1987 Park Lane rebuild
Project S.o.s (Save Our Skunk)
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, Sep 03 2024 01:30 PM
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Posted 03 September 2024 - 02:01 PM
Hi all
It's been a long time since I was active in the Mini scene so I thought it was time to get back in the game.
My 1987 Park Lane has seen better days and a couple of years ago I thought it best to give it a full going over.
It's evolved in the time I since I came to own it back in 2000. Then it was a mildly tuned 998cc. It is now a 1430cc with a fair few cosmetic updates.
Here it is in happier condition.
https://photos.app.g...tt55b7jX8pBc5u9
It's been a long time since I was active in the Mini scene so I thought it was time to get back in the game.
My 1987 Park Lane has seen better days and a couple of years ago I thought it best to give it a full going over.
It's evolved in the time I since I came to own it back in 2000. Then it was a mildly tuned 998cc. It is now a 1430cc with a fair few cosmetic updates.
Here it is in happier condition.
https://photos.app.g...tt55b7jX8pBc5u9
Edited by Ste, 03 September 2024 - 04:24 PM.
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Posted 03 September 2024 - 04:32 PM
So we started the strip down with the intention of cutting out all the rot and replacing with new.
And things went ok. New front end and floor were ordered.
But I was still cutting out rot!!
And things went ok. New front end and floor were ordered.
But I was still cutting out rot!!
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Posted 03 September 2024 - 05:02 PM
I got so f@#£ed off I continued to cut
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Posted 03 September 2024 - 05:06 PM
Lucky for me I found a shell on eBay. A chap had done all the things that I was about to do but run out of steam, got married, moved house and bought a boat. The mini was now a long way down his priorities.
So we trailered it back and got it on a pallet for prep.
So we trailered it back and got it on a pallet for prep.
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Posted 09 September 2024 - 12:30 PM
With my clean shell ready to be prepared I was reminded that there was another car that hadn't been completed. After coming off the road in 2008 for a re-spray my wife's car deserved the finishing touches.
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Posted 09 September 2024 - 12:50 PM
Now back to the Skunk. There are a few features I want to incorporate onto the shell before going anywhere near paint. I don't want to start drilling or welding after it looks lovely. Some I have had on the car from before and others I want to do on this build.
One previous thing I want are the alternative indicator repeaters. These were a bit of an accident. The front end was replaced back in 2004/05 with older wings. These didn't have repeater holes, I liked the look, and ran it like this for a couple of years. But taking it to a different garage for MOT they failed it as it should have repeaters. Rather than cutting a square hole in the wing I got a pair of dash warning lights with a nice brushed aluminium ring and drilled them in instead.
Of course the new shell has the correct square holes that need to be filled and new round ones drilled.
Oh yes. And blank off the aerial hole
One previous thing I want are the alternative indicator repeaters. These were a bit of an accident. The front end was replaced back in 2004/05 with older wings. These didn't have repeater holes, I liked the look, and ran it like this for a couple of years. But taking it to a different garage for MOT they failed it as it should have repeaters. Rather than cutting a square hole in the wing I got a pair of dash warning lights with a nice brushed aluminium ring and drilled them in instead.
Of course the new shell has the correct square holes that need to be filled and new round ones drilled.
Oh yes. And blank off the aerial hole
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