gjh

Allycats look great on a mini, the boy has taste! IMO, its gona need some spotlights!

Minirotty

Yeah I'd like to see some Cibies on it but haven't asked him yet, not sure if he'll like them or not.

COLEYST200

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Good on you kev

Minirotty

Thanks Ian bud!

New front floor pans and drivers side sill collected today from mini spares.



Chop chop the weekend lol

SMILER258

Just saw you don't have door step problems like everyone else. lucky bastard

And alley cats are a nice choice. What arches does he like? Miglia carbon fibres or group 6, 7 fibreglass, or even sportspack arches?

Also, don't get polybushes for the bottom arms and tie rod ends. Minispares sell a kit for the the tie bars with a standard inner bush and poly outer so under braking it's softer on the subframe, and under acceleration it stops the weaving standard bushes allow apparently. And for the bottom arms, if you use poly, they go oval and slack. I went for uprated rubber.

Just some advice. I did hours of digging for the nitty gritty info

SMILER258

Are you cutting down the oversill?

Minirotty

I keep being asked if I am cutting it down, I am going to only replace what is rotten on the mini, is there a specific reason or meaning why people ask this question?

SMILER258

This is a normal mini sill. 4" wide. It is smaller, so creates the stiff box section BL intended. It also has vents for ventilation. You have an oversill, that is twice as wide, and is used by garages as a bodge to get a mini through MOT. They don't have much by way of strength, and have no ventilation, so the bottoms rot out very quickly.

My thread shows what is underneath an oversill, and that was on my car for 3 years apparently, and it was completely rotten. I had to get a new full length sill to repair the inner structure because of an oversill. Cut it down, and you get a regular, PROPER sill, which people will see as a proper repair.



Hope this explains it.

Minirotty

Get ya! Yes, will be cutting down the sill.

Minirotty

Chose not to cut down new sills and just remove all of old ones...

I did say I was removing all the rust and decided to start on the already fitted oversill, it hid a few demons lol

Piccs from today...
























I was going to use the two post ramp to lift the car onto the gear box stand, until I thought about trying to lift it up and when I did I nearly through it over my head its that light

SMILER258

Good stuff! I've just come in from rebuilding a load of my front suspension actually haha

Minirotty

I would of spent today up at my unit on my Maxi build but all my items didn't arrive from eBay yet so the Mini got a turn lol

COLEYST200

iTrader: (3)

Looks like a lot of work going on with the mini keep at it I love minis

Minirotty

Will do bud, still got that pic here of your old mini mate, still don't know how you fitted in it

Matt Evans

Keep up the good work Kev, been watching the progress on here and FB. At least you'll know the shells good and strong when he's out and about in it - in years to come obv!

jonny s2

iTrader: (12)

haha,,,, wicked kev, i used to have a 1275 turbo, handled and went amazing. great project for you n yor young un haha

Minirotty

I am hoping he'll be using it in next 2 years mate, sprint tracks / junior hill climbs

I had a clubby with a metro turbo in when I was 18, loved it then I went all the way to a Type-R engine Mini, nearly killed myself a few times in it so left mini's alone for quite some years and stayed with Fords

Minirotty

Passenger side done...







Now to start on the drivers side...









Also tried this fibreglass boot on, it sits quite well.

But I have also managed to get a carbon fibre boot and rear bumper which I am collecting tomorrow, the carbon one looks as standard just in carbon...

You know that means I want to get carbon arches now lol

oibren85

Looks really good, always like to see classics coming back to life, so much more work, but the feeling afterwards must be brillant! look forward to seeing this progress.

Minirotty

Cheers bud, I love working on it with it being classic, just keeps reminding me of the old days.

Once welding is done, possibly start on the cage next, also making the column adjustable so easier to get my son seated in it.

Will keep updating thread as I go.

oibren85

So is the idea to have it for soo long he can have it as his first car or just so he can learn basic mechanics and use it on private roads while hes young. Either way it will be magic and bet hes absolutely loving it.

Minirotty

Na this wont be his first road car, I am going to have him lose on sprit tracks in it, get used to pedalling it, then into junior hill climbs

oibren85

That is quality! it'll be like all his christmases have come at once on that start line! Good luck, and i'll be watching even more carefully now!

SMILER258

Great stuff. And you have the carbon bug lol. I've resisted so far

Minirotty

I was given a mini when I was young and remember loving it, so hope he'll feel the same about this one.


Na lol the carbon only owes me a few quid and to be honest i'll probably paint it all also, it's just that it's a better looking boot lid than the fibreglass one.

COLEYST200

iTrader: (3)

Coming on kev

Minirotty

Yeah we're flying on with it mate...

Some carbon I picked up today

Boot lid...








Bumper...



And been trying to get hold of these but the lad aint budging on selling them... yet pmsl

Minirotty

Drivers side 90% done now too.

Need to get a new corner scuttle as the one I have, doesn't line up anywhere near enough to make a good fit, so will try one from mini spares this week.














Now looking to order all the steel for the role cage...

jonfoc

Cracking work Kev. I'm loving the carbon, you'll be in this more than Lucifer!

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Brilliant work matey. How many hours have you spent welding the new panels in.

COLEYST200

iTrader: (3)

Looking very good kev the way it's going this mini will be finished befor you escort is

Minirotty

Na, this is for my lad mate, although I will have a go lol

A few Saturdays now Glenn.

lol it should be mate tbf, it only new panels, cage, wheels and arches and a bit of paint.

Nothing like Lucifer project lol



Not got on to well with the Mini forum, I can feel a ban coming my way today

they're proper upset at me using the full oversill even though I haven't used it as an over sill, I have used it in place of the original, proper bunch of pretentious arse holes on there and I have told um, they have even replied saying "how can a new member be so rood"

Their the rood ones

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

So it hasn't took 46 hours like its took the divvy in the bodyshop my cossie was in to repair a sill and a rear arch.

fordrs2005

iTrader: (4)

Some work your doing to it but will be like new again when everything's replaced

I've just finished restoring a Mini Cooper for a friend , I didn't realise the work involved in these even being such wee cars but its good that you can still get every panel no problem

Here's a pic of it , also resprayed this orange one earlier on in the year which was supercharged

Minirotty

They look brilliant bud, orange ones a sleeper!

Like the cooper wheels on the modern ones, I am looking for some nice 4 spoke superlight/supersport wheels 13" if you know of any.


More like 10 hours in total mate as I only spend a few hours there on a Saturday and eat my breaky first

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Fpmsl. You wanna take it to that bodyshop my cossie was in. It would get done in no time lol.

Top work if its only took you 10 hours.

fordrs2005

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Sorry don't know of any for sale but if a come in to any I'll let you know

Minirotty

Thanks bud, appreciated.

Mister G

Awesome work, wish I had your skill with a welder!

SMILER258

Awesome stuff! I'm going mk3 cooper rep, retrofied, dropped to the floor on 10x6 ultralites, and white paintwork. Lush

And 10 hours is good going! He'll be over the moon!! What colour? It been decided yet?