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[stretch tech]

a few little updates from this week

my bargain new heated inlet manifold from bingley hall has been cleaned up and a few finishing touches applied





new electronic ignition kit



comments always welcome

Rhys

[charie t]

ring these chaps for panels, very helpful and quick delivery
http://www.oldskoolminis.co.uk/

[stretch tech]

ring these chaps for panels, very helpful and quick delivery
http://www.oldskoolminis.co.uk/

cheers pal...funnily enough, we were planning on going to their unit on Saturday as we spoke to them at Bingley hall

Rhys

[stretch tech]

i went down to Old Skool Minis this morning to pick up the last few panels i need...



new front panel



new near side wing



new off side wing



new near side A panel



new off side A panel



new off side lower rear quarter repair panel ( i already have the other side )



i would highly recommend old skool minis, they gave us a great price and the staff were very helpful and friendly

i was going to roll cliff onto an old mattress today and start cleaning off the underseal and reveal any more rust but it's snowing badly now so that can wait until tomorrow

comments welcome

Rhys

[joezone2001]

Hi Rhys

I love your project. I have a Cherry Red Mini 30 too! I love her too bits. She has been named Cherry Cooper. I don't know why, it just seems to fit. I bought mine back in 2010 with an MOT and 6 months tax for £595 from a guy in Tamworth. I couldn't believe it and snapped the guys hand off. She was completely standard and I intend to keep her that way. Well, mostly anyway. I planned on changing from standard cones to springs but I have since changed my mind.
I am partly through my restoration. The shell is quite rusty and requires more welding the more I strip back! haha. She will get there though.
Anyway, just wanted to say good luck with your project. It looks like you're doing a good job!
If you wanted to have a look at my project I have my own website. www.mini30.info I update it most days as I am trying to get her finished for my birthday which is in July So I am trying to get her finished.
Good Luck. Joe

[stretch tech]

Hi Rhys

I love your project. I have a Cherry Red Mini 30 too! I love her too bits. She has been named Cherry Cooper. I don't know why, it just seems to fit. I bought mine back in 2010 with an MOT and 6 months tax for £595 from a guy in Tamworth. I couldn't believe it and snapped the guys hand off. She was completely standard and I intend to keep her that way. Well, mostly anyway. I planned on changing from standard cones to springs but I have since changed my mind.
I am partly through my restoration. The shell is quite rusty and requires more welding the more I strip back! haha. She will get there though.
Anyway, just wanted to say good luck with your project. It looks like you're doing a good job!
If you wanted to have a look at my project I have my own website. www.mini30.info I update it most days as I am trying to get her finished for my birthday which is in July So I am trying to get her finished.
Good Luck. Joe

cheers pal, it is nice to see another thirty being restored to original condition (there abouts any way ) it is a shame to think that some owners remove the luxuary features of the thirty, i went to a few shows last year and i only noticed one thirty in original spec...

so this is your third mini as well as four other cars ? ! ?

cheers for the support Joe

Rhys

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this week end, we rolled Cliff onto a mattress so we could start removing the under seal and degreasing the floor pan

we set up my dad's grinder with some off the wire brush attachments we brought at Bingley and started to grind the paint back to bare metal

but it quickly filled the garage with dust so we decided to stop and just scrape the under seal off for now, after all, the wire brush in the grinder will make fast work of removing the last bits of under seal and paint when we take it to the unit in a few weeks to blitz the body repairs

my exhaust from Bingley has also been cleaned up and stored away

i will take some photos this week at some point and upload them then

Rhys

Edited by TH3aRchit3ct95, 06 February 2012 - 09:29 PM.

[joezone2001]

Hi Rhys

I love your project. I have a Cherry Red Mini 30 too! I love her too bits. She has been named Cherry Cooper. I don't know why, it just seems to fit. I bought mine back in 2010 with an MOT and 6 months tax for £595 from a guy in Tamworth. I couldn't believe it and snapped the guys hand off. She was completely standard and I intend to keep her that way. Well, mostly anyway. I planned on changing from standard cones to springs but I have since changed my mind.
I am partly through my restoration. The shell is quite rusty and requires more welding the more I strip back! haha. She will get there though.
Anyway, just wanted to say good luck with your project. It looks like you're doing a good job!
If you wanted to have a look at my project I have my own website. www.mini30.info I update it most days as I am trying to get her finished for my birthday which is in July So I am trying to get her finished.
Good Luck. Joe

cheers pal, it is nice to see another thirty being restored to original condition (there abouts any way ) it is a shame to think that some owners remove the luxuary features of the thirty, i went to a few shows last year and i only noticed one thirty in original spec...

so this is your third mini as well as four other cars ? ! ?

cheers for the support Joe

Rhys

Hi Rhys.
Haha, I only have 3 other cars and I am about to get rid of the puma also. The Focus isn't mine and I don't own the other two mini's anymore. (unfortunately)
The plan with mine is to keep it standard (ish) I want a black roof and a aftermarket dashboard in the same colour as the car. I have to buy a new set of wheels for her as only two of them actually match! I may be tempted by some black 12" revolutions but we will have to see. I picked up some Wood and Picket arches for her a few months ago for £15 which I thought was a bargain! I will hopefully put those on as the originals were knackered..The interior of my car is in really good condition but I will steam clean it all and see how it looks. I need a new steering wheel as mine looks like it's been had by a Rottweiler! You can still get NEW Mini 30 Wheels from Ebay and they're not too expensive. I am sure I could have them repaired in the original fabric if necessary.... hopefully anyway..

Anyway, keep up the good work! ... and wish me luck, I am about to start welding this weekend.. I think..

Cheers Joe

[joezone2001]

oh, and I have got a 1100 engine to drop in as I need a new head for the 998 that came with the mini. I found the 1100 for £45 complete minus gear box so I thought I might as well just drop that in.. bargain!

[stretch tech]

today, me and my dad worked on cliff in 0 degrees with man flu ....................now if that' not dedication i don't know what is...........

we have 2 weeks to get cliff ready for when we move him to a unit to blitz ALL of the welding in 10 days ! ! this consists of:

- new front panel
- new wings
- new A panels
- new outer sills
- new front floor pans
- new rear valence + closures
- new (heritage) scuttle + closures
- new lower rear quarter repairs
- new rear subframe mounting end panels
- and numerous patches all over ! !

so, today we scraped all the under seal off of the under side of cliff (apologies, i forgot to take photos of before we started)



near side rear wheel arch



off side rear wheel arch



lower front bulk head



drivers front floor pan



passengers front floor pan



sorry for the awful shadowing and quality of these photos taken on my phone late afternoon

[minimissions]

Looks like a nice project love seing all the photos of new shinny bits :)

[stretch tech]

actually i am surprised at the quality of these photos......................................

any way, as we have now finished all of the the oily, dirty, messy jobs, we decided to give the garage a good clean out.....so we took cliff out of the garage for the first time since we brought him back in august last year ! !

this allowed me to have a good look around cliff in the light and remove the broken "special" arches to inspect the damage behind them. i will be putting the same type of arch and sill trim set back on cliff when we come to paint him

rusty front off side arch (will be replaced any way)



(i need to remove that front bumper at some point, it needs one of the bolts grinding off)

rusty off side repeater hole



rusty off side door step/A panel



rusty scuttle ( i think the rust hole is growing by the day )



bulk head and engine bay





rear arches





this is the largest hole in the boot floor......result !

[Andrew O]

Some nasty rust there.
Get the grinder out ;)

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when we started to strip cliff down, we noticed that the off side rear seat/bulk head had been bent in slightly, as if some one has tried to force the boot lid closed with an overfilled boot

view from the cabin of the car





boot view



this damage had pulled the seat belt bracket (in the boot) away from the rear bulk head slightly

it wasn't noticeable when sitting on the rear seat but i wasn't happy with it.............so my dad got his port-a-power from the van and we pressed it back into shape..............

braced on the front bulk head



re-aligning to press all dents out



much better.....

[stretch tech]

show bargain exhaust all cleaned up and new brackets fitted



i was thinking of buying a pair of twin tale pipes and fitting them to this by shortening the link pipe and making elbows or a T piece.....but i am not sure..........what do you all think ?

keep it as a straight through/centre exit system

or

twin exit tail pipes (oval or circle)

i am really unsure on which one to go for...opinions please ! !

Cheers

Rhys



PS: my dad has also made up new fuel and brake lines and i already have a new battery cable

Edited by TH3aRchit3ct95, 11 February 2012 - 08:13 PM.