Well I am finally moving the mini into its new home. I have to transport the bare shell on the back of a trailor. So I have a few questions.

What is the best method of securing a bare shell to a trailor?

Should I put something underneath?

How should I tie it down?

Any tips would be great.

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Simon
Daily Driver - Yellow Devil 76 Clubman
Restoration Project - Primer grey 66 Morris Mini Deluxe

use old tyres under the car - you may need them stacked 2 x high at the back so you don't damage the battery box.

Use 2 x ratchet webbing straps through the door openings, and a couple of ropes tied to the bumper holes just to be safe.

And 4 people will carry it much more gently than 2 will

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Too many cars, and too little time.

I only used a blacket underneath and a few ropes and it didn't fall off flying down the F3

were your sisters sitting in it at the time Fruity??

I will be moving Evil in a few weeks also. will sit on 4 spare wheels and strap down through the door opening and through the centre of the car also..

planks of wood under the shell good for lifing it with a few blokes too!

Run a strap through the guts of the shell, from one side to the other. A ratchet on the strap will pull it down tight.

like this....

any tyre place will give you as many old tyres as you want
(they have to pay to get rid of them)

There are other ways to tranport a shell, but I wouldn't recommend it

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Too many cars, and too little time.

dodgy bastard!!!

I like the Idea of wood, but I will get a couple of tyres as well. Nice big ones. 34" just in case.

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Simon
Daily Driver - Yellow Devil 76 Clubman
Restoration Project - Primer grey 66 Morris Mini Deluxe

Hahahaha Mike, that's exactly how we brought both mine home except the 2nd mini was long ways hanging off the back off the trailer! What people must of thought on our way up the F3! My step-father's attitude was 'she'll be right, you worry to much. I used boy scout knots!'


That'd be funny if I had sisters

Don't make me sift the pool room to find that family pic.

you useing a box trailer or a car trailer if a box trailer get two decent blocks of timeber cut some notches into em and sit them on the sides of the trailer then put the car on top use a strap through the doors as sugested and maybe one front to back through the hols in the fire wall and the hole in the rear seat upright
makka

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matress good idea... rope good idea .... chain dumb idea. white stuff is air filtetr media..

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No longer Ms Westwoods mini outside her original kings road shop

Well moved the shell on Saturday. It is now in its new home.

just used some tyres and ratchet straps.

A BIG thanks to Dean, Josh, Brad, Dino and others for the extra pairs of hands.

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Simon
Daily Driver - Yellow Devil 76 Clubman
Restoration Project - Primer grey 66 Morris Mini Deluxe

I never thought of using a mattress, that's a top idea.

no worries simon im glad the trailor worked out, now to get some work done on the shell so your missus can join us on a mini cruise

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