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[josh.goddard]

Hi

 I have brought a 1991 city 3 years ago i spent a little time restoring the car to use it for the road did the majority of the welding which was a previous topic on here. Last October i invested in a metro and took it off the road to tidy it up and carry on using as a daily, only it did'nt quite work out that way and the car is shaping up to be much better than first expected. i will add few photos and let them do the talking.

 

 

march 2011 when i purchased the car

 

 

if you think the car looked tidy then think again it had some serious rot issues despite the 19,000 miles it had on the clock 

 

 

 

The car went through some major reconstructive surgery to get it to an mot able stage

 

 

 

 

 

i rattle canned the car and got it in a very tatty rough round the edges state of repair had it motd and drove it for a year looking like this.

 

 

 

The car looked very sorry for itself but served a purpose 

 

 

once the tax and mot ran out i started to strip it down ready for the restoration part 2 ahead

 

 

engine came out

 

 

chopped the front end off

 

 

chopped all the rot out of the flitch / inner wing

 

 

note the top class mug i am obsessed ;)

 

 

started the repair work !

 

 

 

 

TBC !!

 

 

 

[josh.goddard]

 

 

then all of a sudden i got to this stage just as i thought the rust was never ending

 

 

under sealed it all

 

 

another small repair to the passenger side scuttle corner was added and all under sealed

 

 

got some paint of the scuttle corner so that there was paint between the wing and scuttle corner 

 

 

tried the front end for size

 

 

and got it all welded on which brought an end to the welding

 

 

off to the paint shop the exciting bit

 

 

let the da'ing commence 

 

 

in primer any guesses to the colour well there was only one combination of 60s colours i love

 

 

 

 

arches and roof painted

 

 

a few more to chew on whilst i upload the rest!

[josh.goddard]

 

masked the roof off and went for it my favorite 60s colour and as you will later see a perfect combination with the jet black roof

 

 

ended up having to redo one of the rear quarters due to running out of hardener half way through da on fresh paint 

 

 

this was the end product what do people think ?

 

 

the arches are the finishing touches to the paint work so pleased with the paint tell who painted the car did a top job

 

 

once it was back home made a start on the interior

 

 

 

big thanks to john at guess works for doing my box for me :)

 

 

engine built back up slowly but surely ( did this whilst it was being painted)

 

 

boot lid on and rear lights in

 

This for now is all ive got to put up i have made more progress but will get some photos of that up in due course, my deadline i am aiming for is to be taxed and tested before 1st may 2014! so no rush a nice little winter project i think. Any comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. would like to say a great big thankyou to my dad and friend andy who did the welding between them teaching me how to do so along the way next project i now have the confidence to do all the welding myself. Also like to give a big thankyou to a good friend of mine tell who painted the car for me and put up with me day in day out whilst the prep work was done so thanks tell you have made a fantastic job of the paint could not be happier!! if anyone wants to have a look a little more in depth into the project a link to my photobucket account is http://s951.photobuc...e?sort=3&page=1 there is plenty more pictures on there and will be over the coming months.

 

Thanks Josh

 

 

[minimissions]

That is a very nice retro looking mini you have there :) i will be following this one....

[josh.goddard]

We have progress ! Got the inner wings and inside the front arches all zinc primered ready to stone guard over the top of. Also got the glass in !! Dam phone wont let me add any pics so will post them up tomorrow when i get on the pc!
Josh

[josh.goddard]

We have progress ! Got the inner wings and inside the front arches all zinc primered ready to stone guard over the top of. Also got the glass in !! Dam phone wont let me add any pics so will post them up tomorrow when i get on the pc!
Josh

[domdee]

looks smart!

[craig 1010cc]

Looks a cracker :) Did you use minispares or minisports works dash pods, I'm try to work out the best way to fit mine

[freshairmini]

Looking good. Someone needs to build me a garage so I can do mine! I miss it so!

[josh.goddard]

Its mini sport dash pods got to cut them out and fit them up properly one of the next jobs on the to do list!

[josh.goddard]

well here are the pictures from last nights progress as promised tonight's progress was a little boring under sealing

 

 

 

here is one i found of it before the resto

 

 

 

 

 

All the glass plus my original dealer sticker is now in! 

 

 

inner wings and arches primed and tonight had a first coat of underseal

 

 

after a pair of these mats for the car but ones that say mini not miniMetro so if anyone knows of any for sale please let me know!

 

as usual comments and opinions welcomed.

Thanks Josh

[josh.goddard]

made some decent progress tonight got the passenger door fitted, lined up then assembled. Drivers door saturday afternoon then the front subframe over christmas motoring along nicely now :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

as usual comments and opinions are welcome.

Thanks Josh

[sonikk4]

Coming along nicely.

[josh.goddard]

Hi, not updated the thread for a long while so a fair update is needed. The car has come on leaps and bounds and have spent a fair amount on the car. I had a big push to try ready the car for the summer but ran out of money causing me to fall shy of the 1st of May target, the new target now is 1st April 2015 giving me time to Finnish the car properly rather than rush it.
Since the last update I have built the front subframe and fitted it putting it back on 4 wheels, rebuilt a 1275 I brought using all new internals. The spec of the engine is as follows:
Standard A+ 1275 bottom end, with centre main bearing strap, mg metro cam shaft, med ultralite fly wheel, Kent high pressure oil pump, the. It's got a stage 3 12g940 cylinderder head, that's been fully reworked , bigger valves, phosphor bronze guides, double springs, cooper s forged steel rockers. And to top it off a 2" milltek single box exhaust, twin hif 38 carbs and mega jolt. The shell is now almost finished. This may seem as if I am on the finnising straight but the list of jobs is still a long one:
Finnish dash and wiring loom off.
Sort cooling system I.e. Ally rad and silicone hoses.
Fit carbs and mega jolt and have set up.
Fit tyres to the reverse rims.
And just generally Finnish the shell.

Anyway will let the pictures do the talking any opinions and suggestions are welcome.





























Josh

[josh.goddard]

Hi, not updated the thread for a long while so a fair update is needed. The car has come on leaps and bounds and have spent a fair amount on the car. I had a big push to try ready the car for the summer but ran out of money causing me to fall shy of the 1st of May target, the new target now is 1st April 2015 giving me time to Finnish the car properly rather than rush it.
Since the last update I have built the front subframe and fitted it putting it back on 4 wheels, rebuilt a 1275 I brought using all new internals. The spec of the engine is as follows:
Standard A+ 1275 bottom end, with centre main bearing strap, mg metro cam shaft, med ultralite fly wheel, Kent high pressure oil pump, the. It's got a stage 3 12g940 cylinderder head, that's been fully reworked , bigger valves, phosphor bronze guides, double springs, cooper s forged steel rockers. And to top it off a 2" milltek single box exhaust, twin hif 38 carbs and mega jolt. The shell is now almost finished. This may seem as if I am on the finnising straight but the list of jobs is still a long one:
Finnish dash and wiring loom off.
Sort cooling system I.e. Ally rad and silicone hoses.
Fit carbs and mega jolt and have set up.
Fit tyres to the reverse rims.
And just generally Finnish the shell.

Anyway will let the pictures do the talking any opinions and suggestions are welcome.





























Josh