68 morris mini

[Iwill]

I have bough a mini a 1968 morris mini the rest we don't know as there log book but i do know it was of the road in 1978 till now

The story so far with the help of my brother and his best mate we went to pick up the mini with his van but i have to say i kinda of mess up this bit as i hadn't got a car transporter got so i wasted there day but they made me pay by getting me to drive up to my dads caravan in cavan in the middle of the night just to get his A frame any way the next day me and brother picked up the car and he drove back in the fog i have to say thanks to him for that as it wasn't safe but we got back safely but he was pissed cause he left the car in the middle of the drive way and disapered for a few day but he and his mate moved the car to the shed one day for me and then took the engine out and then left it in the middle of the floor where it as stayed. The car is now stripped down and a wing as been cut of as my dad came down with the carvan and showed me how to do body work.

Ok now to the car its a 1968 Morris Mini as far as i know its a super deluxe it irish reg and came from Dublin originaly
I'll up load pictures when my brother shows me how to as i have no clue about computers as I am more a dvd man

So so far my Brother and his mate are going to do the welding and body work my dad is going to rebulid the engine and spary the car and i'm going to put it all back together this is where it will drag out for every

[Iwill]

As i said it wasn't safe for us to drive in the fog i meant the other road users my brother van is a christmass tree on wheels000

The mini on tow that's a ex AA recover trailer the car is on a fold up a frame and go into the boot of a car

This is what it look like out side the house not bad car just a dent in the roof and a bit of rust in the wing but what hiding under the paint we will see



The 850cc engine now that slow

And in the shed its a bit tight in there but that upside down trailer won't be there long and the car hiding is my Chevette on hold as i can't get parts for it now if i fix the other shed roof i can get 6 cars in there

[Laurna77]

Welcome to the Forum IWill. Good Luck the rebuild, keep us updated with Photo's & if you need any help you are in the right place, as there is plenty of people on here to help you out if you have any questions

[Iwill]

cheers mate hope ye guys and girls of this forum can give me good tips on restoring this car as any help is appreciated

[joebe1]

Ur very welcome to the forum, fantastic looking project, what part of the west are u from there are a large number of members in the west, most of which have restored minis, so there s no shortage of help.

Very interesting car, have a look for small shamrocks etched into the glass of the car, and a little badge under the bonnet, it might be an irish built car aswell as irish registered, very rare

[Iwill]

Good piece of advice mate just after having a quick look under the bonnet and after noticing a plate on the slam panell saying built in dublin is this good or a bad thing as an irish man might have built this with with the help of arthur guinness
I am located at the far side of ennis Co Clare.

[Billy]

Welcome to the forum. We have several Southern Region members living in Clare which I can put you in contact with if you need help.

Billy

[Iwill]

cheers billy mate might take you up on that offer

[Iwill]

Right my brothers shows me how to upload photo so i can show how rotten it is


Ok i need to resize them

[Iwill]

The roof as a nice size dent in it
This is the left side




And the right side



And the roof

Also i found a hole or to the only ones i can see so far



There is more pictures but i have to take them of the camrea but this is the main chuck of the body work problem

[Iwill]

The mini is now missing one rotton wing well only the bit near the a post and the lamp was shot but i well my brother wasn't going to weld patch in so with the help of my dad they choped it out and left me with no wing on the left picture to come

[Iwill]

Some one took my engine out

And place it here in the way as always
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No wing here but will be a nice new wing welded in place when my brother stops painting the campers vans cabins

Its me or my head removing something deep with in the engine bay as my brother told me the sump plug was here i now know it ain't


If you want to see my brother odd camper van he bulit him self with the help of his mate click here it is going to be great when i am going to need to go on long trip to show but he dosen't know that i will be using it yet
http://fordtransit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=76200

[Camper damper]

I am Iwill brother the one who will be doing the bodywork on his mini don't tell him I have no clue what I'm doing he willl found out in time i just joined so i can add pictures of the car during the week as he works the weekday and only as weekends of where as me i don't have a job long story any way i will be welding the wing on this next week was going to do it last week but the camper as water in diesel that's Iwill fault he broke my diesel cap any way i'll post picture and not much words

He just told me he as a Log book got

[Camper damper]

Cleaned the metal and painted with red oxide

New wing

[CLUBMANGT]

Progress ! always nice to see ,I just wish I had made some on my car this week I can't wait to see what you do with the roof

[Iwill]

I have manged the log book sort for ther morris mini for the last two week It was bought 18 Jan 1968 and last time tax in Dec 1979. They gave me all the details in the tax office when i request the histroy report from shannon department of transport.

[Iwill]

The roof still as big massive we are going try to panel beat out does not work .My father will i have a try. last option is will bring it to a proffesional to do it

[CLUBMANGT]

Rip it off, get a new one and use it to line up the gutter . What ever you do it a'int gona be easy

[Camper damper]

I tryed to cut the rest of the right side wing of but i think the grinder is dead

[Iwill]

my engine has gone to my father house today in cavan. to be rebuilt and paint. it was fun get out of the shed . we had to put it in a wheel barrow as it to muddy to bring around the engine crane. i try to get more picture uo tomorow as it my day off.

[Camper damper]

he forgot to say he broke the wheel barrow

[CLUBMANGT]

[Camper damper]

how do i remove the fly wheel on the engine 850cc

oh the engine is almost stripped down no pictures as i forgot my cable and i'm missing bit for the engine so it can't be rebuilt somebody didn't put them into the camper Friday

[CLUBMANGT]

You will need a puller, they can take a lot of pressure to pull them off . Make sure you take the washer out before you pull it

[Camper damper]

Oh well i need to get one or make one oh Iwill you need to get a puller i'll get it for you but you pay me back for it