Irish Mini Owners Club

I have a 1980 Mini and was always wanting a Mini with a rwd setup. So here it goes. Take a Mini with a bit of work required and Frankenstein it into a VW Golf GTi powered 1.8 20v Turbo Rwd.

Rust Repairs:






Make up a cage to hold the engine, suspension and strengthen the car, and then cut the boot floor and most of the rear out.





Fit the engine and make mounts for it and the suspension.




Hope everyone approves.

Looks great, nice fabrication skills!

Are you going for a sleeper look?

How many hours are you into the project?

Nice work ,will you keep the rear track near standard Mini ?

colinf1 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:59 pm Looks great, nice fabrication skills!

Are you going for a sleeper look?

How many hours are you into the project?

Thanks, going for a standard looking sportpack look. Haven't kept a tab on the hours as it would probably scare me!!

woody wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 2:36 pm Nice work ,will you keep the rear track near standard Mini ?

Yup standard rear track under sportspack arches.

Setting up the rear track width.



Fitting the front.



Testing the clearance for the ride height.




Engine fitout, driveshafts, cooling system etc.






Doors repaired and reskinned.








Swaged holes as everyone loves them lol.




Thanks for looking.

Fantastic project. You obviously didn't wake up one morning and decide to take up such a serious challenge. Have you done other mod builds like this before?

Billy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:03 am Fantastic project. You obviously didn't wake up one morning and decide to take up such a serious challenge. Have you done other mod builds like this before?

Was looking something a bit different from a Z-car build, still would love to own one though. Had the Mini shell for a few years and the Golf popped up at the right money so the decision was made.

I also own and have built a 1990 Bedford Rascal with a Suzuki TLr 1000cc V-Twin engine fitted, its a hoot to drive and is really loud so doesn't get used as much as it should. The Mini should be faily quiet, well I hope.