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[danny2009]

i have started restoring (ish) my 1986 austin mini mayfair, it has a 998cc engine and all the car is standard apart from a few speakers and a cd player, i thought i would open a topic and put on some piks and update as i make progress as i go allong

these piks are from the advert which i bought the car from as i have not had time to take any and i have only just found my camera lol

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i have had the car about a month and so far i have made a parcel shelf speaker board which hold two 6x9 and a underseat board that house two 6 and 1/2 inch speakers, this is all linked up to a cd player up front. i have also sanded down the rocker cover and re painted it in black. i have also replaced the yellow hosepipe with a proper breather pipe and the black pipe that goes from the dizzy over the rocker cover to the carb can't remember what it is called but i have put two new connecting ends on it so now it is connected, i have also put in a new choke cable as the old one had its knob broken off so i upgraded from a trist and lock to a pull and push mechanism which is better. tonight i have taken the clamp off that holds the manifold and exhaust together as it was blowwing, i have now put some fire putty on the clamp and clamped it back up and runs like a drem apart from the leaking radiatior so that is the next job tomorrow. please post your comments thanks Danny

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Edited by gerrard, 20 August 2008 - 10:12 PM.

[danny2009]

what do people think

Edited by gerrard, 28 December 2008 - 10:09 PM.

[Speno]

Looks like theres a fair bit of work to be done!! good luck

Is that a steering wheel cover?

Edited by Speno, 20 August 2008 - 11:05 PM.

[danny2009]

Looks like theres a fair bit of work to be done!! good luck

Is that a steering wheel cover?

i think its insulation tape lol, there is quite a bit of work to do i have tidied the interior up a bit i will have to get some up to date piks

[exuptoy]

Looks like theres a fair bit of work to be done!! good luck

Is that a steering wheel cover?

i think its insulation tape lol, there is quite a bit of work to do i have tidied the interior up a bit i will have to get some up to date piks

I'd take the insulation tape off personally, because if the weather ever changes and warms up, then the sweat off your hands makes this a PITA. Give it a bit of a clean with turps or white spirit to remove the gum from the tape. Nice little project you have there. Keep it up.

[danny2009]

Looks like theres a fair bit of work to be done!! good luck

Is that a steering wheel cover?

i think its insulation tape lol, there is quite a bit of work to do i have tidied the interior up a bit i will have to get some up to date piks

I'd take the insulation tape off personally, because if the weather ever changes and warms up, then the sweat off your hands makes this a PITA. Give it a bit of a clean with turps or white spirit to remove the gum from the tape. Nice little project you have there. Keep it up.

thanks the tape was already off but i have given it a clean with soapy water and its ok now but the wheel has faded in the places where the tape was

[danny2009]

today i have found the leak in the radiator, it is a perished pipe so i have taken the old one off and tomorrow will tackle the job of refitting. i have also fitted some white origional rover mini white wing mirrors so i can see where i am going lol. finally i have fitted a original rover mini stereo housing so i dont have to keep takin my cd playe out here are some more up to date piks

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[minirock]

nice to see it coming along nicely
love the wing mirrors the look sweet
Good Luck

James

[danny2009]

i have now fixed the radiator leek it was a perished pipe that goes on top of the water pump and is about 50mm high dont know what it is called but that was the culprate

[danny2009]

today i have resprayed the rocker cover as i had chipped it puting it back on lol and i have also sprayed the airfilter end in black.

[chris_gilly]

how did the front get damaged??? is it a write off??

chris

[MGMT]

Now then, Nice Mini, should be good when its finished!

Im just asking about your 6x9's in the parcel shelf. Did you have to cut the metal away for them to fit? I was just gonna have some the same size as the hole then 6x9's under the seat but I may as well have 2 sets of 6x9's if you can get them on the parcel shelf. So how did you go about doin it? thanks!
MGMT

[Down&Out]

ahaa! i have an 86 mayfair... and the inside is that colour, which is the original colour exept yours is a d reg and mines c... nice car though

[danny2009]

right i have not been on here for a while as i have been busy with starting college and all to answer some of the questions, i dont quite know how it was damaged just in a crash thats how i bought it but i have had it rac data checked and it has come back fine, also the 6x6 in the parcell shelf had the holes already cut out but i just had to cut a bit out here and there to make mine fit, also 86-mini-chelsea what colour is your carpet as mine does not have one in thanks

[danny2009]

keep the comments coming