Old front end

Mini front end !

End of life..

Rear subframe

Rear subframe ready for sandblassting

No welding needed

Radiator cowl and rear sub frame fittings

Ready to be sand blasted.

Front subframs almost never have rust due to the 

amount of oil the inncur over the years.

This subframe can also be sandblasted without having to be welded.

Front subframe (front side)

Front subframe (rear side)

After sand blasting the front subframe it came

out looking like this..

and of course epoxy coating then finally in factory black.

Rear sub frame After sand blasting.

It came out looking like this..

and of course again epoxy coating then finally in factory black.

Nice..

Wheels old/new

New tyres are unfortuneatly needed these are dried and cracked.

Such a shame because they are good tyres Yokohama's and still have a lot of tread.

Actually I think the previous owner had the tyres fitted then his clutch plate blew up/shatterd and the mini just stayed sitting their for years..

Also sitting on flat tyres the tyres just got danaged..

Plenty of tread, almost new..

After sitting for years on flats, tyres have just split, see here under..

This is why these tyre cannot be used, !

You almost cant see the damage when their inflated.

however if you go driving well lets not go their..

No body should ever put their self in harms way and risk something like that.

Save you money and get a set of new tyres.

Never have seen a centre cap like this before !

Shame i dont have 4 !

If anyone has another 2 i would only be very happy 

to take them off their hands.

Anyway, in that box of bits happend to be 2 new tyres so got them fitted to those white 10 inch

GB-Minilite wheels (originating 70's/80's).

Tyres are balanced and the lead is self ahesive stuck to  the inside centre..

This is sort of the colour code I hope to go for like the sprite (superspridget.blogspot.com).

Blue mini white roof white wheels and mirrors etc.. thats sort of colour code.

Windscreen corner panels old.

New window corner should eventually with a bit of triming

 on the lefthand window post "Fit"

Meanwhile a small order to mini spares (https://www.minispares.com/)

After recieving a small order from the Infamous Mini Spares,

 within 3 days or so I had the parts in house.

Just the ticket !

Having a bit of a trial fit !

The edge of the front panel still needs all the spot welds 

griding off and straightening here and there...

AKA fiddling/fettling..

Now to attack the right hand side of the window lower corner..

First slicing the left handside after marking approx where the new panel has to come..

just lay the new one over the top and draw or scratch where it has to come.

then always stay well inside the lines, because you can always slice a bit more off later.

I reckon we are going to see some more R**t...

Anyway here you see once again that moisture has got in and 

started rusting and eten away the closing panel under the window corner.

.

I suppose yet again a car that has not been galanized and is almost 40 yrs old

isnt in to bad a state..

This particular shell/mini was built in Belgium..

New window corner should eventually fit with a bit of triming

 on the Righthand window post...

At the moment my aim is to remove lots of pieces that will need replacing so I can 

get the car sandblasted whilst keeping some stiffness in the structure..

Looking good..

Obviously everything is just plonked on their to give an idea

how rust free it is going to look later..

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Whilst continuly tripping over the old 10inch GB alloys (garage floor) that have really seen better days
I decided to get the tyres took off and the wheels a bit smartend up as I would like to keep the mini
looking like a mini on the outside when it is eventually done.

Their is a fair bit of oxidization on 2 of the wheels.. mmm

I am a bit of a fan at the moment of our local sandblaster

so decided it may be a better idea to get these blasted and epoxy coated ..

Ok and then made "White"

Yeah white...

Back to silver is just to mmmm not fitting in with 

the colour code I would like.

 And as if by magic.....

Taadaaaaa...

I like it and for the money i paid, it was well worth it..