Well, i'm back doing minis again.
I sold my last mini a couple of years ago for too little money. Regretting this, and having owned several cars since that i've not really clicked with, I'm aiming to go back to minis.
I bought this car in 2006. I was 12 years old, and having recently moved onto a farm I wanted something with an engine for whizzing around fields in for a bit of fun. I had a bit of birthday money saved up and when I talked to my dad about it he uttered the words "it might be cheaper to buy a car, maybe a mini or something?"
It was much easier in those days to pick up a cheap project, so I dropped a massive £123 on ebay and bought this:
It was an MOT failure with a knackered rear subframe and the usual oversills. My dad bought me a rear subframe for the following Christmas and i set about 'restoring it'. When you're 12 or 13 means pulling the entire car to bits with no order involved.
It's probably lucky i did really, lots of hidden rust, mainly due to the oversills.
I wasnt allowed anywhere near powertools let alone a welder at that age, so it sat awaiting bodywork for some years. I did an evening class in 'welding techniques' a couple of years ago and since then ive spent a full year welding up a Triumph Dolomite and then undertook Rossknight's car.
With those experiences behind me, I set to doing my own car!:
That gets us up to date on this one. More to follow!
Edited by Down&Out, 11 June 2024 - 05:41 PM.
