1963 Super Deluxe Project

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Few more little jobs ticked off the list yesterday so starting off we me and Dad putting the headlining back in.

Rear Section


Front Section


I managed to scource a original and correct interior light which went back


Sun visors with newly chromed original brackets


Refurbished rear view mirror


Original glass shows its age


Manged to sort the 4 fixings for the boot liner


And thanks to the search function on this great web forum I tracked down the chap to scource new decals for the jack which is next up for a refurb

[Vespanation]

How are the rear quarter light panels held into the car? These are the panels between the rear window ans rear side windows. I know the rear side windows hinge screws go through these panels, but what else?

- Paul B.

[abri]

How are the rear quarter light panels held into the car? These are the panels between the rear window ans rear side windows. I know the rear side windows hinge screws go through these panels, but what else?

- Paul B.

The rubber that holds the rear window in place fits over the edge of the C post trim on that side - same with the rubber that seals the rear side windows. In addition to that, the bottom section of the C post trim is a loose flap of fabric that gets stuck down on the rear parcel shelf with adhesive. The rear parcel shelf liner lies on top of this, of course.

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Glad to report a major milestone happened at the weekend

The car saw the road for the first time on Saturday for a trip to the MOT station following the resto. Coupled with the V5 and the last MOT slip dated 1996 I made the trip to the MOT station and I am really pleased to report that it passed all ok



Felt great to drive, engine/gearbox was perfect and certainly turned a few heads on a sunny Saturday afternoon. There are a few minor niggles to remedy which came to light once moving but just tax disc to sort and some minor tinkering and were all good for the summer.

Once it has had a good clean and polish up (still not been touched since painting) I'll post up some finished pics.

[guru_1071]

that's looks great, you must be so pleased with it

I hope your going to sort that terrible door gap out though {joke}

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Oh yes, so so happy. Cheers.

at the door. It is open in pic but as we all know its not great even when shut.

[JC T ONE]

That looks soo nice

All thats left now is "Wash & Go" -




Jens Christian

[skeebs]

Well done - it's a real credit to you! Alot of hard work and a fantastic end result.

[Fanfaniracing]

Your Car looks great! Congratulations!!!

[InimiaD]

Superb job. The new MOT is icing on the cake.

[georgek]

Well done, what a great looking car.

[66S]

Lovely job done there and what a smart looking little car. Congratulations.

Al

[chichestermini]

What a stunning mini, hats off to you...

Thom

[BRI MK1]

great little car well done, where did you get the grommets for the front panel if you could let me know cheers brian.

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Cheers guys, should look a bit more shiny when the hub caps are also fitted.

great little car well done, where did you get the grommets for the front panel if you could let me know cheers brian.

My father used to work in a rubber mouldings company many years ago so he has old bags of grommets etc. that are in his workshop. Found these while searching for something else at the time and they fitted perfect but alas I don't know where you could get them nowadays. I'll have a chat to him though and see if he can remember what they were made for originally.

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Finished some further jobs on the car in order to complete the project.

To start with the jack has been finished after its refurb and we made up a case to keep it in.



Then we fitted the original tax disc holder that came with the car when purchased from new. Bit of a clean up and it looks great with a link to the garage that sold the car.


Some of you may have seen the request on this site for suggestions for some overmats to protect the carpet. Opted for a clear boot mat in the end which we then cut to the right shape for the mini floor areas. Really great and allows you to not only see the original colour of the carpets but also it doesn't slide about due to the little pimples on the underside


So here are the finished pics of the car after bit of a clean up.

Interior



Rear View



Engine


Side View


Such a cool car and a joy to drive. Really happy



Our first Mini event will be the London to Brighton run next Sunday so if anyone is there and would like to see the car in the flesh by all means pop over and say hello.

[InimiaD]

Truly gawjus little car.
Nice touch with the front mats. Works really well.

[66S]

Lovely job done there, the car looks superb so congratulations. A word of warning about the plastic mats though. We have this stuff on carpet at work and the dirt seems to work off the edge and lodge in the carpet leaving dirty marks along the edges.

Al

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Cheers for the heads up on the dirt, will keep an eye on it. You just have to breath on powder blue carpet and it shows up dirt so definitely needed something.

[Old English White]

Fabulous . Somehow it looks "just right". Well done.