Introduction as teaser for Belgian mk1 restoration project
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 1:31 pm
Hello hello,
It’s been a while that I’m wondering around on the forum…reading reading and reading
It’s finally time to present myself…
Well, first of all greetings from Belgium, cause that’s where I live. Tom is the name.
I have two minis both with a little story…
First is an orange-red 1976/77 Mini 1000 automatic. Built in Seneffe, Belgium.
I found and bought here in one day…as soon as my wife gave me a green light to buy one as an engagement gift
She’s driving quite well…I overhauled the complete engine/gearbox myself. Only little detail is when she’s hot (drove like a couple of dozen miles), I have no rear-drive anymore LOL…
For the rest she’s like 95% authentic!
I love my automatic, because as I say to friends, it’s an early advanced TipTronic LOL
I know she’s “high” … but that’s because no Hi-Lo’s in the back…new cones and ‘standard’ height.
Later on, I’ll re-post some new pictures, as I refurbished reversed rims and will lower her quite a bit and give her a simple stage1.
The second one will be the one needing all your attention LOL
Here we have a 1963 MK1 …. from Belgium my friends !
I’ll just post one picture as such as intro when I bought here…the others will be using a shared OneDrive. Because I have a lot to share
I would have never that I would be crazy like that LOL
Heritage Motor Centre:
“Further to your enquiry the car with chassis number A-A2S7-L/402*** is a CKD (complete knock down) which was shipped to Belgium as parts and assembled there. We don't have built records for these vehicles, just a list of chassis numbers and the destination. The batch of parts left the factory on 25th May 1963 and the car is a left hand drive vehicle…” … hehe
A quick first walk around confirmed the period, the boot lid lock is ‘62, indicator arm ’62, ignition switch ’63…
She seemed to have had very little restorations (weldings)…A couple of accidents with bumps and filler…
So that will be it for introduction, as I think it’s more appropriate to continue the restoration story in another post (with a lot of pictures)…
(I’ll update this post with link to the restoration post)
It’s been a while that I’m wondering around on the forum…reading reading and reading
It’s finally time to present myself…
Well, first of all greetings from Belgium, cause that’s where I live. Tom is the name.
I have two minis both with a little story…
First is an orange-red 1976/77 Mini 1000 automatic. Built in Seneffe, Belgium.
I found and bought here in one day…as soon as my wife gave me a green light to buy one as an engagement gift
She’s driving quite well…I overhauled the complete engine/gearbox myself. Only little detail is when she’s hot (drove like a couple of dozen miles), I have no rear-drive anymore LOL…
For the rest she’s like 95% authentic!
I love my automatic, because as I say to friends, it’s an early advanced TipTronic LOL
I know she’s “high” … but that’s because no Hi-Lo’s in the back…new cones and ‘standard’ height.
Later on, I’ll re-post some new pictures, as I refurbished reversed rims and will lower her quite a bit and give her a simple stage1.
The second one will be the one needing all your attention LOL
Here we have a 1963 MK1 …. from Belgium my friends !
I’ll just post one picture as such as intro when I bought here…the others will be using a shared OneDrive. Because I have a lot to share
I would have never that I would be crazy like that LOL
Heritage Motor Centre:
“Further to your enquiry the car with chassis number A-A2S7-L/402*** is a CKD (complete knock down) which was shipped to Belgium as parts and assembled there. We don't have built records for these vehicles, just a list of chassis numbers and the destination. The batch of parts left the factory on 25th May 1963 and the car is a left hand drive vehicle…” … hehe
A quick first walk around confirmed the period, the boot lid lock is ‘62, indicator arm ’62, ignition switch ’63…
She seemed to have had very little restorations (weldings)…A couple of accidents with bumps and filler…
So that will be it for introduction, as I think it’s more appropriate to continue the restoration story in another post (with a lot of pictures)…
(I’ll update this post with link to the restoration post)