1967 MK1 MADE IN BELGIUM

[AndyPen]

Sadly those kinds of repairs are the norm, done just to keep the car on the road a few years more.

Welcome to the forum and nice to see another one becoming a survivor

[berre]

I had to admit to myself that I do not have the time nor the expertise to restore this shell so I took another direction and now have this one in my garage

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I have mounted the new rear lights and that is looking nice

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I am now trying to figure out how to assemble the headlights and I'm not sure where the spring for the adjustment needs to be mounted. Does one end connect to the tab in the back of the bowl? And where should the other end of the spring connect to?

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[WesleyB]

Nice !!!

[berre]

My new engine has arrived I hope it will fit nicely!

[Tim]

Tesla model 3?

Tim

[berre]

yes indeed!

[Peter Laidler]

Interested to know what you did with the old shell. It looked easily restorable by the standards of this forum and from the advice given earlier regarding the replacement bulkhead part

[berre]

The old shell is still sitting here. I don't have the time nor the expertise to do it myself and had some offers for restoring the shell, but the price for this was way to high.

Not sure yet what to do with the shell. I think it would be a shame to sell it as scrap.

[Tim]

That's going to be totally bonkers!

Even the base model 3 has a top speed of 225 kph, and a 0-100 in 5.8 seconds, but they are heavy things. You won't be able to squeeze all the batteries in, so you won't have the same sort of range, but it will be considerably lighter...

Tim

[berre]

I will be using a 350V - 35kWh battery pack so that should give enough power and range and the batteries will have a total weight of around 160 KG. The drive unit itself only weighs around 80 KG and capable of delivering up to 220 kW power. This will obviously being tuned down in this car

[Tim]

Yep, totally bonkers!

I'll be really interested to see how you go, I have this fantasy about converting my Moke.

Tim

[InnoCooperExport]

Is this new shell the one that Alun on here was selling a while back?

Electric mini should be great fun! Looking forward to following the build

[berre]

Yes - I bought the shell from Alun.

[pasraf]

Hey Berre
Nice to know somebody nearby is restoring an MK1
I'm next door in Stabroek (near the small church - waterstraat -Parijse weg)
doing a MK2 shell @this moment for my sun.....lot of work
I to bought some parts from Alun. Nice painted shell you bought from him.
I still have an MK1 bj 60 on the shelf, unrestored....
regards Raf

[berre]

Hi pasraf - funny but I'm indeed right around the corner - exactly 1km (Hoge Weg).

If you need some body panels for you restoration - I still have a '67 shell which could be used as a donor for some parts

I also have both doors, bonnet and boot lid.

[pasraf]

Indeed "intresting"
Just around the corner
Interested how you are going to go with the electric car and car inspection (MOT) in Belgium
A few years back I got all the wayTo THE UK to meet Andrew 1967 , and collected some parts from him
that was not around the corner, I eve traveled as far as North Wales to collect an MK1 interior (and deed some vacation attached to pleazz the misses)
For the 69 ,we have all parts now , and doing welding now
For my early mini , I need a lot of parts.....floors, wings etc.
These parts are getting more expensive, for sure with the brexit
We are on holiday in Spain now , maybe we have to meet to share some "info"
regards Raf

[pasraf]

Hey
Berre
How is your build going?
Maybe we have to meet ?
Can I do some measurement on your new mini MK1 body
Need some for the build of my sons MK2
regards Raf

[berre]

Hi Raf, sorry for the late reply. I have been a bit absent here over the last months.

If you still want some measurements... more than welcome. Happy to meet if you want!

I will stay active here now

[berre]

Hi, I'm back from some time of this project.

I'm looking for some advise regarding an issue I encountered while attempting to test fit the rear subframe. I noticed that one of the mounting holes on the heelboard is not the way it should be. It seems that some sort of rivet nut has been put in there and I have a feeling that it is not a good thing? The threads in the rivet nut are damaged so unusable anyway.

I would like to repair this in the correct way and was looking for some suggestions or tips?

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The rivet is also loose in that it turns freely around. So hard to drill I believe... I read something about welding a new nut on a big washer and then welding that combo in place? But first I need to get rid of that ugly thing.

Any advise for me here?

[Fanfaniracing]

Have you a better/ bigger picture of your Problem Zone?

Where exactly is this Rivet?