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[Mito]

Thought I'd better start a project thread for my red one. It's a 998 1991 rover mini. It started life as a studio 2 and at some point, fairly recently, was very roughly resprayed in red. I'll be doing it as a rolling restoration up until i get to replacing the floor and I'll hopefully have the blue one on the road by then. Just reminded myself of the old milky way advert!:-)
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Edited by Mito, 26 March 2017 - 01:27 PM.

[Cameron2310]

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Edited by Cameron2310, 11 July 2021 - 10:58 PM.

[Mito]

It will take a bit longer than I'd hoped but will just repair a bit at a time. So long as it's back on the road for the end of may, I'll be happy
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Edited by Mito, 26 March 2017 - 01:13 PM.

[Mito]

The rebuilding begins...
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Doesn't look like the door strengthener is quite right???
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Edited by Mito, 26 March 2017 - 07:15 PM.

[Mito]

It looks like I forgot to update this thread after finishing off rebuilding the front flitch and a panels.So, heres a couple of after pics taken just before I started stripping down the car.

 

Drivers side all rebuilt.

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Passenger side rebuilt.

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Now the strip down begins.

 

Face off! There isn't much, if any, metal left underneath the headlights.

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Took the rear headlamp out and theres something wrong with the rear arch, I just can't quite put my finger on it ;)

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I'm not sure about the bumper ?rail? but doesn't appear to look too bad around the bottom of the boot.

 

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I'm sure there will be some more horrors to come. To be continued...

[Mito]

Tonight I've emptied the boot. It's now ready for the subframe to be dropped.

Holes are bigger than expected.
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I can see daylight through the rear arch.
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And there don't appear to be any holes in the battery box which shouldn't be there.
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[Mito]

Carried on with stripping the car down today by taking the engine out.

The engine mount bolts were a right pita to get too!

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[Mito]

Dropped the front sub frame and started cutting away the front panels to assess how many panels i'll be needing.

Both inner wings need work and possibly full replacement.
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And surprisingly someone's filled over some rust in the boot.
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[Mito]

Took out the Windscreen, dashboard and top rail.

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[Mito]

Removed all of the glass and doors today, plus another few bits and bobs.

 

Cut the front panel off as well.

 

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And the bulk head cross member has quite a bit of rust on it. Heres hoping that it is only surface rust!

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Edited by Mito, 10 March 2018 - 09:19 PM.

[johnR]

Quite a bit to do there - good luck with it

[Mito]

Parts arrived!

Inner wings and pieces to go under the scuttle corners.
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Rear arch, boot repair panel, a panels and scuttle corners.

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Rear valance, closing plates, repair panels for boot and ?rear arch strengtheners. Not forgetting the petrol tank fixing bracket.

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There's a full floor assembly in the box

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Everything I need for now!

[Mito]

I've not even waved the angle grinder near it yet!

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Edited by Mito, 17 March 2018 - 03:23 PM.

[Mito]

​A "good solid repair" behind a good 2mm of filler with holes either side????

 

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[MacGyver]

​A "good solid repair" behind a good 2mm of filler with holes either side????
 
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Good to see it properly tacked in... 😶