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This little mini looks so good nice work.. Its very clean and tidy under there.

Thanks! It sure is better than before

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Wow that is a massive difference isnt it. Its a credit to you.

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The two small tabs holding the washer fluid motor were broken, so I came up with a new way of holding it to the bulkhead; involving a worm drive clip, a small steel part and two tie wraps...

 

 

 

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I installed new trim pieces on the rear wheel arches. They are the only pieces of the interior held by spray glue

 

 

 

 

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Bought and fitted the side repeater lights. I had to enlarge the holes a bit. Not wired yet

 

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Next up is the fan under the bonnet. It's a Canadian thing... On Canadian models there is no fan in the heater box, just the matrix. There's a bigger fan under the bonnet that pushes air in the tubing under the right wing. It looks bad under

 

 

 

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After a bit of rust-revealing cleaning

 

 

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Time to fire up the welding machine. Long time no see...

 

 

 

 

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Nice little patchwork

 

 

 

 

With the tab

 

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Patch no.2

 

 

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Patch no.3

 

 

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Another thing done. Didn't care about grinding the welds, they won't show anyway

 

 

[pete l]

What other weird things do canadian minis have that we don't ?

[Purplemini1972]

A maple syrup dispenser!  ;)

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A maple syrup dispenser!  ;)

 

Hopefully it's the only part of the car not needing repair