1991 Mini - Project Trig

[Mini 360]

Righto! Im Andrew from NE Scotland and the proud owner of Trig, my first car, which is a 1991 Mini City E. (Thats right folks 998cc of pure power)

Wont post all the pics of the rebuild so far but heres some of the major ones.....will post most important new ones when the time arises.

Car looked like this before I took it off the road to sort its severe rust issues....


My Mini by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr

Aim is to make it as low as possible (so tubbed arches was clearly my only option....) with smoothed off panels whilst retaining seams.

So onto the rebuild photos! Wont give any explanations as you will be able to tell. From now on I will add more though











































DSCF4287 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4289 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4292 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4294 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4309 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4314 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4315 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4316 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


New parts -2/06/2011 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


New parts -2/06/2011 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


All the parts that wait to go on... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


All the parts that wait to go on... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


All the parts that wait to go on... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


All the parts that wait to go on... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


All the parts that wait to go on... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


Minis rust before welding.... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


Minis rust before welding.... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


Minis rust before welding.... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


Minis rust before welding.... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


Minis rust before welding.... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


Minis rust before welding.... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


Minis rust before welding.... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


Minis rust before welding.... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


Minis rust before welding.... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


Minis rust before welding.... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


Minis rust before welding.... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


Minis rust before welding.... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


Minis rust before welding.... by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr




DSCF3954 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


















04/09/2011 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


04/09/2011 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


04/09/2011 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


04/09/2011 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


IMG_9757 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


IMG_9760 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


IMG_9771 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4376 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4373 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4378 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4377 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4392 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4406 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr



DSCF4410 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4411 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4414 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4416 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4421 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4430 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4431 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4439 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4466 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


DSCF4547 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr

IMG_0756 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


IMG_0762 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


IMG_0782 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


IMG_0854 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


IMG_0855 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr


IMG_0856 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr

And thats the progress from May 2010 to yesterday! Hello StanceWorks!

[Rally]

Yes! This is awesome!

[Minuki]

About time you got yourself on here, Andy!

Welcome to StanceWorks.

[Teknomaz]

Oh yeas this is awesome do love a Mini workmate of mine just rebuilt one for his son-in-law and its sooo cool.

[Jorge]

Awesome work so far man, what is with you Scots restoring Minis on here?

[Mini 360]

Yes! This is awesome!

Thanks man!

About time you got yourself on here, Andy!

Welcome to StanceWorks.

Aye you're telling me! Took an age to post the above! :lol:

Oh yeas this is awesome do love a Mini workmate of mine just rebuilt one for his son-in-law and its sooo cool.

Who doesn't? Best first car to have!

Awesome work so far man, what is with you Scots restoring Minis on here?

Thanks! We must be a sucker for the rust I suppose!

Should be painted by end of next week all going well so its almost time for rebuild!

[Vermilion]

Fantastic build so far, I can't wait to see more! Much respect for taking on such a project.

[Mini 360]

Fantastic build so far, I can't wait to see more! Much respect for taking on such a project.

Thanks!

I should also mention Im 20 yrs old with no professional training/experience. Started the project aged 18 and had it since I was 13. So all self taught and a can do attitude!

Aim is to have it done by end of May

[axelillo_PR]

Wow didn't look as bad in the first picture, amazing work

[way2fastx3]

This looks great! Keep up the good work im watching!

[PedroM]

Awesome mini!

[Yogi_Bear]

I say cut this down the middle make it a good 6 inches wider and a lot lower, good start and looks good either way

[hi its me alec]

yet another awesome build. thank you for sharing. i'm going to show this to my dad

[miracLe]

Holy rusttttttttttttt

[Gator]

I love this