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[liam-ds]

hi all this is my project page for my 1982 mini mayfair that i am rebuilding i have owned this mini since 2007 and have been rebuilding this mini for the past 3 years

the day i bought him he was a real mess




the damage from the wheel that flew off on the way home

engine that was stood 9 year a little messing about with carb, new ht leads, distributor cap, and coil and it fired up

engine has it looks now will be running again in a few weeks

under the bonnet painted

as under the bonnet looks now




so what do you all think?
i will try to keep this thread updated as much as i can

[miniman86]

engine looks good mate, whats the spec? you doing all the work yourself?

[jrls80]

Love the colour in the engine bay, what is it?

[liam-ds]

the engine is all standered apart from the cylinder head that i modifoied by using david vizard book and the colour is citreon amiridion blue i think paint code is kly
doing the work with a little help from my dad but doing most of the work my self now rebuilt engine with only a little help last week and im only 16

Edited by liam-ds, 17 July 2010 - 08:10 PM.

[liam-ds]

hi just adding a few pictures form earlier in the resto

do i win the prize for the worst rear subframe





removing the trumpets and the doghnuts snapped the subframe in two haha



removing the front subframe and engine





me doing all of the work





what i was left with not mutch haha

[liam-ds]

hi my dad had a brain wave a bit back about running the brake pipe and petrol pipe throught the car so tried this idea out and works great i would advise doing this to any one whole i replacing the brake pipe or doing a full rebuild







only took about 1 hour to fit the pipe but saves me catching them on speed bumps or anything else
also today got the hub and drive shafts in after fitting new wheel bearings and ball joints. after fitting the drive shafts and hubs we noticed that the cv boot had split so first job tommorow is to paint up another drive shaft and refit the old shaft aslo fitted a lcb and inlet manifold here are the pictures

before



the parts



during





and after trimming the lcb we fitted the y piece what a job



the end result im pretty happy now

Edited by liam-ds, 19 July 2010 - 07:13 PM.

[me madjoe 90]

Looking Good


I dont know why every body doesnt run the brake and fuel lines in side the car, it s such a good idea.

Stops people cuting your fuel and brake lines for one thing. Have you though about turning the tank round or moving the filler in the boot.

Edited by me madjoe 90, 19 July 2010 - 07:18 PM.

[liam-ds]

Looking Good


I dont know why every body doesnt run the brake and fuel lines in side the car, it s such a good idea.

great idea isnt it saves a lot of messing about in the long run

no i havent though about turning the tank around only thing is that it means i will have to weld up the rear wing again and i have already deseemed the back and front and they are filled to shape so dont think that will happen but thanks for the suggestion

Edited by liam-ds, 30 July 2010 - 06:56 PM.

[liam-ds]

havent updated in a while but have made a huge amount of progress the engine is in and running but i will let the pictures do the talking

[AndyMiniMad.]

Looking good. Reminds me of the long nights in the garage rebuilding "HAGGIS". What colour you going to paint it. Love the yellow and blue combo for engine and subframe. Shame about the coil cover tho. LOL.

[liam-ds]

thanks wasent realy sure on the yellow and blue at the start but looks good now the top cot for the body will be amiridian blue (citreon colour) and i am going to have a black roof and arches to cover up my wheels when i get them

Edited by liam-ds, 06 September 2010 - 06:39 PM.

[liam-ds]

hi all

haven't updated in a bit so here we go after getting the engine running i have started to prepare the body work for painting

first of all the video of rusty running (the name my mate's gave it)







love this pic



me pretending to drive it can't wait to get it on the road



drives door and boot nearly prepared or so i thought



front wing lines all finished





boot lid as it looks today finished (need to reset date on my camera i know)



rusty as he/she looks now



opinions welcome thanks Liam...

Edited by liam-ds, 06 September 2010 - 07:02 PM.

[minimaff]

Looking good, what colour is he gunna be when finished?

My mini same colour as your engine....

[liam-ds]

hi

it will be a citreon colour ameridion blue or so i think and the colour is orange mango is that the colour of your car?

liam

Edited by liam-ds, 06 September 2010 - 07:10 PM.

[minimaff]

hi

it will be a citreon colour ameridion blue or so i think and the colour is orange mango is that the colour of your car?

liam

No mine is Inca Yellow