101 replies to this topic

[gregh55]

your mental for taking that rust bucket home!! naa not really good luck hope you got plenty of grinding discs, welding gas, and welding wire

good luck

[Goldie1275]

my boyfriends dad does up vintage bikes (i'm talking 1912 kind of thing...!!) and they are usually found in worse states but yu will be surprised with what he comes out with.

We are lucky we also got a 850 engine from a mate who was given it by some mini hoarder!! although the engine in it right now,still bizarrly has oil in it...!!!!

[adam_mini]

When's the MOT then??

[Ferretboy221]

you have to love what the uk climate does to cars when they are left outside!!!

[Goldie1275]

When's the MOT then??

Haha, well i'm taking it soon, do yu think i will pass? i worried about the fact i have no glass but hopefully thetester will miss that

[bert998]

your certifiable, but i take my hat off to you for even attempting it!

[adam_mini]

When's the MOT then??

Haha, well i'm taking it soon, do yu think i will pass? i worried about the fact i have no glass but hopefully thetester will miss that

Who needs windows anyway... Free air conditioning

As for the Mot it may fail emissions?

Edited by adam_mini, 16 January 2009 - 10:04 PM.

[bamby]

as its not been said a bit of t-cut and a polish she'll fly though the Mot glad youve got it and cant wait to see how you progress with the work good luck hope all goes well !

[M44K TS]

This is an epic task, best of luck. A mate of mine was almost as ambitious with a 70's barn find,but pretty much everything was shot, infact the only things to survive were the seats and a headlight.

[buddylove]

Wow, quite a project you have there. Definately will be worth it when done, document everything Good luck!

[Goldie1275]

don't worry everything will be documented, i have a new camera so im enjoying using it for something. we have just aquired 6 5x10 classic steels ti swap the wheels and allow it to roll about.

we hope to take around 2 years to get this done, its a long time yu may say but currently its at my boyfriends parents house and we will only be spending every weekend getting it done as its a 45 min trip up there.

She needs inner and outer sills, rear floors (not boot), new front end, repairs to lower quaters and rear valance and repairs to the roof. The aim is to obviously use as much of the original car as possible, and refurbing old parts where we can instead of buying new. The boy is going round to the owner so i hope she has dug out some real goodies. I will probably post up some pictures if she gives us alot of treasure! X

[D 'n A]

Why a new engine?

Some new sparkplugs, and (s)he should be running

Great find, wish you all the luck rebuilding this beauty

[Sir Cheat]

Why a new engine?

Some new sparkplugs, and (s)he should be running

Great find, wish you all the luck rebuilding this beauty

Yeah, Try and save the engine you have with it. Hope you do manage to save her !


BEST OF LUCK

[Goldie1275]

Why a new engine?

Some new sparkplugs, and (s)he should be running

Great find, wish you all the luck rebuilding this beauty

Yeah, Try and save the engine you have with it. Hope you do manage to save her !


BEST OF LUCK

Well the engine in there at the moment is a austin/morris 1100 engine, which the owner put in the late 70's along with a few other lovely mods. We will be keeping EVERYTHING that comes out of the countryman.

[Goldie1275]

Well here is another update. Went to pick up a few bits from the owners yesterday and we have decided on a name for her... Rosemary, or Rosie for short (i also like old Rosie asa link to the cider ) It's the name of the lady owner.

Here are some of the goodies she has given us.


along with the front numberplate.

Anyway, got her on some new wheels and its amazing the difference it makes!


My GT in the background all snuggly in her little blanket.

Here is a better picture of the engine bay, the husband was an engineer so tinkered a little...



Boot cleared out, surprisingly the wooden board is pretty intact and the bootfloor is also holeless. yay






We have sourced all the glass and panels we need by some very lovely and helpful people at our mini club which is super!

She is currently wrapped up in some tarpauling