The Lowly Gentlemen 1974 Austin Mini

[TheTynosaur]

I love classic minis so much

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[SheaMoose]

It's just as beautiful in person.
Have fun with it man.

[Queef|Chief]

This thing is siiick!

[Rally]

What are your plans with it bud?

Style-wise I plan to back date some of the details and go for a simple understated look.

Performance wise, I'll be restoring the brakes and suspension with performance parts and swapping in a stronger powerplant. The hope is to build a solid driver car that will be reliable but also fun in the mountains/canyons.

[theseeker411]

So awesome, Andrew! Can't wait to see the progress of this.

[Minuki]

Excellent, Andrew! Been following this on Instagram. Can't wait to see your progress

[E30LIFE]

What are your plans with it bud?

[montgomery]

So freaking beautiful

[ktfright]

love that color

[Khalil]

Sooooooooooo innnnnnnnn <3

[Keith602]

Looks gorgeous!

[CubbyChowder]

Can't wait to see the progress on this

[nismo sentra]

clean car

[Rally]

It's about time I started a thread for my latest project car as it arrived at the StanceWorks garage a month or two ago. It's a car that I've wanted since I was a little kid and I'm beyond excited to have on in my grasps now. As many you may know, I've built 2 of the new MINIs in the past. I loved them, but they never quite filled my desire for a true Classic Mini.

For the background story on my love for Minis, you can read my article here:

http://www.stanceworks.com/2013/07/the-daily-grind-a-trip-back/

This summer, I picked up a 1974 Austin Mini. It's El Paso Beige with a black interior. It's powered by the 998 A-Series and sits on top of a very tired rubber cone suspension that will need a thorough refreshing soon. It originated in the UK and as such is a RHD model.

As it arrived from the previous owner:







The first step was removing the old vinyl to clean the car's appearance up a bit