Irish Mini Owners Club

wow thats a good bit of rust... :| do you have/what is your budget your willing to spend on the car?? replacement panels are easily got but could cost quite a bit... if you were planning on doing it the cheaper option: buy a 8X4 mild steel sheet of 0.8 - 1.0 mm thickness and cut out the rust and ma...

small update on this, we now have the car totally stripped, interior,wiring,carpets etc all came out last week. the only thing left is the steering rack and coloumn, cant get the coloumn of as the bolts holding it on are headless, what way do you guys usually get this off? cant seem to find much in ...

good luck with the building lads, she deffo looks alot prettier than my project also :wink: and you'l learn plenty dont worry bout that... i started from absolute scratch too and learnt a good bit, even tho some reckon i havent :mrgreen: steven thanks mate, i certainly hope so because i dont think ...

hey lads that 93 sprite looks a lot better than the one i have in the projects, best of luck with it. see it on the road soon its not too bad to be honest, were blessed aswell as eamons told teaches metal-fab, so we have a good welder on board. dont know about soon but it will get there eventually ...

Soon as I saw the chain hoist I knew where it was borrowed from,welcome aboard and enjoy the experience.As for not knowing much about minis starting out,most of us on here are in the same boat and have picked things up and aquired skills as we have gone along so don't be afraid to ask questions.By ...

The Marcos Graveyard wrote:I see you got James May's autograph on the windscreen.

ha ha, 10 points for you! was wondering who would notice that first! lol

Billy wrote:Check posts in the projects section from Kerryminigringo and joeb1. You might spot the odd yellow van.

Billy

ha ha, i see, all makes sense now!

Billy wrote:What is it with the ESB and Mini restoration?

Great work lads, keep us updated.

Billy

not sure i follow, is there other esb fellas doing this at the minute?

hey guys, joined here a week or to ago and never got round to starting a project thread as i didnt have my camera, anyway a bit of history around this project. the car is a 93 mini sprite with a 1275cc engine and it belongs to a good friend of mine from work. He bought it around 4 years ago and drov...

thanks everyone for the great welcome :D will definitley be asking alot of questions on here, both of us have no experience doing anything like this, believe its called "learning by doing" lol. everything has gone well so far should have the engine out soon. will start a project thread nex...

Hi Sean, Welcome to this forum. Whereabouts are you based? Any photos of your Mini? Billy i live in dublin 15, the mini is owned by a friend of mine, its in his garage in finglas. he bought it 3 years ago, drove it for a while and it just ending up sitting up for 2 and a half years. ive a good few ...

hey all, just joined up today. started a project with a friend of mine on his mini. its 93 mini sprite, dark blue with cooper stripes. Shes getting a full strip down, respray and hopefully some engine goodies. will get pictures and start a project thread soon. thanks and look forward to talking to e...