Tag Archives: bodywork
It’s all shiny and new again.
After a dormant year, with a new born baby in the household, the mini is coming back all shiny and new again. Here’s Nick’s crew hard at work. And a few snapshots of a few assiduously finished bits. Now I need to finish suspension assemblies in January to have a rolling shell at the end. […]
Bodywork update from Nick
After a dormant month, this is my first update from Nick. He has removed the entire front end and sills. This, as expected, exposed the rusty inner layer. Next step is sandblasting.
Finally, it’s my turn in Nick’s shop.
There hasn’t been much activity on the mini in last several months as I’m waiting for my spot on the waiting list of Nick’s shop. Nicholas Upton runs a mini restoration business, Boot2Bonnet, with great reputation. He recently joined force with Seven Enterprise and started running their restoration division. With broadened exposure, he now takes on […]
Removing Front And Rear Windscreen
Flipping through various manuals to seek out instructions or hints has become a frequent occurrence in this rebuild project. But sometimes the method recommended by “authorities” doesn’t seem to be optimal, at least not optimal in my particular case. If you read Haynes Mini Restoration Manual, it suggests you to insert a screwdriver or similar […]
Mini From Down Under 