my 998 rebuild

[smtaylor3]

hi everyone this is my mini 998 rebuild needs abit of work but getting there im sorry now i didnt take many pictures of us replacing floor sections and step sills but have a few pics






floors in now just to weld underneath paint and welding the outter sills on

[smtaylor3]

palns for the mini she will be running on 10inch minilifes , will be fitted with mk1 grille and tail lights and will be a retro mk1 paint job possibly works red .

engine wise will be fairly standard 998 fitted with lcb , straight thru exhaust into rc40 back box , nikki twin choke carb and will be porting and polishing the head , may fit a mg metro cam and cooper head or upgrade to 1275 if can get one cheap enough

will be running on gas kyb shocks and hopefully cooper s disc if anyone has any going cheap get in touch please thanks

[keith]

looking really good....

[smtaylor3]

thanks need to get pics sorted , she away for paint now once the oul boys vw splitscreen is painted

[smtaylor3]

has been a while since ive been on this but after many many months the body work has started and with my 18th just passed ive managed to gather up some funds for some more parts . pics to follow


a panels, front panel and wings back on


ive been going out to the bodyshop and trying to help where i can to try and the costs down and speed up the process ground down out the dents on the door today as u can see there was alot of dents




i also decided to debumper the front hope it looks good when its done

[smtaylor3]

also started to make abit of progress with the engine got it painted and cleaned up its not perfect but it doesnt look to bad


my nikki twin choke carb my ebay bargin

and my bargin gas shocks i picked up got 20quid off them in the shop so happy days haha

[DAVEY_C]

looks prity good pal, ye should have debumpered the rear too because it can look a bit out of balance otherwise...

[smtaylor3]

im not to keen on the rear debumpered wait and see its retro rally style

[smtaylor3]

well its a year on im a little bit wiser have more facial hair but the mini is still yet to be painted but its getting round to getting her final coat this week hopefully

[smtaylor3]

sorry for the poor quality pics, where taken with my iphone

[smtaylor3]

havent updated this in a while so apologises, havent done to much this last while got the shell painted and the back frame built up and fitted with all new poly bushens, brakes and pipes these pics are from before christmas

[smtaylor3]

So not much has happened until i got my motorbike sold and ended up going shopping online and bought callipers, headlamps ,tail lamps, bumpers, grille etc etc the whole lot near everything bought now!

few shiny bits put on today


alot of work being done this week on the car roll on the MOT

[joeyfinneran]

Nice work there

And nice campervan VW badge

[kerryminigringo]

Love the black roof over the grey body,really coming together now.Bet you can't wait to get it out driving

[smtaylor3]

thanks for the comments folks coming together good bit left to do tho. abit of progress today tackled the front frame today got all stripped and cleaned up ready for painting along with the cooper hubs and drives

original frame was clean rotten so got another frame off one of my mates so handy enough

[Dylan8660]

Keep your old rubber mounts or put some new ones in your plans, I'm in the process of getting rid of all the poly bushes as they weren't up to the job, as although they don't compress as much as rubber (when new) they don't react as quick either.

[smtaylor3]

awwk dont tell me that ;(, they will have to do there bought now haha full steam ahead, got ball joints in the S hubs today and all shimmed up hopefully get the front frame in this week/saturday, no pics sadly!

[knock.mini]

Looks really good man fair play to you.. i love the light grey its a nice period colour for a mk1 copy

[smtaylor3]

thanks i think its abit of a marmite colour but i really like it so and im more than happy with the way its coming together

[minionly]

Luv the colour

[smtaylor3]

hi folks got abit of work done yesterday got the divers window in, pedal box and steering collum also got all front suspension parts and hubs sanded down and painted all ready to go back into the frame tonight/tomorrow

some of my new shiny bits and pieces

annodised solid frame mount looks super sexy if do say so myself!



also fitted the tail lamps and set on the back bumper for a cheeky wee pic



another update tomorrow evening, sorry about the poor quality pics

[CB_Phil]

Some work youve done to her

[smtaylor3]

hi folks not great at doing updates. very little progress been busy with other projects motorbike and the vw splitscreen unfortunately the split is sold and gone to scotland vvvsad day but......... got abit of progress done on the mini. got the roof cloth and glass in yday the back window however is proving more difficult :/

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[kerryminigringo]

Slow but steady progress,nothing beats putting stuff back on a newly painted shell although it does show up any rusty nuts or bolts on the stuff you are putting back on.Not that you have that problem.

[smtaylor3]

hi folks small update! front frame is in, steering rack etc etc all connected so car is now rolling again brake pipes run through the car and all connected up bled and working . sorting out wiring loom and petrol pipes tomorrow so hopefully next week the engine will be ready to drop back in

sorry for the crappy pics will get a few more

saw this sticker and thought it suited it