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Keyser's Mini Adventure. Update 30th June


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Good evening :blush:

 

Errr were should I start hmmmmmmmmmmm........................

 

OK a few have noted in the past that I have a small predisposition towards allowing a very small amount of scope creep into some of my projects - I think a little bit may have slipped in :lol: more on that in a moment -

 

So we went for a road trip yesterday to collect my £27.00 body kit :) Tried that on tonight - I think we can make it work :thumbs:

 

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bit of fibre glass some tiger seal and filler it will be good as new.

 

Now we did a bit of inspection work on the Mini looking for rust and we found some -

 

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Also the floor pan at the front both drivers and passenger side is very week, it would pass an MOT as its not rusted through but in a crash it would offer very little or no protection and my daughter will be driving this and I want her as safe as possible.

 

So with strengthening in mind I started to price up all the replacement panels that I would need to properly repair the shell and even at £10 - £100 a panel it doesn't take long to spend a good few hundred pounds! :scare:

 

I thought is there a better way?? So I started looking at new shells - no chance in the thousands!

scrap mini's?? No most are in worse condition than the one I have - then it happened (here comes the scope creep) I found it on eBay did some calculations on the back of my fag packet made a phone call and look what came home after tonight's little road trip ...................

 

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:lol:

 

This is an abandoned project for F1000 Rallying and has -

 

Both outer sills removed and new ones welded

 

Inner sill and floors repaired and strengthened

 

Scraped of seam sealer and Under seal and been extensively seem welded

 

Under floor has been body shultzed white

 

Fitted with FIA roll cage with cross diagonal it comes with door bars but they are not fitted

 

Fitted with front Sill axle stands

 

The rear seat bulkhead has been sealed to MSA regs for firewalling.

 

Battery cable has been routed inside to centre for Battery switch

 

Front to rear brake pipe is fitted inside of car and plumbed to Bias valve on rear seat base out of the reach of driver as per F1000 rules.

 

Late type servo brake pedal box is fitted

 

Rewired to eliminate all the not essential wire ie radio heated window etc

 

GB 10" alloy wheels

 

late rear spaced drums

 

Quick rack fitted

 

New track rod ends

 

 

Front sub frame has been plated and stitch welded

 

Front top and bottom Poly mounts

 

Front tie rods are std fitted with poly bushes.

 

Rear sub frame has been plated and welded

 

Rear poly bushes

 

Some pics from the seller

 

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Now when that comes along at a few quid more than the panels I needed ... well no brainer really .... rally car anyone?? :lol:

 

The cage may be removed, I want to keep it for safety but the insurance companies don't like them, I will also probably get half my money back on the shell if I sell it :thumbs:

 

The seam welding has made the shell stronger and it's been plated and strengthened throughout but never used, it needs a lot of finishing and obviously all the parts from the current Mini moved over but I think it's a right good result and a great base to build up from.

 

Stay tuned for the next exciting episode .....................................

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Keep the cage if you can, its not easy to get them on their roof, but if it is managed they do have a habit of crumpling like an empty fag packet. roll cage in makes minis 100% safer.

 

great find though will save you so much ball ache with the rust. easy thing to do with them if rust is bad is take shell of and strip car right back to chassis any way, so you would have had to have taken it all apart any way. this will give you a brillinat base for the car and something that will last for a long time.

 

refurb the engine as stock is a good idea, keeps the insurance low to start with but then you will have a great car and engine that she can mod in the future. as she earns her no claims etc and gets experience she can start to mod up the car. and you'll have given her the perfect platform to start on. a great thing for future father daughter projects. :thumbs:

 

and i too am looking forward to followingf this more than zed stuff i love interesting car projects :teeth:

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Hello again, the update would have been sooner but Photobucket wouldn't let me upload until tonight??? :bangin:

 

Anyhow what's been going on or actually coming off :lol:

Fronts coming apart - more rust

 

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Started removing the dash

 

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more from the front

 

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The pile gets bigger :lol:

 

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These things had bolts on so they came out as well - I'll work out what they do later

 

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So the front is empty

 

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The inside is getting there

 

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Then Buster mini showed up

 

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He is so heavy he collapsed the front suspension :scare:

 

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So we moved it outside

 

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:lol:

 

One for the bad parking thread

 

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Bob resumed his normal position

 

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while I took the front sub frame apart

 

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The back one has seen better days

 

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So that left a shell

 

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(soon to be found on eBay) :lol:

and a pile of bits

 

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Had a good clean up and as usual the Ginger Ninja slipped in for some TLC (under tray repairs as he rolls so LOW)

 

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"The Bitch" nipped in and out for a quick wheel change (back onto road tyres) :thumbs:

 

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and part 2 of the Mini project moved into the ZedShed :thumbs:

 

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May pop out tomorrow but

 

Stay tuned for the next exciting episode ..............................

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No offence intended but I'm genuinely more interested in this one than the zed thread! :snack:

 

 

No offence taken I'm happy you and others actually take the time to read my threads, getting feedback and opinions (positive and negative) is great - maybe I should get out more :blush:

 

But out of interest why? Jus different, a passion for Mini's or because brining this one back to life is going to be a real challenge?

It's because Ricey likes girls cars ;)

I just like girls:)

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Good evening,

 

Back at the Mini again today started by stripping the new shell

 

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I also want to improve a few of the welds done when the previous owner plated and strengthened the car

 

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The next problem is that the roll cage is fitted errr ........ let's just say not to my satisfaction, he has added so much plating that it hits the roof

 

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so much so that it has dented it (hard to see but its dented!)

 

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so stripped the engine bay

 

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then the car, including the roll cage

 

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had a word with the insurance company and its only a few quid more so it stays :yahoo:

So with that in mind I cut it up :lol:

 

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then we started putting the cage back in and tack welding it in place

 

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then Buster showed up to help Kat (my daughters nickname) with the Mini

 

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But you know Buster he was soon lining up for a centre driving position

 

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then he just got silly :bangin:

 

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anyway when he had that out of his system we got the centre loop in the right place

 

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tack welded the other bars back in

 

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and last thing pulled it all out ready to weld it properly :thumbs:

 

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Stay tuned for the next exciting episode ..........................

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Looking good!

As regards the brake thing, if I remember rightly it is a front/rear proportioning valve. Very first car was my mums old 850 mini. Brings back fond memories. Couldn't afford alloys so got my mate to split the steel rims and weld in a steel strip to widen them. seemed a good idea at the time........Miracle I didn't kill myself :lol: Then massive Cibie spotlights that got brighter the faster you went. ( only had a dynamo not alternator ) Then brush painted the car black and spent hours doing a chequered roof. ( no vinyl wraps in those days :p ) My poor mother!

 

Keep up the good work!!!

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Looking good!

As regards the brake thing, if I remember rightly it is a front/rear proportioning valve. Very first car was my mums old 850 mini. Brings back fond memories. Couldn't afford alloys so got my mate to split the steel rims and weld in a steel strip to widen them. seemed a good idea at the time........Miracle I didn't kill myself :lol: Then massive Cibie spotlights that got brighter the faster you went. ( only had a dynamo not alternator ) Then brush painted the car black and spent hours doing a chequered roof. ( no vinyl wraps in those days :p ) My poor mother!

 

Keep up the good work!!!

Happy days :thumbs:My mum still has a bonnet from my 105E in her garage :wacko:

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