]

My new project Mini Mayfair. Plans are to hopefully get it road worthy. Brought as a M.O.T failure, mostly rot related. Not entirely sure what road I want to go down but will need a lot of welding before I decide on looks.

First pics from add.


Next pics are when it arrived to me before any work started.

[cookie4343]

Started by removing soggy carpet and any other soggy bits of foam, carpet underlay etc. Everything wet got binned.

Some pics of rust.



Floor sound deadener removal.

[Archived3]

Looks very clean

[KTS]

looks like a good project - that'll keep you busy for a while !

[cookie4343]

Its not bad had some bad repairs that's made it rot worse. It will be slow going as I have my Mk2 Golf to get rolling finished.

[Baldspeed Racing]

fair play for the replacement mate, hope the rebuild goes well 

[wingnut]

Looks like a nice project.How did things go with the insurance claim in the end?

[cookie4343]

Looks like a nice project.How did things go with the insurance claim in the end?

Took 8 weeks to come to a end thankfully. I looked at a few replacements between 3-4k and never had much luck so decided to build one to my standards hence a project.

[cookie4343]

fair play for the replacement mate, hope the rebuild goes well

Cheers mate appreciate it.

[cookie4343]

Boot floor is past it so a new one will be fitted along with rear inner arches.

[Avtovaz]

looks good mate, will you keep it original?

[cookie4343]

looks good mate, will you keep it original?

Cheers mate. I don't do original lol, will be mk1 look front etc.

[cookie4343]

Rear subframe removed, plenty of rust.

[cookie4343]

Today I cut the passenger a panel off and opened up the outer sill to see what I was working with mainly.
I'm hoping the doorstep is repairable and doesn't look to bad from the underside.

[johnR]

Have you got an inspiration for your Mk1 makeover? - I was aiming for a bit of the '60s Monte Carlo rally cars for mine.

Edited by johnR, 31 December 2018 - 11:03 AM.