Irish Mini Owners Club

Here is a montage of photos taken during the rebuild for anyone that is interested.[

Looks like your doing a great job. How much of the body is steel?

Basically only the tub is steel, the rear is a spaceframe setup, the front is just a mini subframe. The rest of the car is fibreglass. Its so light that when the engine is not in the car 2 people can pick it up and move it.

Great photos, best of luck with it.
There used to be one driving around the Dun Laoghaire / Dalkey area in the early 90's, although I haven't seen it for years.

One sold in Sligo earlier in the year, it was on a Q plate which is as big a headache as no papers at all. I think it went to the East coast.

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Nice car, and a nice little garage too.

Why the change of top shock mounts ?

Hi there
Good to see another GTM project in action.
You seem to be on top of things at the moment, more than i can say for mine.
I'm trying to put a Yamaha R1 engine into mine and as you know there is very little room
in the engine bay.
If you want to cast your eye over it go to the General section and on page 6
you will see a thread called FRESH MEAT.
Hope we can share some info in the future.


Dermot

Dermow,

Yeah I've seen your one on GTM Forum, my username is Andy on that forum, didn't realsie that you were on this side of the ditch, where are you based.

[quote]Nice car, and a nice little garage too.

Why the change of top shock mounts ?
Nice car, and a nice little garage too.

The original ones are only there to support shocks not coilovers, I found that they were bending with the upward movement, I also didn't like the way they were made as there were made from 2 pieces welded together at the weakest point. The new ones are a one piece design. Its all trial and error with these cars, I'm still playing round with the coilover settings so it my not be the last modification.

I living in Portlaoise so not a million miles away from you.

Well I can't believe its taken me this long to post some more pics,

Right so I flipped the car over and atacked the rust, usual spots the 4 sill corners,


Then it was sealed,


I wasn't happy with the brake setup so I installed a pedal box,


I then continued sandblasting the interior ready for primer,


Changed the rear light to a more modern replaceable unit,

Then i applied a fine primer coat to stop the rust,


I then modified the locking arms on the rear suspension as I didn't like the original setup,


Then came the lovely task of body prep, the single longest time spent on one task,

I then packed all the bits onto the truck and took it off to be painted,


Parts in primer,



Spraying the car,


Parts painted,

Ok so it now safely back in the garage,



Now I needed to apply the stone gaurd to the wheel arches and spray the engine bay (to save money)



And the finished result,

Now the fun begins, putting all the gear back on,



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excellent write up andrew, sorry i couldnt make it up i was stuck in a bloody classroom all week, give me a shout if you want me to drop up any evenings next week...

Si...

great build gtm... can't wait to see this on the road...

miniireland wrote:excellent write up andrew, sorry i couldnt make it up i was stuck in a bloody classroom all week, give me a shout if you want me to drop up any evenings next week...

Si...

Thats no probs Si, it was really just a sugestion to get you out of the house and into a garage so you can get your hands dirty, I'm working on it most evenings after works (or when the wife lets me) so give me a buzz and come over.

Excellent work, keep us updated

Right a few more progress photos,

Front brakes plumbed,



Clutch plumbed,


Started on the cooling pipes,