[Mini] mini question.

[G von Hoegen]

Flips fronts are relatively common. Personally, I think it is a waste of a
classic Mini and will actually reduce its future value.


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On Tue, 30/5/17, Mike Rambour <lists at dinospider.com> wrote:

 Subject: [Mini] mini question.
 To: mini-list at autox.team.net, "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
 Date: Tuesday, 30 May, 2017, 23:33

 B  Hi,

 B  My son-in-law purchased himself
 a mini (mini cooper, not spridget) and
 right away ka-bloomed the motor, to be
 fair the motor had issues when he
 bought the car so it was already on it
 way out.

 B  So, I reluctantly volunteered to
 rebuild the motor and pulled it out
 of the car, with his help of course, he
 needs to learn this stuff.B  We
 did this by dropping the front
 sub-frame, suspension, motor and all on
 my 2-post lift.B  That was a
 mistake :)B  we found rust that was
 previously well hidden under the
 sub-frame components and he decided we
 needed to remove this rust, ok, I can
 live with that.B  Next he decided
 we should drop the rear sub-frame and
 check for rust, ok, did that,
 found no rust.B  The car is
 amazingly solid and with very little rust.

 B  Then he decided, we should fix
 the very few rust bubbles in the paint
 the car has, oh might as well remove
 the glass so we can get that rust
 under the rubber molding, might as well
 remove the interior and all the
 wiring and re-wire the car from
 scratch.B  Oh wow, there is a lot of
 bondo on the car (I personally think
 its factory bondo) and lets remove
 ALL the bondo to make sure no rust is
 hiding under it.B  I went away for
 a 2 week vacation and while I was on
 vacation he got the car to bare
 metal.B  I got home and found out I
 am doing a bare metal restoration of
 a car and I didn't plan on that, but
 too late now.

 B   He has decided to cut off the
 front end and make it removeable for
 future ease of working on the motor.
 Now I have a problem !!! He
 initially looked into getting a
 fiberglass flip front, but found a web
 site where the guy cut off the front,
 made some brackets and bolted the
 front on the car.B  That keeps it a
 steel front and not some flimsy
 fiberglass front, its not flip front
 but still removable if needed.

 B  I am against cutting off the
 front period, no flip, no cut, leave it
 as-is.B  Is cutting off the front
 ok ? besides better engine access is
 there a reason to do it, but more
 importantly good reasons NOT to do it
 ?B  Its not original anymore anyway
 since it has a 1275 in it, upgraded
 brakes and other go-fast toys from a
 previous owner, but its a
 remarkably rust-free (as rust free as
 these cars get anyway), appears to
 never have been hit 1959 Mini, so its a
 first year car.B  I am trying to
 talk him out of it, but its his car I
 can't say no, i suppose I could
 lockB  up the plasma cutter and
 TIG, but he is the kind of kid that would
 get the kitchen shears and cut it off
 anyway.

 B  B   mike

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