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today i purchased a 1978 leyland mini 1000 from longford. as many of ye know i have been on the look out for a pre 1980 car for the purpose of building a shorty. i spotted this on donedeal and rang the owner straight away and paid a deposit without even seeing the car, to be honest it was quite cheap. this morning i set off to collect the car. it was good to find out that this car only had one previous owner, the milage is 49999 on the clock and it was owned by older woman that didnt do much driving in it. the last time this car was on the road was 2000. putting it on the trailer was easy enough with a winch, taking it off was another story, the wheels were shot, i had to place some of my spare alloys on it to get it off the trailer. here are some of the photos of it
Silver or Black?? i prefer the original ones
and after getting this home, im afraid i cant cut it. i'm going to restore it to its original glory and hope the wife will drive it to shows for me.
Last edited by spud1979 on Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:38 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Nice wheels anyway! LOL Best of luck w/the resto, look forward to seeing the progression
If you fancy a swap w/same wheels in silver I may be interested
spud1979 wrote:Ok nearly stripped down completely. Just looking for advice on engine. What should I replaced when its out?? Thanks in advance
JP, stick with the engine that's in it. With a short wheelbase, it's not going to handle that well at road speed so you don't need power. It should be lighter so again you won't need a big engine. Anyway, you won't have much protection without a roof either so you won't want to be driving that quick.
Ah no the same engine is staying billy, this yoke won't be driving at speed, hoping to get roll bars out of a Mazda for protection. I mean seals and all that stuff in the engine, what is easy for me to replace when it's out. What should I replace really
[quote="joeyfinneran"]An 850 would even be grand in it with the less weight.
Theres plenty of them lieing around since no one wants one[/quote]
Try finding one Joey,not as common as you would think as most people threw them out as they were unwanted.JP I would change the water pump,bypass hose,driveshaft seals,crank shaft oil seal,gear selector rod seal and rocker cover gasket so that when you paint up the engine it should stay dry from oil leaks.
front floor coming out, back not too bad
some of the parts
engine out
off to the chop shop
more to follow shortly. both subframes have been stripped and waiting for the neighbour to sandblast them
Slow progress on this. Off to get sandblasted and covered in primer on Monday so hope to start the painting within the next few weeks. Might make the camping weekend yet, hopefully.