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Last hectic night in the garage, Thomas - Lennart & Jesper were there to help.

My Mother still busy, with the coffee, and making sure no one were out of food or snacks.

Only a few hours left - car was now off the lift, and both doors fitted.

Only carb & bonnet left.






We had now made it to IMM 2007.

Here she is, couldnt start/drive, but she was there.

Well done Jens. You and the guys worked very hard and late to get the car ready for that IMM.
You should all be justifiably proud of your collective achievement by rebuilding such a rare and unique Mini.

InimiaD wrote:Well done Jens. You and the guys worked very hard and late to get the car ready for that IMM.
You should all be justifiably proud of your collective achievement by rebuilding such a rare and unique Mini.

Thanks for the kind words, it felt like the right thing to do.

It would have been a great shame, if it had been scrapped.

I had all kind of strange bids for the interior, shortly after I bought it, people thought it was only good for parts, and should be scrapped
one guy would have chopped off the front end, and fitted a round nose


Still dont really feel that I own it, as it has so much history, I feel more like a caretaker/custodian, of the car.


Founds this photo, it is quit unique, as it has all 4 Mini,s I ever restored in the same shot.
To the left is my 1100 Special (1300 now) in the middle my White race Mini, last in line the WP,
and above the roof (in the background) of my Green Mini, you see my Mother,s Brooklands Green Mini 850.
She kept it untill she passed away (she drove Mini,s all her life) .

JC T ONE wrote:

InimiaD wrote:Well done Jens. You and the guys worked very hard and late to get the car ready for that IMM.
You should all be justifiably proud of your collective achievement by rebuilding such a rare and unique Mini.

Thanks for the kind words, it felt like the right thing to do.

It would have been a great shame, if it had been scrapped.

I had all kind of strange bids for the interior, shortly after I bought it, people thought it was only good for parts, and should be scrapped
one guy would have chopped off the front end, and fitted a round nose


Still dont really feel that I own it, as it has so much history, I feel more like a caretaker/custodian, of the car.


Founds this photo, it is quit unique, as it has all 4 Mini,s I ever restored in the same shot.
To the left is my 1100 Special (1300 now) in the middle my White race Mini, last in line the WP,
and above the roof (in the background) of my Green Mini, you see my Mother,s Brooklands Green Mini 850.
She kept it untill she passed away (she drove Mini,s all her life) .

...nice epitaph then jens... rgds foxy52

I must also say: Nicely done Jens Christian.
I was at the Roskilde show back in 07 but unfortunately missed your vehicles.
http://s183.photobucket.com/albums/x288 ... ?start=all

foxy52 wrote:

...nice epitaph then jens... rgds foxy52

Thanks D , here is one more.

Frogeye61 wrote:I must also say: Nicely done Jens Christian.
I was at the Roskilde show back in 07 but unfortunately missed your vehicles.
http://s183.photobucket.com/albums/x288 ... ?start=all

Thanks Frogeye.

I went home after the photo shoot, late saturday afternoon, were you there on the Sunday ?

Hello JC,

That was a massive effort to get your Mini to the show, I think you all deserve applause for that.

That must be a special picture of all your Minis, do you still have your Mothers?

Best regards,

Pete

36inter wrote:Hello JC,

That was a massive effort to get your Mini to the show, I think you all deserve applause for that.
Best regards,

Pete

Hi Pete , and thanks the reward came on the second day of IMM

The Mini Magazine photo session.

Its Mini mags Matt Richardson (camera) and editor Mark Robinson, last person is "little me"


Preparing the car, its Christian - Matt - Mark & me.

36inter wrote:
That must be a special picture of all your Minis,

do you still have your Mothers Mini

Thanks & yes it sure is, I only realized that my Mother Mini was in that picture, when I had to upload it.
She didnt sleep down there, she drove home each day (Copenhagen) hence why the car is in the background .


The epilouge regarding my late Mothers Mini is a sad one.

I dont speak with my 2 sisters anymore, but the good thing is my Nephew got the car

I had my son for visit from America so I had a lot of other things on the agenda. I couldn't stay too late and went home around 1:30 on Saturday.

So I guess your mom's Mini is still in Denmark.

Yes its still here I had to pay my 2 sisters in order to get the car for my Nephew.

That would have been OK, if it wasnt for the fact, that I build the car free of charge for our Mother, and paid for a lot of the parts that went on the car.

There is a saying " you dont know your family, untill you have inherited with them "

Here is what she looked like after IMM 2007 =


http://youtu.be/vRrZZldJF8s

Now I needed to get her startet


Jens Christian

JC T ONE wrote:
Now I needed to get her startet

not a lot had happened during the winter 2007/08.

but in February 2008, something important happened = I finally got myself a computer

I could now start to search for all those parts, still missing on the car.

Spring 2008, I found both the correct Radiomobile with 8 track, and the missing headrest.


June 08-2008, the car was invited to a big carshow, where it was vital, that she could drive.
It was "unwrapped" put on the lift, and I finished the exhaust, put brake fluid in, and bleed the clutch/brakes.
I then conneted all the remaining electrics, fitted the fuel pump, cooler hoses, adjusted the valves, put oil in the engine, etc

3 in the morning, and I was walking around the car for the 20th time to make shure all was OK?????
Finally there was no turning back, so I put the battery cable on, and checked that nothing was smelling of burnt cable? All was ok.

I then took the sparkplugs out, and primed the engine with oil (had already filled the filter & cooler)
After a nice oilpressure came up, I then primed the fuel system, this was also ok.

I was now actually THERE = “point of no return”

Time was now 1 minute past 4 in the morning, and I turned the key----
It turned, but I could hear that it was too far back on the ignition? I turned the distributer 1 inch, and tried again, nope wrong way.
I then moved it back to the 1st position, and 1 inch further, I then turned the key again, and the car immediately sprung to life

http://youtu.be/k2NCU6sOa-o (sorry for the poor sound quality)



I turned the idle screw, on the carburator to 2000 revs, and left it there, so it could run in the new cam/lifters.


MOT (finally)

September 18-2008, I took the car for its mot, once on the road, I noticed that the speedo didn’t work?
it still passed with flying colours, so once back in the garage I checked it?
It turned out that the mechanism inside it was rusted solid (I have never seen that before)
That’s how bad it was when found .


The next day I went to the motor office, and put it back into the car registre.
It was now officially “back from the grave” after almost 10 years.



Jens Christian

As most of you probably know, does the work not stop, when the MOT is done.

In 2009, I restored the poor Ventora grill.

This was cut & TIG welded, to give that "factory" look.

Since then not much happened, but this year I fitted some of the NOS parts I found, after I got myself a computer, and changed some of the bits I was unhappy with.


here is a list

1 - rechromed front & rear bumpers, incl front under riders.

2 - polished & refitted the original L & R doorlock mechanism(s)

3 - fitted 2 NOS W&P door edge lights.

4 - adjusted both front doors, so they now both fit & close correct.

5 - fitted a set of Innocenti stainless doorframes, as used by W&P.

6 - had a new headlining made for the sunroof, in the correct Wool of England cloth, to match the roof.

7 - changed the edgetrim on the sunroof frame, to correct Wool covered type.

8 - fitted a pair of NOS front L&R side/indicatorlights.

9 - changed the Black "stick on rear wiew mirror" with a proper W&P / Lucas type.

10 - rechromed the hinges & handle for the glovebox.

11 - had a key made for the glovebox lock.

12 - took the engine out, had the flywheel & back plate machined, fitted a new Grey pressure plate, and a centre clutch plate from AP racing.

13 - fitted a new timingchain cover, with a crank case breather.

14 - fitted a original "Coventry Pressed Steel" radiator.
the cooler place should have restored the original one, but replaced/lost the original top part

15 - fitted a genuine NOS W&P dealer badge.

16 - best part came last = fitted a genuine Mini WP badge (small square type) thanks to Nick Rogers.


Here are some photos =











Still a few small jobs left, but she is getting there.

Nice BL logo, found on my "new" timing chain cover

There is even what appears to be a spareparts no .

The photo was taken with my old mobile phone.

Hi all,


People say that a persons mind has a lot of force/power.

Now I want to ask if some of you nice Mini people want to send some positive thoughts to Denmark ?

Today I made a new attempt to get in touch with my cars second owner, as the first 3 didnt work out.

I wrote him, and his wife a letter with a invitation for lunch, telling him that i only wanted to show them the car, and take them for a drive.

I explained that many people who have restored a car, want to connect it with its past, and hear the stories from back when the previus owners had it.


He is still a real car nut, and the last car I saw in his garage (I am tall enough to see over the fence) was a brand new Maserati on Danish plates.
Now thats one special & very expensive car here in Denmark, you only drive a car like that, if you want to stand out, and make a statement.
Really hope he wants to meet up (fingers crossed)

A few years ago I tracked down his brother, who told me that they had a camera with them, at one of the visits to JanSpeed in Salisbury.

Would be nice if I could get a copy of these photos ? or any other items he might have ?

hmm - can only keep dreaming & hope for the best.

Jens Christian

Lets hope he makes contact, as you say a Maserati isn't going to be a cheap car with Danish taxes so he must love cars

mk1coopers wrote:Lets hope he makes contact, as you say a Maserati isn't going to be a cheap car with Danish taxes so he must love cars

Thanks M,

yes not only is it expensive, but its also a car, that say he wants to make a statement.

They also have a Range Rover Vouge HSE, also on Danish plates, this alone cost 180000 pounds when new.

Not heard anything yet its really frustrating when he is SOO close (when in DK) its less than 3 miles from me.

I do hope the previous owner does get in touch with you Jens.
It'll be nice to have some more history to add to your WP. Fingers crossed for you.