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picked this one up the other nite...



im seriously gonna have no money for the next year or so, but anyway...
can ya guess what it is???

it hasn't been on the road for about 10 years, its a 1977 that is currently in primer, so expected ready for paint..
i havent had a chance to look over it proper as i was doing a course all weekend but will get a chance tomoro so will post up more then...

i seriously need to get the finger out and get things shifted, this is No. 5.....

steven

really how much u want for it, really want a clubby estate!!!

good guess!

am gonna get it road worthy and then im not sure what to do with it really...
it has the 1098 engine so is bit faster than my 1 litres which is/would be nice, plus it actually has a decent size boot ...
id say il end up selling my green mini and my red mini too, keep this one and then finally finish of my project mini nancy...
see im thinking this would be a nice car for going to IMM in...
i know a fella selling a decent clubman if that floats your boat either?? very little or no one knows about it and to be honest it was on my wish list but seeing as that i got this instead im quite happy to share the secrecy now.. its hidden away in cavan too so give me shout if ya wanna get look at it.. 0864033950

just sent a txt, cheers! nice find wit the estate

well had a good look and poke through the car today, was told it needed a bit of work so was prepared for anything really...
turned out quite good, there was new outer sills put on (when i have no clue of) which were actually welded on properly, had a good look in the rear pockets and seems to be bit good bit of surface rust
found a few botch jobs around the car in the rear arches, the rear valence and rear side valences, bit of rust in the spare wheel area of the boot, and some rust in the footwells...
the inner of the front wings and front panel are very good with just a little surface rust but ya can still see the original paint too, have one perfect, have a spare one but just needs a skin, one of the back doors is perfect the other needs a little patching..
most of the interior is pretty much perfect as they were covered with plastic
all in im very pleased with its condition il be making up[ a list of parts as i go along, i started cutting out some rust and welding in fresh steel untill the welder started playing up and i gave up.....
best find on the car is that the alloys look to be brand new and never use besides rolling the car around 6x10 wellers.. woop woop!!!

il let the pics do the talking...

Thats a potentially god Clubman estate you have there Steven-congrats.

And its pretty much a blank canvas so you can tailor it to your own spec.
Bet your back yard is looking like a Mini dealership at this stage!!!!!!!!!


Tony

Coonos Cab wrote: Bet your back yard is looking like a Mini dealership at this stage!!!!!!!!!

Tony

and thats a bad thing?!?!?!?!?!

There's only 5 mini's out the back, 3 of which drive and 1 being just a shell. Parents don't seem to mind to much

Nice find anyway (and onother reason to keep away from Nancy)

I'd keep this one, I find the big booth on my yoke is great for lugging stuff, sell the red & green one and have nancy as a show/weekend/special car with all the nice bits.

nice will be the business if you get time off from welding other peoples minis!

well that was a lovely project u have there, when will she be finished??? love the wheels.


Steven

cheers tony and rest, she deffo will be a nice one...
im sick of having so many mini undone so plan is to get all of them done by the end of february, that means:
finish of BOB's bit of filling and get it through the nct.
patch up whatever needs to be patched on clubby estate and get her paint and rolling again.
drag Nancy home finish of filling the car and start building and putting in subframes and 'a' engine, and paint job..

the joys ....

anywho, back to clubby estate, gt some nice new front floor pans courtesy of paul glennon so instead of tidying up little rust patches in the original floor wells il just weld in a new one question: il be removing the engine so i can clean and paint the engine bay which takes alot of weight form the front of the car, i then plan on doing the floor wells, will i have to brace the floor someway or another before i cut out the original or would it be fine without???
never done front floor pans before so any tips also appreciated

edit: theres 5 minis at the back of the house 4 mine and sis's 1, and nancy's hidden away..
shell is going so that will be one less , pheeeeeew....

steven

Put the axle stands under it, make sure it's level in all directions. Prob be an idea to brace it as well and get cutting

Jozi wrote:Put the axle stands under it, make sure it's level in all directions. Prob be an idea to brace it as well and get cutting

ya make it sound so easy yet so hard...

was busy earlier on, got a frame made up for an electric hoist that was bought for me in lidl a while back..
will be a good job for taking out the engine



steven

as promised...



and.........





electric hoist was a mighty job.. got the engine out alot quicker than i did first time

will start strip rest of engine bay and give it a good clean and some new paint...

any tips on needing to brace the front floor wells or not when i replace them???? theres no weight to the car at all so was thinkin just cut out old and weld in new....

steven

There is no need to brace the shell when replacing floor pans if you are leaving the tunnel and sills in place,however if you are replacing the whole floor then you would need to brace the door frames but seeing as it is only the pans you are replacing you should be OK.

cheers for reply aiden. wasn't sure what to do.. it is only the front floor pans so will give them a go tomoro if the welder doesn't start playing up...

edit: meant to as you by the way, have ya still got that estate at the backl of the shed??? mite be gettin one or two bits of ya if there savable...
never got ya mans number that restores the minis in dundalk

If what you want is there then you are free to work away,PM me with what you want and I can see if it is there.

Any idea for a colour yet?

Good luck with the floor pan

Jozi wrote:Any idea for a colour yet?

Good luck with the floor pan

black, white roof white wellers, tinted windows

just_st3v3n wrote:
black, white roof white wellers, tinted windows

absolutly slam it-undrivably low!!!

low and slow!!!!1

daniel garry wrote: absolutly slam it-undrivably low!!!

mustard wrote:low and slow!!!!1

sorry to dissapoint lads but its gonna be neither

engine is gonna be standard 1.1 with stage one kit, not sure how fast/slow it will be..
gonna keep original ride height too unless i can get some cheap adjusta rides...

welder is bein a bitch today so am just strippin the engine bay to make ready for clean and paint.. <--- no real bad patches so hopefully wont need welding. gonna lift the car over subframe in a bit but toes and fingers are gone a bit numb so hence having a nice cup of tea

well stephen how are you keeping.
best of luck with the new project.
you have lots of work to keep you busy now

wats craic tom? hows ur mini??

was to cold last couple weeks to venture outside but felt brave today and cut out one side of footwell..
was bout to weld in the new panel (having got new parts for welder which i thought were causing the problem) only for the welder was being a (*&(&^ again....
so decided to open up the welder and check all the wires, a big kink in the wire feed was casuing the problem, so i cut it which leaves me with even less length of a hose, then cut my hand quite deep with stanley knife which put a halt to everything
joys..........................

ha joys of having a mini!!!

stanley knifes are lethal, dad ended up cutting his arm from wrist to elbow, pure accident, and just put a new blade in bout 2 mins before... bout 6-7 years ago now...