n/a 1275 cooper restro
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i know its not turbo but this is my first car have had it since i was 15 and startin a half restroation on it in the next few days
when i bought the car i thought it was gona be a simple project but as im sure u's all know with mini's that all changes very quickly here a few pics i have of the car as it stands


the car a cooper registered in january 2000 with about 45000 mile on her had it inspected a few times and the one thing every one said is they couldnt belieave how clean she was underneath so not a bad startin point. like i said didnt intend to do this much work and had only made a few minor changes most interior before.


seats are on custom frames designed so i can drive it in comfort cause im 6ft 3


the gear knob just a bit of fun found it on ebay
and this is the problem area witch started the restro

the white tape and bluetac was to stop water getin in to the interior

car gona be sprayed in original colour sceem as before wit s/pack's and 13*7 deep dish wheels and lowered to a nice height il post up more pic's as i go thanks

plans for the project are.restore body work need 2 wings a bonnet a scuttle 2 apanels and door skins fit arches respary red hope to have that all finished in next two weeks. then plan to finish interior putin a carbon wrapped dash in a half show cage which im gona make myself in fabrication at college cause i dont like the single centre diagonal but the two diagonals will try mount it using seatbelt mounts and carpet back seats and get rid of all cream . then over christmas hope to take out engine and paint it and detail it aswell as clean engine bay. performance wise i cant really do tomuch because of being penalised by insurance probaly a stage 1 kit with spax suspension and lightned flyweel. and after that repaint rear subframe and do any other work needed have enough to keep me busy for now anyway saved for the last four years for the project so cant wait to finish it and enjoy a few shows

started to day have the interior stripped out ready to go. also few bits arrived in the post

rims and arches

clear side indicators got from ebay fo 99p

woul still have liked the image split ones though but theyll do for now


whats left of the interior just waiting for front end to come before i strip the front end

well just back from bodyshop collectin all bits that were stripped had to make to trips he started skinin doors today and found the lip along bottom of main door rotten so have to make a repair section for it also the front pannel bumper lip rusted quite bad so need that two the scuttle so badly rusted it flexes when u push it paint the only thing holding it together here a pic from inside

its looks better than it is he said it the worst he seen

was quiet suprised to find out it more or less a rollin shell all i can think about is the money. hopin to collect dash tomorrow from wrappers they coverin it in carbon fibre look stuff so lookin forward to seeing it

Thats looks fairly solid.

Your best bet would be to put a new top dash rail in, and put a couple of repair sections in at the same time to repair the scutte.

It always looks worse before it gets better...thats my excuse! lol

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

i know what you mean but id rather just do it all now and have it all out of the way then i dont have to worry bout it again i dont plan to use it as a daily driver

was just wondering would it be easier to paint the enging when the front end of rather than remove it after work is done?

finally got my dash back today really pleased with how it turned out what u's think

love how u can see the weave in it mightned be clear in these pics tho

paid another visit to body shop to night and glad to see they making progress front end removed and inner wings repaired


got the drivers door mounted

and engine being removed soon to be repainted

took to years to make a start and now everything seems to be happining so quickly

It's must be nice having somebody do all the hard work for you, wish I'd done that. lol

well lad i dont have the skill to do it so if i want her finished have to get someone to lol

lad? lol

I just ment that my car might be on the road by now...

lad's a northern irish thing lol sorry aye ive had the car for 2 years and only decided to get it started now

small update bit more progress this week car now has engine and front subframe removed for a tidy up and paint



and old scuttle out aswell as top dash rail he said when he lifted the scuttle out it flopped in the midle which sort of shows u how bad it was


and has to make a small repair section for pillar.