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Mark,

Put it up for sale in 2017 no later is my opinion. Turn the clock forward another 5 years and those of us who appreciate the early cars will be so old or gone I am sorry to say

Alan

Pete wrote:

Supersonic wrote: Could my mate’s opinion be unsympathetic or severe? I don’t know?

No he's just easily shocked. Yes the works Mini is in need of some serious TLC. Most projects are, what to do with it though? Too far gone for a patch up and keep unrestored probably, a complete rebuild to works spec would most likely be the ticket.

Paul's decision on how far to go with the car will be made after closer inspection when he eventually starts the bodywork repairs. Bearing in mind that some of the areas such as the floor panels ( although battered from it's history ), gutter and pillars, inner wings, even inner sills are reasonably good and solid, the initial plan seems to be to replace the minimal amount of original metal to get the body rot free. Obviously when started this may lead to much more. With all mechanical parts, including the Abingdon engine serviced / restored, and a few missing parts replaced ( easier said than done, I know ! ) the car would then be complete, solid and driveable. This would keep the car as original as possible and a total restoration can be carried out at any time in a vehicles life, but originality is lost through this.....
Thanks for your thoughts so far chaps, please keep them coming, they do help with this decision.

Dave

Pete wrote:Did he do 777F? That was turned round in record time!

Pete,

My mates have told me you and your friends put on a nice Mini display at the Manchester Classic Car Show on 19 / 20 September. The point they wish me to make is that all your gang were friendly, interested and made them feel completely welcome.

There thanks to you all.

Alan

Headlamps ,side light bulbs ,indicator bulbs ,fan belt ,points ,condenser, plug leads ,oil ,oil filter ,rocker cover gasket ,throttle cable, choke cable ,tyres, air in tyre ,tyre valves, clutch plate ,pressure plate thrust bearing, clutch fluid ,brake pipes ,brake hoses, hand brake cable ,wiper blades ,water in washer bottle ,clutch slave cylinder ,air filters ,rubber cone suspension or hydro units ,hydro elastic fluid, door aperture seals ,exhaust system ,rear subframe ,exhaust mountings ,engine mountings ,steady bar rubbers ,ball joints ,wheel bearings ,cv joint ,cv boots, brake shoes ,disc pads ,discs brake drums ,front tie bar rubbers ,fuses, track rod ends ,steering rack bellows ,shock absorbers ,engine hoses ,plugs ,radius arm bearings ,grease nipples ,drive shaft uj joints ,split pins ,brake slave cylinders,suspension knuckle joints, thermostat +gasket,radiator, brake master cylinder ,clutch master cylinder,Dynamo ,altenator, water pump+ gasket .
Conversation car owner"yes I've owned the mini from brand new yes it's MK 1 trouble free ?no I've had to have some/all the parts above replaced "
Friend "so it's all original then??"
Car owner" yes mind you I had to have the o/s/f wing and part of the front panel replaced due to rot "
Friend "shame not original then .