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[davej]

Right I thought it was time I made a project thread to show everyone what I`m up to seen as I`ve had the car for a couple of months now.

Basically its a 89 mayfair in need of lots of attention. The plan is to get all the body work sorted then over the winter buy a 1275cc unit and strip and rebuild it putting different cam`s etc in, also going to put bucket seats in and a completey new interior.

As I bought it:


Engine bay:


At the moment Im trying to sort out the drivers side door hinge panel, previously when I opened the door it dropped a couple of inches. Been on it today and I think we`re getting there and will have the reapir panels welded in this week or next weekend if everything goes to plan.




Will post updates as I make progress.

[Down&Out]

good luck matey! looks a nice mini

[davej]

Thanks mate, hopefully it will be nice when its finished. Its the first thing I`ve ever done like this so with the help of my dad I`m learning along the way.

[GreaseMonkey]

Looking good Dave!

Edited by GreaseMonkey, 28 June 2008 - 09:29 PM.

[Down&Out]

yup thats what i say lol.. hopefully it will be nice when its finished. will be a while yet though

[yeamini]

Right I thought it was time I made a project thread to show everyone what I`m up to seen as I`ve had the car for a couple of months now.

Basically its a 89 mayfair in need of lots of attention. The plan is to get all the body work sorted then over the winter buy a 1275cc unit and strip and rebuild it putting different cam`s etc in, also going to put bucket seats in and a completey new interior.

As I bought it:


Engine bay:


At the moment Im trying to sort out the drivers side door hinge panel, previously when I opened the door it dropped a couple of inches. Been on it today and I think we`re getting there and will have the reapir panels welded in this week or next weekend if everything goes to plan.




Will post updates as I make progress.

no way i was going to buy this mini a few weeks ago but the fella hu was selling it was being funneh about me starting it up before i picked it up as a wanted it for my first car i got a trailer and everythink as was still being funneh sush a shame it is a very nice mini good luck with it, oh yes and does the engin run thats you got in it? thanks ben

[davej]

Ahhhhh thats weird, he said someone had paid a deposit but couldnt trailor it away so gave me a call and me and my mate went to get it and towed it home. It looked in ok condition but once I started playing with it it needs a lot more than I first thought.

We got the engine running when we picked it up, jumped it off my focus and after a some black smoke it was ok, not perfect by any means as there were splits in pipes and allsorts and the carb needed sorting but it ran. The battery connections were badly corroded so took some fiddling.

[yeamini]

Ahhhhh thats weird, he said someone had paid a deposit but couldnt trailor it away so gave me a call and me and my mate went to get it and towed it home. It looked in ok condition but once I started playing with it it needs a lot more than I first thought.

We got the engine running when we picked it up, jumped it off my focus and after a some black smoke it was ok, not perfect by any means as there were splits in pipes and allsorts and the carb needed sorting but it ran. The battery connections were badly corroded so took some fiddling.

ye i got a trailer he gave me a number to a family busynes where he bough his puppy from and we phoned him back and he was still being funneh about starting it so i collected me deposit and a few week later i bough a city e just needs new front end due to rust (wings, front pannel and a pannels) and got a 1275 engin with it and carbon fibre ash with quit happy with it anyways good luck with ur mini ben

[davej]

Sounds like it all worked out in the end for you then, yours sounds better than mine.

Thanks mate good luck with yours too

[clubby]

hye mate~

good luck n all the best

any progress?

[davej]

Cheers mate

No progress as yet, working afternoons this week so dont get any time, will have a play with the door hinge panels tomorrow try and get them to fit better then hopefully weld them in at the weekend, just hope the door fits ok

[davej]

Had a go at welding a patch in today, my first time mig welding so its very poor but seems to hold the plate well enough, plate still needs shaping and fully welding in but atleast its progress.

[Retro_10s]

looks great to me for a first attempt!

[davej]

Cheers mate hopefully will get better the more I do, looks like its going to be quite a bit too

[yeamini]

Cheers mate hopefully will get better the more I do, looks like its going to be quite a bit too

hey i would like to see this project finish have you done any progress ? ben