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[myredmini]

Hi, I thought it was about time I made a thread for my little Mayfair.

Bit of background information. I bought her in February from "elfie" on here, it was bought with a 998 and a stage 1 kit, Mary Quant front seats (which I did not like) Was scabby round the edges but its my Daily driver. The plan was to tidy it up, get it through an MOT, and gradually make it better until my Chelsea was finished, then I would restore my mayfair.

I then got it through an mot after replacing the rear subframe which looked to be original (i know its hard to believe) it was patched to death!! Fitted new discs and pads, fully serviced it, quick tune and I have been using it since. The shell is remarkably solid considering it's age, i have replaced the front panel, and it only has 3 patches (all to be redone very soon)

Anyway, it is coming off the road tomorrow for a "make-over" before winter sets in, this will include;

A Respray in Old English White and Jet Black roof.
Fit my 12x6" Superlite alloys I am refurbishing and painting Anthracite which will have some new rubber, Yoko A539's.
Remove the Engine, strip the head off lap the valves in, fit new stem seals, head gasket.
New clutch as the old one is on its way and is basically....rubbish.
Fit a replacement gearbox due to the current gearbox beginning to go funny when engaging 2nd.
And basically tidy it up by repainting parts.
Most of all, Underseal !!

Heres a few photos of when I bought her;









Rotten Subframe!









Beginning the rebuild on the new subframe









Just to show what a wet-flat and polish can do..

Before..


After..


New carpet set..


Sneaky Peak of the wheels.






More to follow!

Dan

Edited by myredmini, 03 December 2012 - 09:13 PM.

[myredmini]

Was amazingly reliable, up until this....













The alternator Regulator decided to play games and not work anymore resulting in overcharging my brand new battery. This also managed to damage the positive lead and the earth strap were fried. I was turning left at night, lights on all of a sudden everything goes, electrics engine the lot, I pushed it to safety. Try to start it and nothing. I then had a wiff of burning, ran to the boot which was full of smoke. Threw all my stuff on the floor including my boot lining kit to see the battery sparking and smoking. I managed to disconnect it. Thanks to Footman James, I was home in about an hour. I bought an uprated 70amp alternator, positive cable and earth strap and this solved that problem.

The only issue I have now is my rev counter reading wrong, which is work in progress!

Decided to upgrade the exhaust, so I got a Maniflow single pipe centre exit, which is brilliant!!




Hmmm...

I taken these pictures yesterday as a before and after !




She's Crying for a new coat.


Wings and a panels to be replaced!

























Leaking

Dan

[myredmini]

Soild original Sills









Toolbox (a must)




Badly painted roof! very hazey























So watch this space for regular updates!!

Dan

[minidream94]

Dude, your parking is RUBBISH :L hahaha na good luck with it all, ill be following definately oo does this mean your without a car aswell now?

[myredmini]

Oh haha very funny, if you notice in the pictures before it was against the fence, i pushed it out to get a picture of the other side

[mini danny]

looking good matey cant wait to see your minis in the flesh

[R.S.P]

So do you now have 2 projects and none on the road?

Are you doing thee charity run with bogmog at the end of the month?

[myredmini]

I have 3 mini's this one has just came off for an overhaul before winter, will be back on the road by the end of october hopefully. I didnt know about that run, if my mini was done yes but highly unlikely.

Also R.S.P do you have an engine crane ?

Thanks for the comments.
Dan.

[mini danny]

any updates matey

[sonikk4]

Bit of a glutton for punishment there Dan still its a good base. Looks like somebody has already had a crack at repairing the wing at one point under the headlight.

Good luck with it.

[myredmini]

I put a piece in there Neil before the Mot just to be safe, I also done a few others but you cant see them just on the hunt for a scuttle panel now. Its Quite a solid mini to be honest, all floors and sills are originals and solid as they seem to have been undersealed well..

Thanks

[myredmini]

Part 1

Finally got round to an update, and a big one at that.

Began the strip down a few weeks back, took just iver 2 hours to get it to this ;









These are my replacement seats, Im missing the rear piece that your back rests on (Anyone got one ? )





Heritage "A" Panels



Genuine Scuttle Closing Panels



And one rotten scuttle



Will be collecting my new genuine Scuttle Panel tomorrow.

[myredmini]

Part 2


All my paints and thinners arrived



More of the rotten scuttle





Shock Mount (bet you can see whats coming)





Yep..





Cleaning up with a knotted wheel



Cut out both layers, made the first layer and welded in, then zinc primed



Second skin made up and zinc primed



All welded in and dressed



More Bodgery, expandable foam and fibreglass this time..

[myredmini]

Part 3


Purchased a new watertrap/regulator for when i get round to painting



Extra water trap for the gun incase of moisture in the air line



Now onto the bulkhead repairs..





Good penetration


New Heritage Dash rail, Test fitting







That will be welded in along with the scuttle. Only worry is the fitting of the windscreen, I will be tacking the panels together and then trial fitting the windscreen to check everything is good to go..

Few repairs onto the top of the inner wing..



Small repair needed on the pillar.

Cut out


Panel made


In place


Welded and Dressed


Zinc Primed


I then thought I would trial fit the passenger side wing and a panel







Front panel was replaced just before the MOT a few months back, both front panel and wings are non-genuine and the fit it suprisingly very good as you can see in the pictures.



Rust under the old wing

[myredmini]

Part 4

After I had removed the expanding foam, it revealed this











I am fitting a new flitch panel to repair everything in one go..





Other shock mount after hitting it with a hammer..



HUH?.... wheres the rust ?.............

I will cut the top layer off to check behind it and re construct it again to get rid of ALL the rust..







Phew, thats all for now, next update may well be tomorrow evening..

Dan..