1973 Irish Clubman Estate
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:29 pm
Just before christmas I bought my second mini. I found it on Donedeal I am sure some of you will recognise it.
This is it when i bought it. It was in ok condition and had been recently restored after lying up for years. ( I will add the pictures of what it was like as previous owner gave them to me. All the donkey work had been done but it needed finishing off. The interior especially was in a bad way. Original carpets were all gone and replaced by a roughly cut piece of underlay and house carpet. It was also leaking due to incorrect door rubbers.
This is it when I bought it.
With huge help from Paul and James at Minifix have gotten the rubbers sorted (They were an awful job) also there was play in the steering so they fitted a new steering rack. Santa came with four new Cooper S steelies in Old English White and new 165 tyres. They make a hell of a difference to the road holding.
So now it look like this.
And this week I finally got delivery of the new carpets from Newton Commercial which have made a hell of a difference to the interior. I also got sound deadening material off Vinny Byrnes and the it has quietened down the road noise.
Mods(These few pictures may be help for Tech section as the instructions that come with the carpets are limited to say the least.)
So this was it at the start
When I took out the seats and started taking out the carpets I discovered one of my floor grommets were letting in water as this shows
I got sealer to seal them all just to be sure. I then sparyed the floor where tiny little rust spots could be seen with primer.
I decided to give the heater a flush as it was only ever warm and not hot even after changing the heater valve in engine bay. I discovered why it was crumbling apart in my hands when I took it out.
Then I fitted Sound deadening followed by Wheel Arch carpet bits then center Crossmember and sill sections as per instructions. All need trimming so do dry runs before glueing them in.
Then fit bulkhead carpet
followed by the front and rear sections that can just drop in.
It finished
I will try to keep it updated as I continue to do bits and pieces and tidy the Clubbie up.
Thanks for looking.
This is it when i bought it. It was in ok condition and had been recently restored after lying up for years. ( I will add the pictures of what it was like as previous owner gave them to me. All the donkey work had been done but it needed finishing off. The interior especially was in a bad way. Original carpets were all gone and replaced by a roughly cut piece of underlay and house carpet. It was also leaking due to incorrect door rubbers.
This is it when I bought it.
With huge help from Paul and James at Minifix have gotten the rubbers sorted (They were an awful job) also there was play in the steering so they fitted a new steering rack. Santa came with four new Cooper S steelies in Old English White and new 165 tyres. They make a hell of a difference to the road holding.
So now it look like this.
And this week I finally got delivery of the new carpets from Newton Commercial which have made a hell of a difference to the interior. I also got sound deadening material off Vinny Byrnes and the it has quietened down the road noise.
Mods(These few pictures may be help for Tech section as the instructions that come with the carpets are limited to say the least.)
So this was it at the start
When I took out the seats and started taking out the carpets I discovered one of my floor grommets were letting in water as this shows
I got sealer to seal them all just to be sure. I then sparyed the floor where tiny little rust spots could be seen with primer.
I decided to give the heater a flush as it was only ever warm and not hot even after changing the heater valve in engine bay. I discovered why it was crumbling apart in my hands when I took it out.
Then I fitted Sound deadening followed by Wheel Arch carpet bits then center Crossmember and sill sections as per instructions. All need trimming so do dry runs before glueing them in.
Then fit bulkhead carpet
followed by the front and rear sections that can just drop in.
It finished
I will try to keep it updated as I continue to do bits and pieces and tidy the Clubbie up.
Thanks for looking.