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[giz]

As many of you you may have read on a previous topic i recently aquired, along with my brother, 2 mini pickups (95's).

so i thought i would start a topic and share our nightmare/projects.

here are a few pictures of what they looked like when we took delivery on thursday.




now here are they rusty bits, the next few photos are of my brothers pickup.





and a load bay full of new metal


now here is mine, can you tell why it's mine?



both sides of the scuttle have been repaired but over the top of the old metal


firstly plans, i'm going for classic looking on 10" wheels & group 2 arches, 1293 ish engine, duck egg sort of paint
and the cover in black.
Wayne is also going for classic looking on 10" steel wheels with classic chrome trims and group 2's, 1275 engine and some sort of weird dark clarach paint

[*DJH*]

love the second pickup with the fibreglass whasname on the back

[giz]

Yesterday was the first day of the project, we soon got stuck in stripped everything off and began deciding what needed replacing and what we could repair.
wayne's mini needs 2x wings, 1x front end, 2x a panels, repairs to both scuttle ends, outer sills inner sills, complete new floor, repair to o/s end of cross member, repair to tunnel, repairs to rear arches, repairs to load bay and finaly a complete rear valence.
mine needs front valence repair, complete new rear valence, a repair to the rear sub frame and repair to the rear arches.

all that in mind we set to work and cut the front of wayne's mini leaving the inner wings which are in surprisingly good condition.


we then had a bbq, got drunk and i fell asleep and slept all the way through the 2 programs i've been excited about watching all week!

today we went shopping at min-its and bought more new metal and new subframe mounts. Then retro 10s paid us a visit and helped me identify the engines that came with them. ( an 850 and a 1000 )
i then rubbed down my roof and started bashing and filling the dents.

tomorrow maybe some welding after i've done a bit on retros orange beast.

i think it's about time wayne introduced himself......

[giz]

love the second pickup with the fibreglass whasname on the back

yeah me too, thats one of the reasons why it's mine (that and the lack of rot)

[blue redtop]

very nice in deed.
cant wait to see more pics of progress

[*DJH*]

yeah i did notice that it lacked severe rot :thumbup: wise choice

[giz]

well i did find them!

[Retro_10s]

Bit of filler, a big hammer, and a lick of paint and they'll be road worthy

See you tomoz for the mini weldathon

[Ethel]

Great find,

I can see this becoming a star TMF project

Dread to think what will happen if it gets to looking for a pair of rare pick up bits 'n you can find only one, it could get nasty

[analogue_radio]

Such a great project! & I love pickups, definitely keeping a close watch on this thread.

[mk1leg]

what anice pair of pickups and are they going to stay orignal or custom route...........good kuck and I will keep an eye on these...............

[Teapot]

Nice find, and good luck. That lid looks interesting. I wonder if it's the same as mine?



Comes in useful as a larder when camping
I had grand plans for the back window but they'll have to wait.

[King_Rodney]

the back is a little different but thats a nice idea. is that plastic or glass?

they make good tables too......

Edited by wayne123, 04 May 2008 - 08:43 AM.

[Retro_10s]

more tea vicar?

[Teapot]

the back is a little different but thats a nice idea. is that plastic or glass?

It's what happens when you realise there's only 10 days to go before the BH2N and there's still no back on the thing. It's some sort of plastic donated by my nice neighbour which is tricky to cut, with a couple of mini boot hinges (offset so awkward to angle, but it was all I could find) with shims made out of bits of wood and sprayed black . The plastic is edged with whatever trim was in the plastic bag where you put all the leftover trim bits from other jobs. The window came down just on to the twist studs and was fastened by bits of plastic sleeved gardening wire! Very secure, not.

Properly done I guess it'll be some stuff Dan knows the name of but which I've forgotten, plus hydraulic struts and a decent lock or two.

The lid is fixed to the body with six bolts + butterfly nuts. The front edge sits in the rear rain gutter, right?