so i'd thought i should prolly stick some shiz up here on my mini.
Basically started off as a shell i bought off a mate for $20. Had the usual rust around the roof gutter at the C pillar, needed a new sill, and a few patches here and there. Best part was that it had a reg and was on hold. Figured it would be a good start to get one of my minis on the road.
Here it is as i bought it.
I had a few other mini's lying around, so i figured i'd just chuck in all the running gear out of another mini1000. Seemed like a good idea.
a few pics mid build. Was trial fitting flares, and you can also see the new sill panel i spot welded on in the last pic. Unfortunately i cant find pics of the roof repairs i did.
After swapping all the bits over, and rebuilding what i had to, a mate gave me some french blue dulon he had from his mini for free, provided we learn't how to paint it. I didnt really like the colour, but i couldnt refuse so i mixed half blue and half white and repainted it. Prep was around 3 or 4 hours, which suffice to say, was not long enough. Some parts look good, others look quite bad. Im not fussed though, this was never going to be a show car. AS you will see it has nearly no interior, no sound deadening, and no carpet. Makes for quite a noisy ride.
Anyway, here's what it currently looks like (except its lower now). I decided suspension and a seat was the first thing to do to it, so now it sports fully adjustable suspension - nolathanes all round, adjustable bottom arms, castor arms, adjustable lowered koni sports at the front, and negative camber brackets at the rear. Also has hi-los (adjustable ride height all round) as well as a Racetech 100 bucket seat.
Other mods include: 10" Hotwires, Nissan Pulsar dizzy, Minispares Big bore alloy inlet manifold, Gasflowed HS4 Su carb with a K&n cone filter and homemade stubstack, LCB extractors and 1 7/8" straight through exhaust with a 16" coby, sports steering wheel. Debumpered front.
And a pic that bistro took on his camera phone, when we mucked up and set the rear hi-los a little low. Was sitting on guards.
Future mods: Mk1 sliding window conversion, custom disc brakes at front, clean up the interior, build up a new motor (undecided yet, either going to be a supercharged 998, or a fast road 1360), possibly half cage (no one can ride in the back atm anyway due to how low it is), mini tub rear.
