Finally got a Mini

Owen

Yup, after months of looking for a classic Mini shell to restore, I tracked one down in Kanturk. Going to collect it this weekend, it's not in the best condition, but should be fun to work with. Needs a few panels replacing, including the roof, but I'm hoping to rescue as much of the original metal as possible. Comes with glass, an interior (Which will do temporarily until I sort a new one), and no engine.

Which leaves me in a bit of a quandry, do I put a nice powerful Mini engine in, or do I go mental and do an electric conversion for the hell of it. Decisions decisions!

kasper

best of luck with it , dont forget to put some photos up as soon as possible and keep all here updated

kasper

there is an old mini clubman shell on donedeal for 200 euro at the moment just in case it is of interest to you

Wheelnut

PaintDoctor wrote: »

... Needs a few panels replacing, including the roof, but I'm hoping to rescue as much of the original metal as possible. Comes with glass, an interior (Which will do temporarily until I sort a new one), and no engine...

Reminds me of that hammer that was in a family for five generations, in all that time it needed only three new heads and five new handles.



Good luck with the project.

Mr Benevolent

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Their is a guy who races a mini in Mondello that has a civic 1.6 block in it and its a little rocket of car.

Seems to be the way to go.

Owen

There's a guy in my club with a huge honda setup using a Zcar kit, would leave any normal 1.6 conversion for dead. I'd prefer to either stick with an A+ engine, or go the other route.

Rippy

Good luck with it.
Go electric for the craic!
If you keep it light without spending a fortune on fancy batteries, and gear it low, the silent acceleration should be great fun!
Look forward to the pics whichever way you go.

greendragon3

i love mini's , here are a few snaps of my mates mini , they might give you some insperation !!!:D:D

antodeco

^^ Any idea on what colour that is? That is fantastic

Rippy

antodeco wrote: »

^^ Any idea on what colour that is? That is fantastic

A standard Leyland colour (I think)
Pretty sure an All-aggro I had was that shade.
Horrid car , but groovy colour . ( my allegro, not that mini!)

greendragon3

dont know to be honest , i think he bought it that colour ! i will try and find out .:)

unkel

greendragon3 wrote: »

That pic is class. Just goes to show how mini a Mini is

greendragon3

ha ha yeah we kinda made the pit a tad wide !!:D it was measured off the front of a caddy van when the lads were doin the blocks he he , there was only bout an inch of tyre each side in contact with the floor , tried an ordinary mini on standard wheels over ir the other day , not a hope , would have ended up like this poor sod !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hH2oUQYb2I
:D:eek::eek::cool::pac:

greendragon3

literally hanging on by a thread !:eek::eek:

greendragon3

heres a few pics of some at the open day in strandhill airport today !!:D

Avns1s

antodeco wrote: »

^^ Any idea on what colour that is? That is fantastic

Applejack Green, I believe. Proof!

SATNAV

Welcome to the world of Minis , you should look up irishminis.ie for sale section there are always bit n bobs for sale . Also they have runs and auto jumbles during the year with runs in all regions.

The best of Luck with your project.
Brian :cool:

Owen

Thanks, I shy away from irishminis.ie, partly because I used to be a member, and mostly because I was one of the founding members of miniclub.ie

Alfagtamini

i had a 1380cc , twin su inch and 3/4 carbs, racing cams. in my last one. you might have seen it at the miniclub cork 100 a few years back and she was in ger's o learys garage on a few occasions.
it was a fantastic engine but the torque steer was horrendous and the gearbox didn't last long. sold it to a chap in dublin, he got a fantastic mini, didnt have the 1000e for a gearbox rebiuld at the time :mad:

in the min before that i had a 1340cc, this was much better with a single su carb, much more usable on a daily basis

paul

Owen

Course I remember yours Paul, you were on the forum for a good while!

Alfagtamini

yep that was me. thinking of selling my alfa and getting a mini again as i have a company van during the week. now trying to convince the girlfriend:rolleyes:

Owen

Do what I did, get her one too