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[Adam]

OK, so i thought id put up a bit of a story of my other interests.

Bought this little beast in June 04 for my first car when i got my P.s. but i decided that it needed a respray and it all started from there!....

What ive done so far.

Outside
Stripped colour coat of paint.
Removed surface rust.
Dent repair
Paint (sort of, screwed up some of it so its in a state of "being fixed")

Interior
Full retrim in a tannish vinyl, still in progress
New head lining
New carpet
Custom dash

Subframes/Suspension/Brakes
Fully stripped and rebuilt subframes
All new bushes throughout
Adjustible hi-los
full reco brake system
8.4" disk brakes
12" Minilite copy wheels

Motor
1275cc motor bored out to 1340cc
Unleaded head
Road/Race cam
Electronic ignition conversion in lucas dizzy
HD Race clutch
Rebuilt Gearbox
Fully reco motor components.
Maniflow lcb extractors
RC40 Muffler

After putting all that work and money in i have lost the drive to finish her for now so its in a bit of a sad state!

So here are some piccys!















































AND my other 2 minis

[Morgan]

Mate this is awesome! I plan to restore an old mini one day! This only makes me want to get into it sooner! Looks like there are 3 different cars there? 2 clubmans and the morris? They all yours?

[Adam]

Yep. White gone red clubby is a 78 Clubman S the daggy red one is a 76 Clubman SS and the white shell is a morris 850, which i eventually plan to migrate all the stuff from the red one to this one. i also have a moke its a really fulfilling experience, though heaps heaps hard work!

[Morgan]

Haha love it man! Where do you find all these?

This is an original 1971 Cooper S that is sitting in a factory that my mrs's dad rents. Its been sitting there ever since ive known her. Bored to 1275, 10,000 original miles, unreal little car. Needs new clutch and rego. But worth about $20k!! Owned by some old guy who cant drive it anymore i really want to buy it off him!

[Adam]

Show off! nothin beats the look of the round nose minis. id love to have a climb over that I got the first one off ebay, the next 2 off a guy t work and the moke i got from a place called mini kingdom at narellenm ended up becoming pretty good friends with the blokes in there. Minis cost alot of money

[Hypnotic]

wow, the mini looks awesome dude, very nice build up

[Alex]

Nice work so far! Now stick a VTAK motor in there! I'm not a fan of a car that shares its engine oil with the gearbox.... chip a gear or two shifting gears, and its ALL OVER!

[CodeBurn3r]

Man i love mini's. My brother had a Clubman restored and done up in Bean Green, awesome car, i wanted it as my first car but he refused to sell it to me, he said the engine was fugged (my brother is not good with cars though) anyway a month later i found out he sold it at a garage sale for forking $400 :@ i could have stabbed him! 6 days later the new owner was driving it around... all he did was strip the motor and do a service and it was running fine. i really hate the fact my brother sold it one day i hope to also buy and restore a mini. (my dad's uncle has 2 sitting in a shed in ballarat one is completely stripped and the other donor)... has been sitting there for 9 years.. might have to have a word to him

[B4TT]

thats great !! I love it!

[Adam]

Nice work so far!

Now stick a VTAK motor in there!

I'm not a fan of a car that shares its engine oil with the gearbox.... chip a gear or two shifting gears, and its ALL OVER!

I Was gonna put a 4agze (i think it is) From a jappo starlet turbo in there, good for about 150hp atw. but not anymore. 1 turbo car breaking things is enough. The motor i have should be good for about 80hp which is pretty spirited in a car which the heaviest thing is the motor!

This car will now be a cruiser, so no chipping gears! Though there is a "strainer" over the oil pickup but i dont know how effective that would be.

Thanks for all the comments guys


And codeburner, as for your bro selling the mini for $400, What a fool. big loss on his part. id be pissed off too!

[RX25SE]

Nice job mate. Red with a white top is always a good look for 'em.

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Its amazing what some paint and hard work can do! Love the colour combo keep us updated with it

[aekOne]

nice mate!! so jealous of all you guys that have these spaces and garages to do all this sort of work wanna paint the sherpa for me?

[robt]

Really great stuff. Fantastic job, winner.
My first car was a Mini Cooper that I got for my 21st with which I rebuilt and won the Mt. Cooper concourse in '99. My old man has had over 300 of the things. A couple of Bathurst racers and some nice ones. I currently have this thing in a shed down the coast. A Mk.1 Cooper S.

[Morgan]

Really great stuff. Fantastic job, winner.
My first car was a Mini Cooper that I got for my 21st with which I rebuilt and won the Mt. Cooper concourse in '99. My old man has had over 300 of the things. A couple of Bathurst racers and some nice ones. I currently have this thing in a shed down the coast. A Mk.1 Cooper S.

300 minis!! how many does he have at the moment? selling any? haha
and that green one looks mint

My father-in-law [to be] used to race them too. Somewhere between mid to late 70s he was the NSW champion or something! Used to win a fair bit! I love looking through his car photo albums.

[Alex]

I Was gonna put a 4agze (i think it is) From a jappo starlet turbo in there, good for about 150hp atw. but not anymore. 1 turbo car breaking things is enough. The motor i have should be good for about 80hp which is pretty spirited in a car which the heaviest thing is the motor!

This car will now be a cruiser, so no chipping gears! Though there is a "strainer" over the oil pickup but i dont know how effective that would be.

Thanks for all the comments guys


And codeburner, as for your bro selling the mini for $400, What a fool. big loss on his part. id be pissed off too!

Sorry, I'm a closet Toyota nut Adam, and the urge to correct you is strong!

Starlet never ever came with a 4AGZE, or any A series motor. I'm skeptical if a 4A would actually fit, to be honest. They're a fairly sizable four pot.

But what you're thinking of, (and what I've seen before) is the Starlet GT 4E-FTE (E series engine).

Here's an example



http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2610575

I'm sure you've also seen the examples in the UK that run around with Honda 1.8L motors.... tubular chassis however....(DO IT!)

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Surely theres a better place they could of put the intake! haha

[Adam]

Alex you are right my brain is mush at the best of times Thanks for all the posative comments guys the colour is a velocity red pearl off the mazda 6's and 3's im not sure what year. and the white roof is going to be white basecoat with a goldish pearl over the top. The pics really dont do justice to the paint! Aek, id paint your car, But i hate body work, with a passion ... though just a respray would be quick i cant even finish my own cars so i think taking on your daily would soon make me some enemies!! Stay tuned for some moke pictures too

[Adam]

p.s. RobT Cooper s = win, i wanna do that to the white shell i got, have it in Brittish Racing Green, with the gold contessas and just stick a dunger motor in there, i got about 4 of em haha.

[Alex]

How do you go about sourcing parts? Like little things... Trim Badges Mirrors Etc You know, finishing touches! Will this be a restoration? Or more a personal thing? Always love a good build thread! p.s: 4EFTE lubs j00