I haven’t posted anything on this blog in a very long time with anything regarding my Mini, but I think that should change – after all this blog is a blog about things I like!
So, for those of you who don’t know, I own a 1983 Mini City E, I’ve owned her for about 3 years and her name is… “The Mig”. However, almost 2 of those years has been spent in my garage in a state of re-build. She was a 998cc rally replica before I stripped her to bare shell and began the rebuild process. I’m converting her into a screaming race replica, Mini Miglia look-a-like which should be pretty nippy!
Here’s what she looks like at the moment…
For now though, I’m concentrating on getting her back on the road with a standard-ish 1275cc 8 valve A+ Mini engine, but with the brakes, suspension & general rest-of-car to near race-spec.
Over this weekend I’ve just done the job of removing my rear valance. I’ve been to a lot of Mini Miglia race meetings and I have a lot of photos of Mini Mig’s, and I notice almost all of them have their rear valance removed – perhaps for even less weight, or perhaps because the rear valance acts as a giant air-scoop which would slow down the car. Regardless of the reasons, mine is now gone! … But I did find a pretty large hole of rust after removing it. Bad times!
Not to worry too much – I have my own Mig welder and I’ve been saying to myself for months now that I will learn how to weld. I have metal, gas and a mask. And I have a hole to weld… watch this space!