1987 Mini City Rebuild (Alot of images)
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Right here we go.


I have owned this car for 3 and a half years now, in may 2006 it was taken off the road for a bit of welding and a tidy up as the front end was starting to rot and the door steps had gone. It was supposed to be a quick off the road and fix up and back for july, however one small hole related to a larger one.





Starting the stripdown.





There are a few pictures missing from the strip down.

Things went on hold after finding more rust and bodges plus a holiday abroad didnt help things, came back carried on to find this.


Anyone want another sill?


Rust.


More Rust


Hole Was filled with fibreglass.


Hole in boot floor.


Yard Sale Anyone?


Looks ok.


Engine In


On its way.


Out.


Missing Engine :)


A bit High.

Update later.

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Good progress.

Is the engine coming out for a spruce up, for cleaning or are you going to turbo it?

I hope that those side repeater, gill things are going in the bin!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Keep Chipping away mate youll get there! Bin the Bini Side Repeaters Immediatley!

Cheers

Mike

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

Enjoy... :) keep going you'll probably overtake me..!

Edited by Monster22 on 24th Oct, 2007.

The side repeaters are gone, as is alot, those pictures were taken last year, alot has changed with it.

Unfortunatly alot of images went missing now but the front end came off.






The car was a death trap really, the sills wernt attached to the body, just to the floor, some holes were covered with roofing felt and underseal. It was dangerous. Needed loads of parts to be rebuild so the choice was made to try find a new shell. That was done and it was arriving in a few weeks.

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Here is the new heratage SPI shell, perfect for what i need, a blank canvas that i know is right, no need to worry about any botch jobs. My new rear subframe was also put out of the way on the wall.

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Very Nice Shell, Bet the cost you a few pennies. I would love to do a new shell build!

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

why was the Brandon tool hire van on the low loader?

A Car on a Van on A Truck!

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

I got the transport cheaper as they were brining another vehical back up near me so the costs were split.

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nice work, looked quiet tidy before you ripped it apart lol love the new shell :)

Oops i forgot about this page.

Another update

Stripped my gearbox from my old engine.


Test fitted the rear arch.


Test fitted the front arch.



Some engine pics.

From This


To This


And now this






Then i bought these for the engine


MMMM lightweight


MMMMMMMM

Shell on its way to the paintshop


Going


Going



Also started working on the suspension components, cleaning them up and painting them.

Rear Subframe Mounts
Before

After


Radius Arms
Before

After


Rear Hub
Before

After

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Isn't this the one that got rumped by a BMW recently?

Yup unfortunatly :(

More pics of the rebuild.

Lost the handbrake metal for the radius arms so had to strip my other ones down, started like this.


Got it to this.


Finaly this.


Cleaned these up.


Nice and clean.


Sprayed.


Here are the pictures from the spray shop, they have rubbed it down to get it smooth and also fixed a few dents and marks it in, including the big one on the roof.














I finished off the spraying and began on the front hubs.

The parts


One bearing liner in.


Built up


Built up front


Built the other front hub so thats done and started on the radius arms.

The last disk :)


Parts to go on the radius arms.


They are on :)


Rear hub built.


Drum on

Edited by Jackman on 30th Nov, 2007.

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What you using to paint your suspension parts with please.

Nice Project.

car is looking f*****g ace mate! have to ask tho how much was the shell, i'm nosey!!!!! also how much the paint cost you!!!

70 mph oil feed pipe pop!!!!!

cracking project

NICE! tope engine colour! really differant i reckon!

SKYLINES ARE LIKE CLITS, EVERY FLANGE SEEMS TO HAVE ONE: see this sticker on my silvia

the Search-section on this forum is blummin superb & simple to use, unlike some other forums, without the search-section & the help of this bunch of chaps on here i'll never be able to !!!Start the day with a 998cc turbo!!! :) i'm getting closer though!

Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

Didnt stay that way for long :(

But all is well now :)

Jeeze i forgot about this topic, should finish it really.

The shell cost me 3k in total and i painted the suspension components with hammerite, plain and simple.

Shall finish the project off now.

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Emptied Moss of the nuts and bolts.


The powdercoated subframe.


Subframe mount built


Put on subframe


Front one done


All Four


Hi-Lows and new cones.


One radius arm on.


Both Radius arms on.


OOO pretty.

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Another update on the shell, it was primed.












Striped the driveshafts ready for paint.





Done more sprayng today, here are the cleaned up driveshafts.


One Painted


Other Painted


Some more suspension compoents painted.


Here is another part, forgot its name.
Primed


First coat


My brake and fuel lines arrived as well as other goodies.


And my new trigger wheel Bling.

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Some more pics from the paint shop, they were preping for the body colour.













The roof had been painted and lacured (dont think ive spelt that right) but not been polished yet.



Here are some pics before the polishing starts.



















You may notice the crazing on the stonechip, this is due to the seam sealer, the painters have no idea why it has happened as acording the paint it shouldnt react.

Started to prep the fuel tank too.



Shell was now done, the rest has not been painted and one of the door is full of stonechip, put it this way the painter has gone ballistic at the guy as he has also painted the front and rear valance black, over the blue!

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Needs a clean before fitting.

Some more pictures.







Soundproofing has started.



Wiring has begun too.



Looks good.



Had to see what it looked like.





Rear Pannels done.



Started on the rear seats.

Also my dash came :)



HE HE HE HE, PARTS!

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Done more work,the front subframe is ready to be attached to the mini now, its alot heavier built up.









Also finished the rear seats sound deadening :)





Well today went well... fuel and brake lines on and the rear subframe almost on, ran out of time to get it fully on so i put it back in the garage and then supported the problem parts.








All Lines run :)







Thats how the rear subby look at the moment, next thing to do is to get it fully supported and get the front subframe on.

Went out again tonight, the subrame is on proper now :) Chuffed









Decided to see what the 10x6 will look like on it.



No arches are out of the question

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