A long standing love affair - rebuilding my 1380..
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This was a min i built about 10 years ago, with a 1380, 135bhp, straight cuts etc.... - it looked like this in the beginning:





then after finding a very clean shell, turned into this:





Then I sold it, in 2004 big mistake, missed it right away. Fortune on my side though, a friend spotted it for sale last year on eBay, so of course i bought it back..!

It was still pretty good, but a bit rough round the edges





So it's rebuild time..! Want to try and enter it into a few hillclimbs this year, so scrambling to get it ready in time, few pics coming of how it's looking at the mo shortly...!

Edited by nikh667 on 28th Apr, 2012.

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Love it, looks ace like that.

Im the same i miss my old mini so much, i dont have the money to finish my current mini and i aold loads of parts to afforde to move out good luck and congrats on finding it again )

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I like that, very subtle.

So here's a few pics of progress now with it, it's in several pieces:





I'm so lucky with the shell, no rot, just tyding up:





Block ready for dry decking:





New breathers:



VERY sexy new dog box:



Engine back together:





Made a bracket for internal linkage, not ideal but free

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nice

Here's my solution for nearside upper engine steady bracket, found a nice thick piece of steel that runs right across for my little alternator, and studded at the back to take the rose jointed steady bar...

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Thanks guys. Hopefully the shell is getting painted inside and out next week so can start putting it back together..

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Looks great!

My build thread: http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=454802

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That looks good mate, like the idea for the engine steady and alternator bracket.

Matt W

very nice :)

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Looks like a good car to start with, whose gear kit is it?

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whats the spec of the 1380?

Few more piccies:

Figuring out the radiator mounts:









Expansion bottle mounted & extra plate for engine steady welded on:



For internal linkage:



Start of my custom wiring loom:

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Some really nice touches on this!

like that alt/steady braket, the dogbox is interesting any more info? price etc? I checked their website but theres nt much on there.

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Another of the box:



and the breather alloy 90deg pieces & flanges I had made up:

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I'm liking this, i like the tube for the internal gear linkage, and the breather in where the mech fuel pump was.

On 17th Mar, 2012 nikh667 said:

Thanks It's Glebe transmissions...

one day boost will be mine!

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What rad is that?

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We've just swapped the cinq rad on John's clubman. He had the really cheep one which just had big tubes in the core. It didn't cool all that well as the coolant got through it too quickly. Worth checking yours. You can see the big tubes through the hose stubs.

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