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[Bannon]

Well thought i would start a thread on my 1990 rover mini cooper 1.3

Bought it a few weeks ago as spares or repairs due to a couple of holes in the floorpan and the sills need replacing, motor runs fine, idling needs adjusting but thats about it, doesn't need much restoration so this will be mostly modifications.

how it was when i bought it.....







The driver's side floor pan hole


The passenger's side hole


Here is a list of all the bits i have ordered

Vinyl Boot lining with 12" sub box
Cobra bucket Subframes
OMP steering wheel
OMP Boss
Sparco Pedals
Sparco Chrome polished Gearknob
Sportspack arches
Rubber seals
Alloy rocker cover
Bonnet Pins
Mudflaps

Will get some pictures up tomorrow of ome of the parts i have received and update as it comes along

[myredmini]

Looks nice, personally i would have made it solid first rather than spend money on mods. Will keep an eye on this one

[Bannon]

Looks nice, personally i would have made it solid first rather than spend money on mods. Will keep an eye on this one

Sadly i dont quite have the skills myself to do the welding myself so it is booked in to my local mini specialist's in two weeks time so i thought why not order the bits i want before the money burns a hole in my pocket

[myredmini]

Ahhh i see, i do all my own bodywork,, take a look at my project thread in the link in my signature

[Bannon]

Ahhh i see, i do all my own bodywork,, take a look at my project thread in the link in my signature

yeh i was looking at it just before, this is my first mini, and car for that matter, currently doing a panel beating and painting course at newcastle college so when it needs welding again hopefully i will have the skills to do it myself by then

[myredmini]

oh didnt relise you were local, i live in middlesbrough, and i will be in newcastle tomorrow

[Bannon]

oh didnt relise you were local, i live in middlesbrough, and i will be in newcastle tomorrow

Ah cool, working or what?

[Ro4chy]

Well thought i would start a thread on my 1990 rover mini cooper 1.3

Bought it a few weeks ago as spares or repairs due to a couple of holes in the floorpan and the sills need replacing, motor runs fine, idling needs adjusting but thats about it, doesn't need much restoration so this will be mostly modifications.

how it was when i bought it.....

Spares or Repair!!! it's beautiful!

[Bannon]

Well thought i would start a thread on my 1990 rover mini cooper 1.3

Bought it a few weeks ago as spares or repairs due to a couple of holes in the floorpan and the sills need replacing, motor runs fine, idling needs adjusting but thats about it, doesn't need much restoration so this will be mostly modifications.

how it was when i bought it.....

Spares or Repair!!! it's beautiful!

haha, thanks.

needed a good clean and the interior is a bit tatty but yeh, pretty good find. set me back £1280

[Bannon]

Well here is a few more picture as promised.

Took two of the spotters out, and may i say one of them was a very intense removal. The bracket holding the light on was held in by a screw too long and didnt have enough clearance to get out of the hole.

so one snapped number plate later and the front looks much cleaner in my opinion



Fitted a new alloy rocker cover



New gearknob to go on



And new pedals to go on



Have a set of deep dish ultralites coming and sportspack arches ready to go on in my garage so keep an eye out for more updates

[Bannon]

Here's a few more pictures

New sportspack arches came the other day, should be fitting them tomorrow



Started stripping the interior ready for the repairs



Shot from the back end



New OMP deep dish rally wheel, waiting on the boss coming now so i can fit it-(NOT THE BEST OF PHOTOS)

[ministar]

You don't seem to have any wiring going to the brake servo reservoir. I would investigate that asap and generally check over the engine/electrics. Ooh and what carb is underneath that massive filter???

[Bannon]

You don't seem to have any wiring going to the brake servo reservoir. I would investigate that asap and generally check over the engine/electrics. Ooh and what carb is underneath that massive filter???

Well now everyone see's how much of a mini newbie i am, not a clue what carb is on, i would guess standard but i will look into it tomorrow, i think the idling needs tweaking anyways so will have a butchers in the morning, and what is the brake servo reservoir wiring? is it not the black wire running along the floorpan?

[myredmini]

is it not a 1.3 injection ? looking great

[Bannon]

is it not a 1.3 injection ? looking great

All i know is it is a 1990 1.3 carb version, between the MPI and SPI's only made for a year i think