1071 cooper s rebuild

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Ryan67
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1071 cooper s rebuild

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Thought I would start a new link to show the next project we are starting at old Skool minis, this one is a 1071 cooper s in for a full shell rebuild and repaint which will be smoke gray with old English roof.
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Bit of a mess. Will be worth it in the end though.
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I look forward to watching this one. My favourite Mini version in my favourite colour.

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mk1 wrote:I look forward to watching this one. My favourite Mini version in my favourite colour.

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1071 - check

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hull registered AND a RH plate - check....


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We were having a chat with the owner of the cooper s today and he informed us it is a 1071 with a speedwell convention !!
we got the floor and boot All built up today ready to fit in the shell tomorrow .
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A Speedwell convention. Sounds like something Mark could host :lol:
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LMAO!!!!!

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:lol:

Would be interested to hear more.

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Very nice, replacing the whole floor in one shot make everything much simpler.
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very nice project coming along. where did you purchase the complete cooper s floor from please?
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Can we get a MK1 stand at the Speedwell Convention?
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The floor panels were from m machine the best panels on the market
A bit more progress on the shell floors are in and the rear panel is all lined up ready to spot weld in .
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And today's job was to fit the quarter panel and driver side sill
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Brilliant work so far, I am about to embark on similar with my mk2 cooper shortly so am finding this very helpful, you haven't any better pictures of how much bracing is needed on shell to enable the whole floor to be removed have you as this is area I am hesitant to begin.

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I thought it was time I posted some more pictures of the 1071 cooper s . It's come on a lot in the last month.
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Ryan,

It took me a year and a half to do what you guys took a month to do :shock:
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Top work old skool . very nice

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