progress of my latest project

[sx_turbo]

hey everyone,

well last january i finally got my car sorted of all its problems, and the gf's mini was looking rather sorry for itself sat on her drive rotting away,

so we decided to sort it out, now what started as a quick patch up and get it back on the road, except as we started we found ourselves having to remove more parts, and then the more we removed the bigger the task in hand got,

so

we then bought another shell, that had an acident in the front, and drivers side, the damage was minimal, but extremely solid which was a right result, and was a relatively easy repair compared to what it was with the original shell, and the best bit was the shell only cost £200, BARGAIN!!!

dont seem to have many pics of the damage, what u see above is it,

so now we just needed to get it back rolling again, but as me and the gf are rather anal and perfectionists we cleaned and painted everything that has gone back on it, and will continue to do so, this past 10 months have been extremely hard not so much with the mini (although we have come stuck a few times) but mainly on our relationships and relationships with my parents (as its in there garage)

but alas there is light at the end of the tunnel

this is where we at at the mo

we've powder coated as much as we can, and everything has rust proof paint on,

the car is currently at the painters

there is a lot more pics but didnt want to bore everyone, if people wanna see more pics heres a link

http://s92.photobucket.com/home/sx_turbo1/index
http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l32/sx_turbo1/mini/

 

[sanchez]

Nice restoration mate, looks like she will be a minter when finished!

 

[lingl9z]

good work buddy, love these cars

 

[ryan-11]

looks awesome! alot of time and effort gone into that, ive been looking into getting a mini as a project, done a few in work and some can b really rusty, keep up the good work.

 

[HutchGlanzaV]

anal

lol

 

[Stulet-GTT]

MINI..........

Awsome love these little cars, my first car was a mini...

 

[pc18]

that engine looks mint!!! my mates got a mini sat in his garage and a custom front subframe and everything there to fit a vauxhall redtop it just needs some welding and put together.

 

[durmz]

Looks great ricky, would love a mini project one day

 

[sx_turbo]

cheers for the nice comments peeps,

it's an unbelievable ammount of hard work to do a nut and bolt resto, you'd think there werent much to a mini, but there is so much its unbelievable, the cleaning and painting takes most of the time, and fighting to get things back together,

for some reason bits come apart all fine and dandy, you clean them go to put them back together and it dont fit, then u gotta spend the next 2-3 hours fecking about with them till they fit again lol

i'll never do it again................

as for the engine the gf dont want any madness, which is annoting as i had big plans for it, was gonna turbo it and big valve the head etc but gf werent having it, wants to keep it pretty much stock for now, so it's just gonna have a stage 1 kit fitted to it, it's been bored out +40 and i put a mild road cam in it so hopefully it will have a bit more poke than stock providing i've done my bit right lol.

cant wait to get it back from paint now though

 

[billybob]

you should of put a turbo engine into her

 

[danb87]

i hope my miissus dont see this. she wud be demanding the same. she had a mini for her 1st car. an she was very gutted when it failed its mot. on the bright side tho, she only paid £700 for it with tax an mot, an then sold it with neither too some knob tyre kicker for £1400 ha

 

[Ben89]

awesome resto ricky, i did this myself on my mini and i know how your pain, they are real hard work to restore because everything is either rusty or broken lol!! i remeber with every panel i rubbed down there was more rust lol!!
that engine looks tidy aswell should go nicely with the cam in it!! keep us oposted on its progess and if you need any parts let me know i have a box of all my old mini stuff somehwere in the garage if you want anything, think i got some 10inch rally alloys somwhere too lol!!

 

[Nick@TD.co.uk]

Nice work Ricky!

So... 4e-fte soon yes? They go quite well @ 1bar on TD04 hehe

Cheers

Mike Jones
Tuning Developments Ltd

 

[J25GTi]

Did you not do one of those? My mate wants to put one in his soon...

Nice work Ricky!



So... 4e-fte soon yes? They go quite well @ 1bar on TD04 hehe



Cheers



Mike Jones

Tuning Developments Ltd

 

[sx_turbo]

Nice work Ricky!

So... 4e-fte soon yes? They go quite well @ 1bar on TD04 hehe

Cheers

Mike Jones
Tuning Developments Ltd

yeah would be awsome,

if it were mine i would have gone mental with the engine side of things, but alas it's the gf's car (i just do most the work lol) and she wants to potter around like miss daisy

it took me 6 months to convince her that alloys and uprated pads and discs was a good idea lol,

most of the time if i really want something for it, i'll go out and buy it so we have to use it he he he he, so far i've been right all along.............


@ ben, yeah is a pain alright, if we get stuck for anything i'll give u a shout.

 

[somal]

sweet ride

 

[sx_turbo]

small progress update

 

[Blak_Mamber]

So clean! Shes comnig along nicely mate. Bet your g/f's chuffed so far with how its going. Keep up the good work as always pal

 

[Rory]

Looking bonny Ricky

Loving the tow baw!

 

[lanxter]

Good work mate looks lovely that.

Makes me miss my mini.