The Lowly Gentlemen 1974 Austin Mini

[Rally]

So what's the plan, new donuts, HiLos, adjustable dampers and camber brackets?

Yeah, the subframe and trailing arms will get cleaned up and refreshed and then the usual suspension parts...new cones, original HiLos, camber/toe brackets, and Gaz adjustable dampers.

You may want to look into Protech coilovers as well, maybe go to a beam on the back. I guess really depends what you want to do. I've been riding on them for a week now and absolutely love them. I'm saying this after having fresh donuts, blue springs, black springs, red springs, and air suspension on the Mini. I can see pro's and minuses to all setups, but honestly I am very happy with this setup.

Huh, I haven't come across the Protechs before. I'll have to look into that option. I've already got the parts to do HiLos/Cones, but maybe in the future. The goal with the car is to have a fun little canyon carver and autocross weekend car.

Are you bringing it out to h2o in OCMD this weekend?

[catuned]

moving along Andrew

[notabmw1]

You may want to look into Protech coilovers as well, maybe go to a beam on the back. I guess really depends what you want to do. I've been riding on them for a week now and absolutely love them. I'm saying this after having fresh donuts, blue springs, black springs, red springs, and air suspension on the Mini. I can see pro's and minuses to all setups, but honestly I am very happy with this setup.

[floatingdino]

the little shocks are so cute

[Keith602]

I wish I had taken as much care as you have in documenting the restoration. I like that your progress updates are presented in an almost mini story (no pun intended). Looking forward to more

[eethirty]

the photography is amazing man. cant wait to see more!

[Tupers]

So what's the plan, new donuts, HiLos, adjustable dampers and camber brackets?

[Rally]

Thanks guys!

Got the rear suspension disassembled and just wanted to document with before shots prior to rebuilding it all and cleaning it up. It's quite the mess at the moment.

[theseeker411]

Looks like it was a productive day! I know I've probably said it before, but I love the color of your car.

[Paulpooted]

Keep it up man! Looks good hope to see it in person some day

[Rally]

I spent the day tinkering with the Mini once again.

I removed the old rear valance as it had taken a beating and began to rust from the inside out.



I dropped out the rear subframe in anticipation of rebuilding the suspension and it allowed me to get to the valance block-off plates.



There's still some work to be done underneath, but I went ahead and mocked up the new valance.



As the day went on, I moved over to the workbench to work on the head. I fabbed up some plugs so I can convert the K1100 head to a dry tooth belt drive system for the cams.

[Rally]

I'm not sure how I've missed this but great work Andrew, Such a classic little car and great color choice. I will probably end up trying to find one of these soon since its the only car my girlfriend is actually interested in haha. Keep it up!

Thanks Paul, your build is one that helps keep motivation high through the resto work. Let me know if you have any questions about Mini buying and such.

[Paulpooted]

I'm not sure how I've missed this but great work Andrew, Such a classic little car and great color choice. I will probably end up trying to find one of these soon since its the only car my girlfriend is actually interested in haha. Keep it up!

[Miles.]

I'm from the uk and I'd be happy to get you some plates made up, pm me.

[am4nf]

or if the companies wont ship it im sure someone over here would be willing to