Fabulous job. My '67 was already looking like the scrapyard was beckoning in 1978 when I bought it so it's great to see some of these older vehicles getting a new lease of life.
Watching you change things to be period correct and making sure everything is perfect, even down to the window vents being a few inches out. I love your perfectionism. Happy birthday too, welcome to the old man’s club 😊
Going to the extent of moving air vents to period-correct positions is the main reason why guys like you make the videos, and guys like me sit on their arses and watch them!😉👍
As others have said, a true master craftsman. Very impressive As an owner as a young driver of two second hand, of course, MK1 Minis and a bit battered Mk1 Mini Van in the late 60s early 70s this was great to watch
Paul you are a master at your craft every time i see a mini i think of the Mr Bean series these cars are cute so underrated cant wait for assembly and paint cheers champ
Absolute meticulous attention to detail , well done. It would be a real eye opener for someone who had actually worked on the Mini production line to see your pride and craftsmanship going into this build. Totally fascinating, and great camera work by Jr Wigi.👍👍👍
I've been struggling away on my 66" S shell for years. It would have been cheaper to fly you to Canada and have you finish it in a day or two at the speed you work.Great job on your shell though, really nice work and the eight port mod is fantastic. Cheers!
I love that you are fretting over 1.6mm. Like Austin, BL or Rover were ever that accurate. In fact, this Mini will look odd as it will be too perfect 🤩 Nice work thought. A true craftsman.
The 1.6mm is the difference between a saloon door and a commercial door. This is not a commercial vehicle so had to be corrected. I believe I explained it in the video
Class work again Paul, I have only ever owned two Mini’s when I was younger, would love to get another one as a project.. I’m from Epsom originally and there used to be a specialist Mini place there, I used to go down and watch them working on the cars for hours as a mate of mine worked there.. It’s honestly incredible looking at your attention to detail, you clearly know your cars and their little subtleties through out its years! 👌 However, not sure I’m feeling them 40’s sticking out of the bonnet like that 😂
If only the original build had been done with the same care and dedication 😊. No wonder they struggled to make money, with so many pointless small modifications to major panels.
Wonderful details to make it identical to the original model but actually all brand new, so is that to create a perfect “ replica” model, or is it to keep the new car parts secret, and pass it off as an “original” 1965 car?
The original shell is beyond repair. Rather buying a brand new inaccurate generic MK1 Heritage shell this is the ultimate way to legitimately reshell it
No, not all. Original were very erratic and varied massively. My rule of thumb is 1" pitch for anything that was originally roller welded and 2" pitch for anything else although, on a couple of jobs where the owners were very particular, I measured out all the spotwelds I could find, catalogued them and replicated them on the new panels
My 1963 original 850 ( reg: 1902 D) was extremely sound throughout but we opted to fit a complete MG1100 power train just for improvement driving characteristics. I loved driving that car but not sure if it still exists?
@@timgray3491 yes very likely. The 997 camshaft was slightly higher lift and overlap than a standard 1098 camshaft. Probably very similar to the MG 1100 profile with the popular 12G295 cylinder head. (Did you also have one of David Vizard’s “tuning your mini” instruction manuals too?) 🖖
That's right, it's a period 60s mod from back in the day by Special Tuning Department. 4 inlet ports and 4 exhaust ports instead of the siamesed 2 inlet and 3 exhaust
My long gone 1977 Mini Clubman RPE 448R was a great little car for a 17 year old, but by the end apart from the rear subframe every panel was rusting from the inside out, I had inner and outers sills patched but it was never gonna last........................such a shame they were intentially designed to rust?
@@PWCV-YT yes as a popular classic that’s true! ( I had an original 1963 myself back in 71) however I’m not sure any parts of the original cars last more than about 20 years so more likely to be like “Trigg’s broom” I think ha ha!
@@philtucker1224 no, my own 1960 has lots of it's original panels. The 1968 that's in my workshop waiting to be preserved is incredibly good condition. They're out there
