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assembly procedure is the reverse of diss-assembly :-)

The wife's Clubby van has been under a silver Supercrap tarp for 4 years now, still not rusting.
IMO no cover, and getting rotting leaves in the gutters is the biggest no-no. Why do people store old cars under trees... :roll:

One guy in our club did a "project plan" on the restoration of his Mark II "S"

Quite sensational, but his profession was in the field of heritage preservation for the State Government so he obviously has the right skills.

However, as it was specific to his particular vehicle, I am guessing its not something that he'd particularly like being put out in the public domain.

Author:	mmalleck [ Sat Jan 01, 2011 9:18 am ]
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Has anyone created a step-by-step Mini assembly guide for the Australian Mini? I'm about to embark on this task. If one already exists, please send me a link. If not, I would like to create one during assembly. This would cover all aspects of assembling a 1966 Morris Cooper S Mini from bare shell to fully assembled driver. The outcome would be a project plan and pictures that others could use, including the roll-up window door assembly, chrome trim, window seals, interior, running gear, etc. I'm hoping others from Ausmini would contribute to this project. The project assumes all parts are ready for installation and wouldn't cover the refurbishment process. Any mistakes I make along the way would be covered in lessons learned - "always do this prior to this". Thoughts? Comments? Or is the Mini so simple, this isn't really needed? Mark

Author:	grey 64 [ Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:08 am ]
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thats a huge task. sounds good.

Author:	Wombat [ Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:02 pm ]
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Lindsay Porters Restoration Manual (Haynes H440) is a good start - BMC Minis by Marshall and Fraser another good book and of course a couple of different workshop manuals.

Author:	simon k [ Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:15 pm ]
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you could do it and publish a book - a fella in Victoria has just done that with a Minor 1,000,000 he restored. Beautiful book...

Author:	TheMiniMan [ Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:26 pm ]
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assembly procedure is the reverse of diss-assembly

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Author:	rehab1964 [ Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:48 pm ]
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TheMiniMan wrote: assembly procedure is the reverse of diss-assembly with less hammer work?

Author:	dalej [ Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:33 pm ]
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Great idea I say...

Author:	drmini in aust [ Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:05 pm ]
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The wife's Clubby van has been under a silver Supercrap tarp for 4 years now, still not rusting. IMO no cover, and getting rotting leaves in the gutters is the biggest no-no. Why do people store old cars under trees... [edit] woops wrong thread...

Author:	Wombat [ Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:28 pm ]
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drmini in aust wrote: The wife's Clubby van has been under a silver Supercrap tarp for 4 years now, still not rusting. IMO no cover, and getting rotting leaves in the gutters is the biggest no-no. Why do people store old cars under trees... You been past my place? ( note to self - move the Moke out from under the tree)

Author:	1275LS [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:39 am ]
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I thought there was already some restoration manuals out there. Possibly a better use of time is to list the tasks in order to dissassemble, restore and reassemble the cars. That way the only thing being written up is a list and not instructions that are already written elsewhere. I'd use the list for sure

Author:	CARTER_GT [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 1:10 am ]
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i think the Doc posted in the wrong topic

Author:	Super-mini [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 3:16 am ]
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there are gregory's workshop manuals which are aussie specific

Author:	kimini [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:01 am ]
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Could be handy!!! Epic task though !!!!! I'd be no help to ya tho.............. I'm sure in putting mine back together, that I've done EVERTHING ass-about and the hardest way possible !!!! Good luck!!

Author:	AEG163job [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:34 am ]
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One guy in our club did a "project plan" on the restoration of his Mark II "S" Quite sensational, but his profession was in the field of heritage preservation for the State Government so he obviously has the right skills. However, as it was specific to his particular vehicle, I am guessing its not something that he'd particularly like being put out in the public domain.

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Author:	mmalleck [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:47 am ]
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AEG163job wrote: One guy in our club did a "project plan" on the restoration of his Mark II "S" Quite sensational, but his profession was in the field of heritage preservation for the State Government so he obviously has the right skills. However, as it was specific to his particular vehicle, I am guessing its not something that he'd particularly like being put out in the public domain. A project plan is what I have in mind. I have some project management experience, so I figured this would be a good exercise and possibly useful to others. I already have over 800 pictures of my restoration so far, so I'd like to keep my photo journal going during the assembly process.