My beloved Red Hot Mini project

Thought i'd post a few pictures of my beloved 1988 Red Hot Mini, that i've finally finished restoring after several long years! As you can see from the first picture she was in a bit of a state as i'd driven her for several years and the rust was beginning to take hold.



So i finally decided to strip her down, replace the whole front end (which practically fell off), a fair amount of the floor, sills and a few other places, do her up and sell her.
















I did the spraying myself at the end of summer 2010, bought the original colour paint ready made in aerosol cans, which was a whole lot easier than using a paint gun, and not too expensive. (had previously helped my dad re-spray his Mk1 Cooper which you can see in the background using a paint gun and it was extremely messy).







And then the finished article here:









Took about 3 years in total, but had a lot of fun doing it. I sold the mini a couple of months ago for a fairly decent amount, was very sad to let her go, but couldnt really justify keeping it as well as my Mk1 Golf.  

What a gourgous little car. I had a mini before my golf. And i miss it now. And its only been gone since august… But it had to go before i got the mk1. And now i have a '68 riley elf in the back garage for when the golf is done. The golf should be on the road on tuesday.

What a gourgous little car. I had a mini before my golf. And i miss it now. And its only been gone since august… But it had to go before i got the mk1. And now i have a '68 riley elf in the back garage for when the golf is done. The golf should be on the road on tuesday.

Thanks. Yes mini's are great cars to have, theyre so much fun to drive! I'm quite sad to have sold it now, but i couldnt really justify keeping it unfortunately.