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[leaky]

Cheers guys! Yea speed well tuning bits are cool. Glad we for a new roof for it and that's by far the worse bit. Defiantly worth saving now!

[minipete]

Brave Man! Good luck with the build.

[alex-95]

Glad you've got a roof for it leaky, Is it in good condition?

[leaky]

Its alright yea. Much better then whats on the car anyway lol.

[minimissions]

Wicked looking project and speedwell bits are cool, using some myself on my van when i get round to it :) defo one of the best period mods you can do :)

[leaky]

Yea I do like the period mods! Although we are going to be going pretty standard with this car.

 

Good news is today my dad got an email saying that the old registration records have turned up which means the car can keep its original plate and not be put on an age related one!

[minimissions]

That is good news, so will keep it original even more so now. When do you hope to finish the resto, or is there no time on it?

[leaky]

No time limit really. My red mini is back from the body shop now so I want to get that built first up and my dads gonna do or with me so he knows what to do when it comes to this. Will be a good few years before this is done. Maybe it will make the IMM 2019 for the minis 60th birthday haha.

[minimissions]

Haha thats fair enough mate, and yeah sounds like it will the same for my van just need to get the sidewalk along bit further and the van will get started... maybe see you at imm 2019 lol

[JustSteve]

Holey feck this is nice!

 

Excuse the pun 

[leaky]

Well update! Made a start at getting the engine out. Although due to rain and it getting dark and the fast everything on this car is so rusty it was a huge pain getting the shafts out the gear box that we never did get it out. Its now free though and we are gonna get up mega early in the morning and do it before the old man goes to work.

 

 

Also this goes to show how organised my dad is!

 

 

Every single bit that has come off the car has been photographed and bagged up with a label. I wish I had the patience to do that haha.

 

 Should  WILL get pics up 2moz with the engine removed!

 

Thanks.

[leaky]

Got up cracked on and the engine was out the car before half 8 this morning! Not a bad effort!

 

 

 

 

[minimissions]

Looks like your cracking on nicely :)

[leaky]

Yea not too bad. Next up really is just getting it on a pallet so we can move it around and cleaning the bits we have taken off. Not much will happen to the shell now until next year. Gotta finish sorting the garage out to get my red mini in and get that built up and my old man need to save his pennys for the panels haha.

[GreaseMonkey]

Wow that rear subframe Great work so far, love that its being taken on and not sent to the scrap pile