Hi everyone !! my name is mark and i am the proud owner of my 1962 mini cooper 997,which i bought of an auction site a couple of weeks ago for an absolute bargain price !! my intentions are to firstly get the engine running, get the car mot'ed drive it for the summer and then do full restoration over the winter.for a 50 year old car it is in amazing original condition with only a few parts missing; one brake caliper, grill, dissy cap, ht leads, exhaust , heater control valve, and lights. off to bingley at the end of the month to see if i can source myself any rare bits and bobs for the car.
Hi its been a while since i have been on this site ,my cooper 997 is coming on well,i stripped the whole car back to the shell took all of the under seal off,then i looked for a good paint shop to do the spraying in the original surf blue,the cooper only needed a small amount of welding where the rear subframe met the underside of rear seat,section of the boot floor ,and also needed a few panels two front wings heritage,both outer cills and rear valance,everthing else is original the floor has not been welded ever,all in all i think that is pretty amazing!!!!! So the mini went in to be blasted welded and sprayed in april ,while i set about refurbishing all the removed parts,i want to keep it as original as i can ,i removed all the seat covers washed them in the bath as they had over 30 years of dirt and grime ,the mini had been garaged and unused since 1980. The rear subframe was rusted and falling apart and was replaced with a used original,i cleaned wire wheeled and repainted all the parts removed a very satisfying job,restoring original parts rather than buying new,another great thing i have found doing this great restoration is going to all the shows and auto jumbles trying and successfully finding those hard to find original and rare parts a great buzz ,also seeing all the great cars on show the like minded people all in all a great bubble i am in. The mini has been back for about 6 weeks now ,and i am putting all the parts back on subframes have been built and are back on as are the wheels ,sand blasted and powdercoated old english white .the seats have been re webbed using all the correct parts and are looking great. I have taken loads of pictures and will put them on the forum as soon as i fix my computer.thanks for reading speak to you soon. ,regards mark
!! my intentions are to firstly get the engine running, get the car mot'ed drive it for the summer and then do full restoration over the winter.for a 50 year old car it is in amazing original condition with only a few parts missing; one brake caliper, grill, dissy cap, ht leads, exhaust , heater control valve, and lights. off to bingley at the end of the month to see if i can source myself any rare bits and bobs for the car.
