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Here is some pictures of my mini I've just started let me know what you think it's just come back from being blasted but still looking good let the metal work begin

that WAS a good buy

you dont get as many mk1 as rot free as that anymore

well done!

what a lovely shell

goes to show,,there are still some nice finds lurking in the "barns"

Very tidy looking shell. It's even got it's rear slinging fixing still in place. keep us posted with the progress.

Good weekend should have it back on the road.

Nice find and great work space.
Looks to good to be true. Best of luck.
Scott

That's a result shouldn't take to long to get sorted you must be very pleased, good luck with the restoration.

very nice shell, looks really good nice to see it is still wearing its full skirt front panel as well

Nice shell rare to see them so rust free

What happened to the LH front wing ? looks like the light bowl fixing ring is removed ?

An hydro shell with a full skirt front panel, nice! What month was it built?

ricardo wrote:An hydro shell with a full skirt front panel, nice! What month was it built?

I can't see that it is a hydro shell.

Thanks for your comments the shell is really good all it need is 2 a panels one wing rear valance and a couple of plates in the boot and subframe area, the floor and front panel are like new cant really believe how good the shell is
The headlight ring was removed and needs to be replaced as the wing is still good hopefully won't take to long to complete

ricardo wrote:An hydro shell with a full skirt front panel, nice! What month was it built?

Anyone know how I can find the month out I don't have a log book yet as its been off the road for 30 years and the old owner has lost the log book so just waiting for the paper work to be sorted out

Frogeye61 wrote:

ricardo wrote:An hydro shell with a full skirt front panel, nice! What month was it built?

I can't see that it is a hydro shell.

Big holes on the bulkhead for the hydro hoses, floor tags for pipes, reinforcements on the rear.

C9rum wrote:Anyone know how I can find the month out I don't have a log book yet as its been off the road for 30 years and the old owner has lost the log book so just waiting for the paper work to be sorted out

You can start by inspecting some details on the car and checking the dates stamped on parts to see if a pattern comes up. What type of sun visors are fitted? Small sunvisors with a centre chrome fixing plate or are they the swiveling type fixed at the corners? What type of interior mirror, metal or plastic?

"Big holes on the bulkhead for the hydro hoses"

Ricardo the last Dry shells in '64 had the large hole with a rubber grommet on top (mid 64 - sept 64) maybe earlier.

Is there an FE number on the inner wing over the rad. This will date the shell.

It has dry subframe s on the car are they the right ones ? The sun visors mount in the middle on a chrome bracket, mirror is crackle black metal one ,there is no fe number on the inner wing and it doesn't look like there ever has been there is a plate on the front panel and in the drivers side floor should it have a fe number on the inner wing ?

I'd say yes, the car looks unmolested so the dry suspension should be correct and ties up with the sunvisor mountings. Change point for both is September 64. The car must have been built close to the introduction of the hydrolastic suspension, I guess. August, early September 64. Or... I can be wrong.

The number on the front panel is the body number. Is it around 31K?