115 replies to this topic

[stumpypower]

Ok got this for the princely sum of 75 pound...it rough as a Badgers a** so the car was owned for years by a local fella that runs a rolling road tuning shop it was a well known car around our área it was used everyday until 1995 when it was garaged until. Acouple of weeks ago it was stripped of all its bits and the shell offered for sale before being crushed if it didnt sell because it was so rusty i used to go past this rolling road place regularly and always wanted to own it ,,,,tho it looked mint then. So now its mine and i feel a compulsión to save it and restore it to a good standard ready to modify and rebuild its running gear and mechanicals better than it was before ...now its absolutely rotten but in my opinión doable and with advice on where bBest to start with it from you guys we can rebuild him......pics to follow

[Devo]

Hello Stumpy, looks like you got a bargain there I was charged £100 for my mini +£50 for the front subframe!! I loook forward to seeing the pics more than happy to help on advice 

[stumpypower]

thanks mate ,,its very very rusty i cant stress that enough but  for 75 quid  the bonnet must be worth the Best part of that so  not worried i havent got any time scale set. On it either i have a garage so its not going to eat or drink   pics tomoz ime collecting in the morning  get him up on some blocks and 4x2  timbre and take a real good look 

[henri1972]

nothing is beyond repair you can get the ultimate spare part for minis ie new shell plus any repair panel you want so just make a list of parts and go from there it will daunt you when you first do it

[stumpypower]

it is doing already ime a welder by trade so not worried about the actual welding its hoping the relevant repair panels are available and a new shell is out the question this is going to be done on a shoe string  with 4 kids 6 and under its expensive  lol   having to buy a subframe has been mentioned and so do i ime in need of the early twin bolt either side on the tower subframes if anyone has one and will post unless local ish for me to pick up in person thanks

[henri1972]

look on minispares m-machine somerfords for panels m-machine panels are great fitting also next day delivery and reasonably priced

[stumpypower]

Thanks for that start buying bits for it after an inspection tomoz and try to come up with a plan of attack

[stumpypower]

Try this

Attached Files

•  $_57-3.JPG   71.77K   21 downloads

[stumpypower]

Another

Attached Files

•  $_57-1.JPG   75.21K   27 downloads

[stumpypower]

Nother

Attached Files

•  $_57-5.JPG   91.03K   18 downloads

[stumpypower]

Last one

Attached Files

•  $_57.JPG   95.33K   19 downloads

[stumpypower]

See what i mean its a rusty one lol

Attached Files

•  $_57-6.JPG   87.41K   17 downloads

[henri1972]

i used to restore classic cars for a living what i would do is measure the passenger side and brace the drivers side then the passenger side i once restored a beetle worse than this i five weeks

[stumpypower]

Well the doors were removed as they were sound and beleive it or not the drivers side didnt sag or drop even tho the pillar is like that the outer cill is solid  its an over cill but its still got factory primer on it no real rust not in comparison to the step i think this is whats saved it from folding  5 weeks wks thats impressive it will take me much longer than that but good to hear someone say it saveable  i had visions of everyone saying bin it....i still wouldnt but its good to hear constructive comments

Edited by stumpypower, 06 June 2014 - 06:37 PM.

[JacckKirk]

to be honest my GT looks a hell of alot worse than this mate