My First Car - 1991 Rover Mini Neon [Image Heavy]

[DavidA]

A little way away...he does mail order too though, new and used bits, just in case Mini Spares don't have what you want.

[phillmoore]

Well, this must be almost up to date now...does that mean you're gonna start doing more to the car to keep the threads updated?

nearly tho Ive still got a lot more photos to do an also update the one's i haven't uploaded yet but yeas as you know i need my new wiring loom an spare metal or lots of money before i can really start gutting an replacing bits

A little way away...he does mail order too though, new and used bits, just in case Mini Spares don't have what you want.

very nice I'll keep that in mind if i cant find it on minispares (tho i do get 7.5% off everything on minispares which helps )

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heyoo so i spent all day cleaning up the ground connection and also stripping a room in the house and stripping the interior then cleaning and storing it to protect it from mould etc

my brilliant idea to seal the top vent on the fuel tank a load of electrical tape and my old rotary arm



my solar panels set up to charge the minis battery



side indicator on my solar bag showing input voltage from the panels, it did reach up to 13.8v which the solar charge box regulates and charges the battery accordingly



and simple crocodile clips to connect to the battery



the ground connection bolt hole looking a little worse for wear



after sanding back the surface rust and i did coat it in a dab of hammerite paint to tid me over till i sort the rest of the boot just making sure my ground is fine for testing the electrics later



removed the seats



rather poor condition bolt holes for the seats...sorry for the blurred shots









the room i cleared 6 desktops 3 laptops 2 ps3's and an assortment of broken junk from to make space for my mini's bits



my interior all laid out after being hoovered and sprayed with cleaners and mould protection



the once clear room now filled with most of my interior for storage whilst i work on the body and electrics

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how i left the mini after clearing up with fading light





more to come very soon

[mr_fish]

cracking on with this now

love the storage room!

[phillmoore]

cracking on with this now

love the storage room!

yeah tho unfortunately its only thread updates of previous work tho im almost up to date

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continuing the previous updates :

Unfortunately Ive had some damage as my mum decided to reverse into my mini after misjudging her angle and clipped the wheel arch











luckily its just popped the wheel arch out an bent the front wing a little so it was easy to sort out

Ive also chipped out all the bitumen from the floor ( pics to come soon ) an found quite a bit of rust tho when i get some new metal an start to fit it hopefully I wont find much more

[phillmoore]

after taking the seats out ive found my new driving position to be a bit worrying



what my floor actually looks like after removing the bitumen



and photos of all the rust i could find starting with the x beam on the drivers side...lots of rust an yes thats the driveway an outside you can see through the holes



closer view of above



drivers side seal from inside with x beam on the right



close up of above



drivers footwell



close up of the corner of the drivers footwell



the drivers side seal under the seatbelt anchor point



the drivers side under the rear seats





the drivers side seat rests

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and a quick spray over with a cheap spray paint just to protect it til i can get the new parts an welding done













after doing all this i went to go an do the other side on the same day an stood up quickly from crouched straight into my brothers rear door which was open (as he was parked next to me an was working on it... see my new driving position photo up top in the reflection ) right on the base of my spine and had a small but painful puncture wound so i had to wait for my back to stop aching til i could do the other side ill add those photos soon



thanks for reading

[DavidA]

It didn't look too bad until you went in for the close up ! Amazing what you find once you start scraping away at the surface.

[phillmoore]

It didn't look too bad until you went in for the close up ! Amazing what you find once you start scraping away at the surface.

yeah most of the holes got bigger as i was hammering the bitumen out an i thought the same that's why I took the close ups to show the epic holes tho Ive got a load of new metal waiting to be ordered when i have some extra cash an then find the time an welder so i can cut an replace all the holes etc

[silverzx]

You have to put a hydraulic handbrake on this!

[phillmoore]

and the other side of the bitumen removal

it looks like there was a repair made by the factory when they removed the seal again...i guess



the front passenger foot well



an close ups







the rear passenger foot well



some rust beginning to form along the x member



underneath the rear seats



the pile of bitumen from just the left side



the front passenger seat belt anchor point



the rust on the x member to sill ( no where near as bad as the right side but will still be replaced )





an id noticed paw prints on the bonnet of my car... finally found the culprit

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an looking nice an shiny after a lovely clean







and whats left inside the car



an the most recent photos of me reconnecting the battery - amazingly it didn't start by itself an started after some loving with a lil choke then let the choke off an it ran ok by itself ( needs advancing a tiny bit and the new loom will help with the sparks as it occasionally misses a cylinder but the state of the wires going to the coil look very shoddy )



an my bro steve (WiNgNuTz) working on his car at the same time lol tho i think he died in this picture as he was there for a long time without moving



an that's my project thread finally updated to the present an i look forward to updating it when Ive done some more work

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You have to put a hydraulic handbrake on this!

i may doo but as you can see from the photos I currently don't need my handbrake as it off the brakes are seized an my tires are mostly flat too

[silverzx]

Footpump + gaffa tape should sort those problems right out!