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[mid england retrims]

hi all. Thought i would post a little about ourselves. Names ade and my wifes names toni, just bought a 1989 mini automatic to restore for my wife as she has always wanted one. We run a bespoke vehicle upholstery service and we are planning to restore the car totally including a full leather interior. Im a vw nut so i will be asking loads of advice on the car. The wife is mini mad. The automatic will be changed for manual gearbox and if possible power steering due to a medical condition. We plan to start the car restoration in the winter months in our workshop..i will post pics of progress. Cheers ade and toni.

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[mk1leg]

Hi..and welcome to TMF and enjoy............

[mid england retrims]

thank you , looking forward to the challange of restoring a mini, cheers ade and toni

[minimissionary]

Ah yeah, steelies! Love them
Welcome to the forum!

[Amy-Leigh]

Hi and welcome :)

[mid england retrims]

Cheers all. Looking forward to starting it. Got a full leather retrim to complete on a mgc before i can get the mini in the workshop and start stripping her. Already got a media blaster ready for the bodyshell. Will be on the lookout for a manual gearbox engine and subframe. Mate of mines got a sport rack for the steering. Ade and toni.

[mid england retrims]

Hi all , well its been a while since last posting , retrims have been mega busy and the mini has took a back step whilst we restored my sons vw t4 , the mini has now been stripped to bare shell ready for media blasting , replacment panels required for floor , scuttle , a post drivers side , rear quarters and rear valance. Pics to follow . Car is staying as a automatic now.
Ive searched but cant find an answer , im going to replace the rear full quarters to the window line , how do you open the edgeing seam where panels meet .
Cheers ade

[Carlos W]

Between the 1/4 and the waist rail?

 

They're spot welded. Get yourself a wire brush and you should be able to find the welds

[mid england retrims]

Cheers , i appreciate the reply. Im used to vws .

[Carlos W]

[mid england retrims]

excellent thank you . the lad in the unit next to me is restoring two minis also , I asked him this morning as to the edge , turns out I was asking about the cappings that slide over the panel joins . I thought they were folded over .

how do I post in freebies section.

cheers ade

[mid england retrims]

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[JewSkii]

looks great should make a build thread :)

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Got a little done on the mini today, cleaned bitumen off the floor and found out the quickest way is with a flat blade on a air chisel lol. Cars not looking to bad.

[mid england retrims]

thank you mods