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The mini started life on an A plate as a mini city, bought by an elderly lady from kent for which i still have the bill of sale and a letter from the lady owner to the mini dealer saying how pleased she was with it and what a great car it was.I then have no history on the car until it was bought by a man from surrey about 10 years ago who worked at brandshatch race track and wanted a track car for a bit of fun, he caged the mini stuck a 1380 in with a few other bits wellers, bucket seats etc and went for his life. The mini was then later sold to a friend of mine about 8 years ago who had it for a short spell, but had to get rid to fund a wedding, this is where i came in!. Once i bought the car i didnt do much, it just sat while i went off travelling the world until last year i rolled it into the shed and started my first ever project.
I started by ripping everything out to bare shell and then shot blasting to find more rot than i expected but for the age not to bad i guess!

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Edited by turbo22 on 22nd Apr, 2012.

once i had shot blasted i started cutting out all the rotted panels to replace and started modifying, de-seeming valance loosing fuel hole etc welding etc...

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hours of grinding fun yay!

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my friend lee did most of the welding as mine wasnt up to the standard i wanted!we welded in etc bar to the shell and too the subframe bolted together to give more strenght..

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once all seals etc were replaced i sealed up with red oxide then black hamerite,

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mk1 light plates added in new rear valence de-seamed and filler hole lost,welded in plates for flipfront atachment,we then made up a strut brace and welded in place and also welded in a frame to take my ally tank...

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first rought look with booltlid,i then added chequer plate in foot wells and in rear to mount harnes points on and make footwells tidy,

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replace rear subby and rebuilt with full polybush kit hi-los etc etc etc

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likewise with the front subby also with anti-tracking, adjustible tiebars etc with a full set aof gaz adjustibles to go on after test and spray,fitted brace bars but didnt like only have this metal fixxing point there so me and lee added plate there for strenght, also got some tarox vented,drilled and grooved disks to go with my metro turbo calipers also with braided hoses all round plus alloy fins at rear,

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seat frames were previously bolted straight to mini floor not good! so i made up some etc plates and welded them in for support,bought my self a new front end in panels and made a front up to be fixxed by zeus fastners,

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fitted new second hand doors,fitted front and started to play with bonnets to,

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Looking good! Looks like a lot of work has gone into it already.

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

looking good mate.

just beware of Miniminor63.....

since then everything has been pre fitted door insides cut out,bonnet played around cutting vent holes in the front and flushing in a bmw mini, turbo vent then shot balsting then primed,bonnet hinge plates added in and parcel shelf slightly lightened,

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also fitted miglia carbon fiber arches,stripped cleaned and resprayed everything! pedals manifold gear linkage steering rack and colum oil breather etc etc,

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so this bring me to where i am at presant,with a few bits i have got to put into the mix the wheels defo being my fav!!!show cage, ally mini etched door cards,engine kit, inter cooler, carbon fiber race bike can to be diffarent with full stright through stainless system,

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compomotive 3 peice split rims,full engine kit bought from rhino force in excess of £2500 grands worth waiting to go together, as you can see inside almost done i just have to spray and put togther once a dash is sorted!!!

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pace cooler and oil cooler with braided pipes,my head from avonbar which is top notch and also a pic of my kit from rhinoforce...

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Whats the crack with Miniminor63 then?

Edited by turbo22 on 22nd Apr, 2012.

crack?

Where did you get the intercooler? I wouldn't drill the brake pedal....Project looks good though :)

not sure where the cooler came from it came with the kit i bought,pm rhino force he will know! yer i was thinking about the pedal not sure what they will say at mot station!?

wahts the off set on those compmotives?

will find out and let you know,i know im gonna have some trouble with them to bring them out to fill the arches,big spacers i think!

I love the Compromotives.

Are you not going to refit the 'real' cage?

In the 13's at last!.. Just