36 replies to this topic

[1987_ParkLane]

anyone got and links to the best place to buy like new body panels and floor pans,sills etc?

If you become a TMF+ member, you get a 7.5% (?) discount at Mini SPares .

[Greg.w]

so thats the best place?lol

also is a mig welder generally good enough for the bodywork,floor pans etc?

[Ro8bieg]

thers lots of places on google. and a mig welder is perfectly fine, i'd advise going for a gas one though.

[Greg.w]

nah its a gasless mate.0.9mm wire too.should be fine i think

how much would i be looking at for a mini pick up?really liking them to be honest

so how hard would you say it will be to sort out a mini in fair condition?ive had no previous welding experience so will be practicing on scrap lol

thanks

[Greg.w]

and whats the best 1 to go for?austin mini?rover mini?

[stevo-1991]

anywhere from a 1000 to 2000 just for a mini pick up shell that needs a lot of restoration from what ive seen from ebay because they are rare ! . for a fairly decent shell your probally best looking at someones unfished project with the welding done would be better for a starting point . the best place to look for them are in the classifieds on this forum , autotrader , the loot , & ebay etc & the odd chance that there is one on someones drive local that they might want to sell .



steve

[Greg.w]

yeh mate quite a few unfinished ones on ebay.

so anyone know whats best for beginers?austin or rover?and easiest to work on really?

[Pauly]

Austin, austin rover, rover, they are all minis just rover kept changing names over the years, and over the years there wasn't much change in design, just the introduction of injection in the early 90's onwards (first being fitted to cooper models then other model of minis in the mid 90's).

For £500 you will pick up an unfinished project no problem.

If you use the search you will be able to find any infomation you need on mk's etc and different variation over the years. Any questions just fire away .

Paul.

Edited by Pauly, 30 June 2009 - 03:26 PM.

[Greg.w]

thanks mate.

yeh im not clued up on the mk's of the mini.ask me a fiesta question and ill know it lol.but not mini wise lol.

so any indo would be great

eg

1980-1985-mk1
1986-****-mk2 etc etc

[Greg.w]

this may sound stupid but.....

whats de seaming a mini all about?thanks

[mini_stella]

as far as I understand it, you have 5 seams on the mini, 1 running round the roof, and one running down each 'corner' of the mini, when you de-seam a mini you are removing these seams, usually its just the ones at each 'corner' however you do occasionally see ones which have removed the roof seem. You have to keep in mind that when you de-seam a mini you are creating weak points, so you would have to address that matter, how Im not sure of, but Im pretty sure that butt welding would not be strong enough (I think!!)

Personally, I hate de-seamed minis, I think that the seams are part of the minis personality!! If you do want to pick up a mini, I suggest a Mayfair, I got tigger (mayfair auto 1986-87) for £250 and she was pertty good bodywork wise, just needed alot of work on the engine!!! happy hunting

Hope that helped Greg!!!

Edit- spelling again

Edited by mini_stella, 30 June 2009 - 11:47 PM.

[Greg.w]

ah i thought it was something to do with them little edges lol.

im going to try and find 1 with a solid chassis and start from there

whats the mks all about?and the differences in the mks?

[mini_stella]

to be honest Im not entirly sure about the differences between Mk2 and 3 e.t.c but I do know that a pretty good way of seeing the difference between Mk1 and 2 is that the Mk1 had the external door hinges and sliding windows and the Mk2 had internal door hinges and winding windows (there are various other differences, but these two are fairly obvious to be honest) sorry I cant be of more help to you, best thing is to go to mini shows and ask the owners, they are pretty much always up for a good chat about minis!!!

[dazzul]

here give this a quick read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini

[Greg.w]

cheers boys.so im basically looking for a mk3.cheers

anymore info or links on restoration would be an awesome help

also how much will i be looking at money wise?2-3 grand including the car?even if that?

thanks