Well im am sorry the seems look good the roof roof looks straight looks like original paint, and A pilliars look clean, seems to be a straight rust free mini, and some clowns have gone and cut it up, we bang on about TOP GEAR fools, they have a million minis over there kicking about we have a few hundred decent ones, ONE LESS NOW, why would you post such cruel pics on here, to be honest I HOPE YOU SINK, and you cut the roof off so totaly wrecked it now, too much time and money, I dont care for CHARITY race you could have sold the shell and made more money and used a old JAP WRECk, buy a Sigma or someting not someting love we here on this forum all love and cherish

Thats just a waste of a good mini

OF SOAP BOX BUT I KNOW SO MANY ARE THINKING IT

Why not use the moke in front?
Wouldn't have had to cut the roof off.

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Agreed Kenno and Monte

You have totally destroyed a great mini shell. For what a few laughs and a bit of fun thats gunnna last a few hours and then be no good.

Just look through the pages of basketcases that people are restoring and they are a lot worse than that. Then you come and show us a picture of a really good body and then what you have done with a 9"grinder

What a shame what a real shame, i dont know why you would be proud of that?

I wouldnt be


If it was a real basket-case it partially understandable, but that, thats the farthest from a basketcase you can get. I just dont understand, I realy dont

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R.I.P poor mini
You will be missed.

I'm not defending this guy in any way, because what I have seen here makes me a little bit sick!, but not all is lost.
This is exactly how the poms (I use them as an example, as they seem to be doing it a lot; mainly because of their abundance of Minis) start doing a roadster/convertible conversion.

So lets see what actually happens.

Having said that, I foresee this mini being sent to the scrap yard upon completion.
But I love being proved wrong.

The bottom of the mini is gone after 25 years sitting on its belly in the dirt. Without the drums it certainly would sink. It will see more years as a charity raft than as a scrapped shell in a wreckers yard.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Photo's don't always show the full picture.... At least its being used for good things.

Cheers,

Dicko

Bring the zoom level on your screen up a few notches & have a close look at the pics.... It's not that tidy around the bottom of the door, the A-panel or the pillar seam/scuttle panel around the bottom of the windcreen, and that's just what's visible in the pics.

I'm sure those doing the job would have thoroughly asessed the worthiness of the shell for other purposes before committing it to this. Don't get up on your high horses when you don't know the full picture.

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You're only supposed to blow the BLUDDY DOORS OFF!!

Yes, to all the Haters, the Body shell is WAY beyound repair.... Every panel has large holes, where there is no rust holes. There is Bog... The front floor had rusted to nothing. When we loaded the car at the farmers place, the entire shell buckelled. and we are having to use some box section to keep it kinda straight....

But for all the Lovers, here is a video of its maden Test float..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQBnFwQt ... e=youtu.be



An English one!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RcSv74d ... re=related

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yeah hey,,, ifeel the passion,,, but it is his car, he can do what he wants with it,,, sounds like it`s way worse than it looks,,,, the charity thing is admirable... leave it go

good onya brett,,, have a go & i hope you do a decent job of it so it`s a stay-er in the charity raft races for many years to come

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

And lets face it , if it was destined for the crusher and you can raise some money for charity, all the more power to Brett and his family


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Hey Brett, I knew the body was stuffed, you can't save them all.
Love the video!

I love the English Wild Rapids one!

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Love the video Brett, it just needs a 6HP outboard motor mounted through the floor?! to save all that paddling.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

ha ha. there is no floor ... we are going to weild something in to make a floor. thought about a motor, but 4 people paddling. should be ok

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