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Should I restore it?
Yep... it's not too far gone 71%  71%  [ 15 ]
Nah... look for something better 29%  29%  [ 6 ]
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Still lots of life in that, Will. What are you complaining about?! :lol:

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Hey there willy m8,

That's a lot of work there but fear not - I have faith in you getting it done.

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Hanra wrote:
Write off.... Dump job.


If everyone who had a mini that had a "bit" of rust in it had your attitude, there would be no mini's left.

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Spaceboy wrote:
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it wasnt that rusted out when i was first told about it :cry:
when my mate simon (whos not on ausmini) owned it :roll:
it was even running then he told me they drove it down the street :shock:

shows wat leavin it sittin in a back yard for a while can do to it :roll:


so you think that happened in the 2 weeks it was sitting in my backyard with a tarp on it?
dont shoot your mouth off if you dont know the facts.

it is worth every dollar we paid for it, which was the same price it was sold to willy for.



so it sat in ur yard for two weeks ? i dont think so :roll:

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Hanra wrote:
Write off.... Dump job.


If everyone who had a mini that had a "bit" of rust in it had your attitude, there would be no mini's left.

Doogie


I cant agree with Doogie more :D A bit of hard work always pays off! :wink:

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yep its fixable just a matter of doin it :wink:

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you can always bring a mini back to life, and i think many people here will agree with me wen i say "if u got the money n time to restore it i commend you" And also just think u can restore it to however you want it, modify it or keep it original. Goodluck wit the resto, it'll be worth it in the end to c another mini return to the road!!
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Rude and others, these are my thoughts exactly.
I am not being encouraged by a few people, however.

These people have no faith :roll:
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Keep on truckin!!

I t will be alot of hard work to finish it but its one less mini to the scrap yard. All the panels are still abvailable and when you build from the ground up you have a massive feeling of acomplishment and pride in your car.

Take the opertunity to teach yourself some new skills. Welding, spray painting. By the end you will know every nut bolt and weld on it.
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meh, no hard work at all, just drop it off at the panel shop and get new panels welded on, get the shell sandblasted and primed and away you go, its a complete shell, not like the last one which needed everything.. :wink:
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the last shell willy had was in better nic than this one way way less rust :?

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MOD EDIT - Settle down spaceboy
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ss wanab wrote:
the last shell willy had was in better nic than this one way way less rust :?


except that it was a bare shell, full of bog
and this shell is complete with all running gear, glass etc.. and no bog
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i dont see how wat u done is anyway diffrent from wat nick (666) done wid his shell :!:

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we rescued this shell from rusting in a metal yard. that is the difference.
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