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Have you broken another or is it still the one from aug
(joking matey)

Is there going to be much of the mini left

nah i don't break car's unlike some we could mention lol. yep it's still on the drive since aug. yer will be loads left just cutting all the rust out must of parked it too close to a nissan S13 at sometime. lol
good thing with mini's is you can buy any panel you want to replace and even buy a new shell in steel,fibreglass,fibreglass shell with spaceframe even a carbon shell all depends how big your wallet is and any engine any power you want.

Jez from Horsham was sayin he drove a mini,that scared him,with a LS2 TURBO engine!(Chevy V8)...think Jez mapped it to more than 600bhp and it was still street legal

Power to weight ratio of 1. hehe

Yes please.

z cars built a hayabusa turbo with more than 400 bhp 0-60 in less than 3 secs and the miglia race cars run 140+bhp from an A- series and do 0-60 in less than 4 secs and top 140 mph on a track and could be done as a road car what fun that would be beating most moden cars of the mark.
there is a 16 valve head of a motorbike that fits the A-series and can push out a reliable 180 bhp doesn't sound like much but mini's only weigh 600-700 kg's so power to weight is really good.

there are a couple of mini's on ebay with bike engines in at the mo.one of the best i've seen was in a mag (retro cars i think,still got it somewhere)fibreglass shell an a honda v-tec pushin bout 180 bhp, that gotta be fun!

yep mini's are loads of fun there was a mini clubman estate for sale the other month with a 2 litre vtec turbo in it pushing 415bhp through the front wheel's think it would be a bit too much for fwd.

A BIT TOOOO much???

well done some more today after having yesterday to have a look at the sierra fuel problem and yep tank has got to come off.
well offside door step and a post seam welded

near side doorstep and sill in primer


engine removed ready for a rebuild



scuttle fitted and seam welded just got to fit scuttle closing plates.

offside sill to be fitted and waiting on floor pan to be delivered and fit front panels. soon be ready for paint.

done a bit more today.
offside floor part cutout and outer sill welded on and scuttle closing plates welded on.

Coming along quickly

keep us posted

yer not bad will keep you all posted on the progress got some work to do after tomorrow so will be weekend's and the odd evening

got some more done today but is the last day till the weekend due to work commitments.
front end tacked on ready to be fully welded.

well it was the weekend got some more done.
Brake servo and master cylinder and clutch master cylinder have been removed and cleaned and painted primer under the bonnet.
Offside front floor has been cut out and a new floor pan has been fully seam welded on top and underneath plus got a section made for the roof just got to grind the weld's down and finish with a flap wheel and fill.
Front end has now been adjusted and fully seam welded. Every panel that has been repaired or replaced has been seam welded for strength unlike when new every panel was spot welded.
roof repair

floor section

done a bit more fabricated repair panels for a pillar



roof ground ready to fill

rear end started today found more rot in boot floor,rear valance,offside rear arch



new valance on order. fabricating boot floor and valance closing panels and rear arch.