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[Tomlad]

nice I bet its pretty exciting!

[lawrie124]

nice I bet its pretty exciting!

Can't wait to see it with all it's panels on! Will then look 10 times better once it's all primered up.

[leaky]

Hows this doing then mike? MOT'ed it yet hehe!

[lawrie124]

Hows this doing then mike? MOT'ed it yet hehe!

That's right John! Well, sitting in a queue behind a race car rear end rebuild and an engine reshell. Won't be able to crack on with the primering until the weather turns, so no rush.

[timothy9601]

Any young people should be taken off the street and made to restore mini's

I'm up for that.

[TylerW53]

I'm 16 and i'm restoring my 94 Cooper. Was all going well untill i found a hole in the bulkhead under neath the sound deadening foam. Need a welder now. Good luck with your Mini.

[Noah]

I'm 16 and i'm restoring my 94 Cooper. Was all going well untill i found a hole in the bulkhead under neath the sound deadening foam. Need a welder now. Good luck with your Mini.

You'll be finding plenty more where that came from.

It'll get to a point where it should really be classed as a colander.

[TylerW53]

I'm 16 and i'm restoring my 94 Cooper. Was all going well untill i found a hole in the bulkhead under neath the sound deadening foam. Need a welder now. Good luck with your Mini.

You'll be finding plenty more where that came from.

It'll get to a point where it should really be classed as a colander.

Yeah, realising that more and more day by day. Thankfully she's not as bad as some Ive seen. Still a relatively big job. Hoping to get her done by September when i can drive.

[lawrie124]

Blimey; nearly a year since the last update!

 

Well it's all change, as a (soon to be) tax exempt car has now replaced the original project, but work is cracking on at lightening pace; it was rolled into the garage before Christmas and it's now sporting new floors, heel baords etc.

 

Here's some photos:

 

 

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[leaky]

Looking good! What the plan now he's got an older model car. Same plan or going for more of a retro look.

[lawrie124]

I think he wants the older look, but who knows!

[lawrie124]

nearly finished the weldathon!

 

 

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[lawrie124]

more paint (well, etch primer, stone chip, and primer) going on this weekend:

 

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[lawrie124]

the weldathon is complete!

 

... and it's almost ready for the paintshop; just the inner and outer firewall, and bot to clean, etchprimer and primer.

 

We used rather a lot of stonechip!

 

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[ProjectApprentice]

I'm 16 currently restoring an '86 Mayfair... I'm going for a bit more retro look, 12" mini litres and sports pack (?) , will be following this though!! Good luck!!