So today I picked up another project 
, I wasn't planning on getting another (or 2 
) mini anytime soon but when one comes up near by and a bit different, I thought I'd better get it. I heard about it through a guy at work so went and had a look over it a couple of weeks back and left an offer which he said he would think about it.
It has been sat out side since 2007 due to it failing the MOT on a rusty rear subframe, ball joints, bearings...... It was first bought in the Birmingham area I think where it must have been stored and not driven, so when it came down to cornwall in 2000 for it's first MOT it only had 139 miles on it. The previous owner then drove it up until 2007 with 32000 miles on the clock and has not moved until today.
So Last Friday (day before my 20th birthday) I managed to get hold of him again and we struck a deal and arranged to pick it up today but had to go and take the callipers off the front as they were stuck on. The backs were ok as they left the handbrake off but the bracket in the middle of the subframe had rusted off. So we bodged it with some wire, and later used a ratchet strap to tighten it up so we had some brakes.
Bodged handbrake
So today we went to collect it, Blew up the tires again to get it rolling and rolled it onto the trailer.
And finally in somewhere dry, So the rest of the day was spent checking it over and ripping out the carpets as they were a bit wet. We also tried turning the engine over but wouldn't budge 
. We also drained out all the old fuel probably about 7 litres 
Vacuumed the carpets which they come up quite well for a once over.
Rust under the rear window.
The a-post a tad rusty.
And tucked away with the ritz.
Not much will happen with it for a while as I need to get my other project on the road, but my plans are to keep it all original as all the bits are there and still original, I'm planning on getting some 12" steels for it as the RSP wheels don't hold air for very long.
Edited by alex-95, 12 January 2016 - 09:24 PM.
Just the rear subframe is shot which probably means the heelboard is too.
