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Hi all, I’m back after a few years away. Some of you may remember my previous builds, the 205 GTI rally car and a Fiesta St. I’m back now with not 1 but 2 projects. The first of these is this. It’s a 1985 Mini Mayfair that I originally owned for a brief period when I was 18. I sold it to a guy in Liverpool and I managed to track it down and buy it back in September 2019.
The car itself wasn't a bog standard Mayfair. It has a 1275 MG Metro engine and box, spax suspension, MG Metro 4 pots, 13" minilites and had been fully de-seemed. Now, all this was done before I originally bought it in 2005, add in the fact its been sat outside since 2006 until I re acquired it in 2019, its safe to say that pretty much everything needs to be replaced. Since its going to be re born as a historic rally car, everything will need to be replaced anyway so its a perfect base to start with.
The plan and the story so far is a full rebuild after finding copious amounts of rust, as you’ll see, and then building it as a historic spec rally car. I’ll let the pictures do the talking but so far it’s been fully stripped, the driver side sill/floor/door step has been replaced and the heel board repaired. Panels are on order to do the same on the passenger side and also replace the quarter panel.
The car itself wasn't a bog standard Mayfair. It has a 1275 MG Metro engine and box, spax suspension, MG Metro 4 pots, 13" minilites and had been fully de-seemed. Now, all this was done before I originally bought it in 2005, add in the fact its been sat outside since 2006 until I re acquired it in 2019, its safe to say that pretty much everything needs to be replaced. Since its going to be re born as a historic rally car, everything will need to be replaced anyway so its a perfect base to start with.
The plan and the story so far is a full rebuild after finding copious amounts of rust, as you’ll see, and then building it as a historic spec rally car. I’ll let the pictures do the talking but so far it’s been fully stripped, the driver side sill/floor/door step has been replaced and the heel board repaired. Panels are on order to do the same on the passenger side and also replace the quarter panel.
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