Bought my first mini, its an 1986 Austin Mini withe a 1275cc metro engine in it at the moment, also i purchased the origianl standard 998cc engine with it
. The 1275 A+ engine has an uprated carb, reconditioned altenater, dual core rad and quick shift. what i was told anywayThe name of the car is Lee i was oing to call it after my nan but thought grandad would feel left out so named it after them both (second name). iknow it isnt a copper but i was thinking that i could have some custom centre caps making with the LeeCooper denim logo in ;)
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. Ill let the pictures talk, barring in mind i havernt started one this is a biggen (lots of pictures 
)Pictures from the ebay page;
going to wrap the dash in carbon wrap and stickerbim the steering wheel.
going to wrap the door cards in black leather look padded vinyl
needs a good clean, water rust in the top right will rub off :) few things missing
buckets will probally come out and originals in
nasty dent above the light and need new casing
subs need to come out cause there ridicously big, 1400 watt 12" and obviously wont fit seats in with them haha
SO theres a few pictures of what it was like buying it. purchased it for 720 pounds
Just purchased 2 brake calipers, set of standard hoses, general bolts for engine bay, electronic distributor and a coil all posted from kent for £100 Few more pics;
Here it is as it pulled up into the drive
so excited to work on it but went to the misses that night so nothing got done... not on the mini anyway .
Lad who i bought it off had some new plates made for it, dont see the point to be fair it only says mini it the bottom. would like to eventually purchased sone carbon fibre gel pressed ones :) with my name at the bottom.
Got home from the misses the following morning and dad had knocked the dent out and filled in with a lil bit of filler
rust hole on both rear quaters
repair pannles only 8.50 off ebay so thats all good
rear valance hole.
while i was there the lad mentioned he had the original engine for the mini, 998cc with 75,000 miles (1275 has 60,000) both pretty good to be fair i think. The 998 has a stage to performance head on it and a new starter motor, all painted up so looked in alright nick and 100 is reasonable i think. the reason i have both engines is that it depends on what the insurance quotes are on both, wich ever one is cheapest im goin to put in and keep the other or if there both quite dear still put the cheapest in and sell the other
taken the parcel shelf out and removed the 6x9's, going to put them back in but underneath the seats, looks smarter and less chavy
removed the beastly subs pretty bigg
3600 watt alltogether if i remember rightly :)
thought id polish it up a lil, theese are provisionally sold at the moment but if it doesnt go through i will probally be open to sell again
removed all the poo from the back as i wanted to check for rust and it just doesnt need to be in there anyway at the moment
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few holes in the boot but have now been patched up and welded and treated sorry no pics forgot
removed petrol tank to make room and look for more rust, also so i could get to the back of the light to remove
bit of rust bubbleing on the scuttle but ground that down and treated
removed all the arches looking for rust and what not, wings feel so thin!, removed all the lights on the front and repeaters, ground down all the rust around them too. used filler all around the headlights and sanded down no pics
Got bored and sprayed the rocker cover, very similar colour to the car, pearlesant blue with tinge of purple and light blue glitter
sprayed the botls and washers white
on the engine now, looks odd with the rest of the engine beein old n dirty haha
pulled the carpets out and seen all this, ripped it all out and found some holes, new pannles 10-12.50 each so not badd
found a chrome momo gear knob in my draw, bit batterd as its been rolling around alot haha oh well
bought a new iphone case and got a sticker with it so placed it on windscreen and then realised bit of a stupid idea if im working on it theyll be dust everywhere so i coverd it up with some boooobs
took apart my altenator today and gave it a spray, hopr i put it back together properly
took apart all the interior, the top of the dash as you can see is f********ked sun killed it
, but on the good side the but with the switches on has decent vinyl left underneath Going abit off subject now, went down to the local scrapyard today insearch of an oldschool mini as dad thought he saw the rear end of one thi one time, however there wasnt one but we mooched a round for a while (love a good scrappy
) popped a few badges off as you do and then i found this!
thought it was wicked love old mercs and this was just siik so took it for a fiver, washed and polished it up to a nice shine
and then i had to do this hahah
as you can see the mini if now up on some ramps so we can get to the engine underneath and to check the underneath out.
thought id take a cheeky shot of the pipe i have
, straight through cherry bomb! guna be loouuudddd! 
and i took my fan out today thinking we had some yellow paint but obviously not
so gave it a clean wish some fairy liquid 
have some bright orange paint left over from hen dad sprayed his vdub camper T25 so might paint it in that, little change from all the yello ones
This is him from the rear at the mo :)
Anyway i think thats it for now with the pictures i have! my engine bits and calipers are coming on tuesday as im away for the weekend will post more pictures and up date then
please please comment, all posts and questions are welcome please if you have any advice to give i would really appreciate anyway..Cheers.
Joe - Peace
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Edited by joewf10, 07 June 2012 - 02:45 PM.
