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[nickcurtis]

picked up this mini advantage (sunday) for a good ol price of £400 for a full refurb for my little sister who is crazy about mini's, brought it of ebay off this amazing bloke who showed me all the bad bits and good bits and explained how to do some of the things. im a heating engineer by trade so all of this is new so its going to be fun the plan is to strip down everything and rebuild into one restored mini just got to wait to get the mini into the mech shop at work and then work will commence. first 3 pics are the ones from ebay



and one in front of the building where it will be going into and then the work can start :)


thanks for looking hopefully more will come soon i am eager to start

[Wigeon Incognito]

It'll be nice to see that turned around, looks an honest project!

[rally515]

Great starting point, Just be sure to take a look at the sills (inner but mainly outer) How wide are they 9" = new 4" open flute sill replacment as the larger sills called oversills are a basic MOT bodge to get it through & trap condensation then rust from the inside out.
Looks to be a-ok for a first project, be sure to start deal with one thing/area at a time them finish & move on otherwise you will probable get a bit fedup
with it all to be honest.

Also i think you need a dizzy, ht leads & a carb


Clifford

[nickcurtis]

Also i think you need a dizzy, ht leads & a carb

all in the boot lol strange place if you ask me.just cant wait for it to get started just waiting to get it into the motor club, my hands are iching to get on it. yer will be doing one section at a time dont want to get fed up

[rally515]

Also i think you need a dizzy, ht leads & a carb

yer will be doing one section at a time dont want to get fed up

Just thought id warn someone of my mistakes which im still dealing with (sort of anyway)
Maybe tomorrow i will start on the bodywork again or maybe the day after that

[steven]

looks like a nice project good luck