Spannering my way to happiness (and bankruptcy)
Hi! Welcome to my blog about my mini, PJ. He’s currently undergoing a bit of a transformation, which should see him back on the road in the next year or so, with new bodywork, paint and a rather fancy new engine.
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PJ has now gone off to Sheffield for the next phase of bodywork and paint. This will take a few months to complete and I expect to have PJ back around October 2021. I’m really looking forward to starting to build him back up with all the new, shiny bits I have ready! Before PJ …
Before the shell goes off for bodywork and paint, I wanted to look again at how I have the carbon-fibre front end fastened to the car. Currently, there are two bonnet pins attached to the front of the subframe, which fasten the front panel where the usual rubber mounts would go. This setup has worked …
With the engine, subframe and most of the other parts having arrived at the end of November 2020, I made a start on getting the engine trial-fitted into the mini. I’ve now booked the mini in for the remaining bodywork and paint, but it’s not going in until May 2021, so I have a bit …
My name is Neil and I live in Leamington Spa, England. This is a blog about my red mini, “PJ” and my work to get him restored and up and running again. I’ve had him for nearly 20 years, but for about 15 years of that he’s been sat in the garage, looking a bit sorry for himself. I’ve recently committed to getting him back on the road again and this is my blog about that journey.
Credit for the mini icon which appears in the site’s logo goes to Andrew Cameron from the Noun Project.