Ive spent the last weeks on and off blasting, sanding, grinding and generally attacking my 1969 Morris Mini’s body shell to get it back to bare metal and see how good or bad it really is – and it has some history!
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“That’s suboptimal” far more polite than I would have been.
Wouldn’t it save time and money to just get a heritage shell?
loads of furious hard work there, well done. the underseal will be bitumen based so I would turn the shell on its side, heat with a heat gun on low setting and scrape as much off as possible, then use something to break down the bitumen and a wire brush. once you have a thin soft mess left white spirit or tar remover should work. won't be a quick job, sorry lol
This Mini has stood up very well, my 1974 Mini in 1984 was rotten but still saved my life when someone reversed out of their drive in front of me. All I can say is you must have a very understanding family. Merry Christmas to you and all your family Matt.
whiteland restorations?
Hi we have our mini on a spit as a bare shell took days of scraping to do the underside but we'll worth the effort loving the channel what about speaking to the boys that steph works with they said they have done a lot of minis don't no how local that would be to you though great to see the mini coming back on the channel
Pretty standard old Mini. Be very careful which repair panels you get. If they are avaiable from Heritage I would go there. A lot of the cheaper ones are just junk. I wouldn't bother repairing, just go for panels.
I'm impressed that YouTube's auto-generated subtitles can (mostly) understand the words coming from behind the mask!
Great to see more Mini content Matt.This car is just too important with its one-family provenance and Eustace Watkins dealership to alter from the original specification., and I think your consideration to involve experts in the proper repairs to the body is sensible as they are not easy to deal with properly .Don't write -off the rare automatic specification so rare nowadays , I drove a 1967 ' E ' reg. auto 850 and it was an absolute hoot and more fun than than you'd think !.I have recently completed recomissioning a 2-owner 1961 Austin Seven unused since 1974 and believe me , they provide more smiles per mile than much more powerful varients so don't compromise its immense rarity and the best of luck and have a great Christmas to you and your family .
From experience mate the only way to deal with the underseal properly is to get a heat gun and a thin scraper and have added warm it up and scrape it off takes rages smells horrible but works beautifully good luck
I have found that once the blasting media becomes dirty it's much more prone to clogging, it just seems to act like a magnet to any moisture. When it comes to attitudes towards repairs etc, I totally agree, I grew up in the 70's when you used to see all kinds of crazy stuff, cars with different coloured doors or wings, where they had simply gone down to a breakers yard and simply took what they could find and bolted onto their cars. Very common back then. Not something you see at all these days. Back in those days most people were more concerned about whether the darned car would start on a cold winters morning – something we take for granted these days with fuel injection. I remember my cold walks to school back in the early seventies, the sounds of starter motors whirring on and on, slowly getting slower, before the owner finally gave up and stomped off in the direction of the nearest bus stop!
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The poor car! Reminds me of Trigger’s broom!
Well worth restoring, the AP Automatic makes for a good drive, I had ‘69 Clubman Auto for a while in the early 90’s.
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Will there be a full end of year round up and future plans of the whole fd fleet then channel plans , roadctrips festivals , buying and selling. Many thanks keep up your great work.
Saw a mini Monday , probably seem less than 5 whole year😢
I don't care if it maybe worth a lot of money,Scrap it,it's not worth the effort,will only be part original anyway by the time you've replaced all the rusty bits and knackered trim,spend time and money on something that's actually worth it,like the Rovers.
All quite normal for a mini 🙂 It's easy to take a brutal approach with so many panels available to buy for the mini, but with hindsight now I'd choose to repair over replace wherever possible. But 'possible' is always relative to the skills and tools you have. That driver's wing is shot though 🙂
Lo Matt, History yes but at what cost. Did i miss a medium sized Lotto win? If you are gonna do it property it will make a large hole in your bank account. That won't stop me watchin you (havn a go) Good Luck.
I would use a hot air gun on the underseal.
Will watch this with great interest, as I've taken ownership of my very dear late Mum's white 1978 Mini Clubman, which she owned from new. It's done 84,000 miles but hasn't been driven for about 5 years. Although it's in good condition, it will need all kinds of maintenance after not being used for 5 years. Especially replacing 5 year old petrol and all the other fluids.
The Clubman saloon is a particularly rare model now. I see a few Clubman estates at car shows as well as the 1275GT which has the same front end. But very few Clubman saloons.
I'm currently at an outpatient appointment at the hospital but will watch this with great interest, as well as for sentimental / emotional reasons in honour of my very dear Mum, who very sadly passed away earlier this year due to a stair fall. She was otherwise very fit and healthy. Her Clubman is a great tribute and reminder of her personality and her life.
When you walked on at 3:20 without your hat and specs I thought 'hello who's this bloke?'
I had an 87 998cc Austin Mini City e that was automatic. I had the garage that sold it to me swap it out for a manual. Best decision I made for that car. You need to drive these cars like you’re driving the Monte Carlo rally 😆. I can’t wait to see the end results of this 👌🏻
I think, after all the rust shenanigans with the Crown Victoria you've become toughened to rust!
Resto mod the mini Turn it into a manual transmission get that 998 cc back in or even a 1275 cc engine into it better modern brakes shocks etc and enjoy the experience 😉I’m 100% sure you will love it when it’s complete- the Everyman’s car 👍🏻😉
Heat gun and scraper is how I have always done underseal. The sound deadening stuff I seem to remember is just a scraper. But it's easy to try. If you don't want to warp the panels you just use loads of tack welds, but make sure you earth is good and turn the amps up. With short tack I'd start at 60 amps, watch the Welsh man who loves buying knackered bmws, I want to say westland but I think it wrong.
Whilst the initial outlay is high I cannot recommend enough having an air fed welding/grinding helmet… You'll find that you will use it for everything, and the air feed means it will never steam up and keeps your head nice and cooled, the filter on the belt traps all the nasties so your lungs and eyes will thank you which is a bonus… Seriously it's been an absolute godsend as a metalworker. I wholeheartedly recommend!
Ps great vid as always chap!
That's sub optimal had me in stitches 😂
Wow you have made some great progress, Matt
Why bother when you can re shell it for about the same money ?
Matt there is only one person who can help and you have had him on the channel before. If Marc from simpsons classics can't advise you the knowledge isn't worth knowing. I can't wait to see further progress on the mk1
Well the good news is, the roof looks OK!😂😂 Sorry, but you'll have to bite the bullet and replace all the outer panels. Bodging it will come back to haunt you. Brace yourself, this is a big job. Good luck.👍 👍
I see an old Mini rising
I see trouble on the way
I see secrets and blasting
I see sand dunes today
Don't go home tonight
Cause you're bound to wake your wife
There's another car on the drive
(Apologies to John Fogerty! 😁👍)
The rear quarter panel is easy to replace. Don't repair it. I repaired one side of mine and wished i replaced the quarter panel like the other side.
When removing underseal, I usually use like a bunsenburner/open flame and scrape it off when it gets soft. This must be done with the car on it's side out doors. Since it's a bit of a smelly operation and most likely hazardous to breath in the fumes.
matt with ur mask on we couldn't understand a word you said lol
The best way to remove underseal from a car is to apply heat with a heat gun, then scrape off the softened underseal using a scraper; for stubborn areas, follow up with a wire brush to remove any remaining residue, and clean with a solvent like mineral spirits to finish
I have done the underside of my mini and i found that a wire wheel on an angle grinder works wonders. Make sure its proper wire wheel with a M14 threaded end.