True story: I had one of these in the sixties but lost it at my grandparents house in the 1960s. Almost twenty years later my grandparents had downsized. As they had moved close to where they were the new owners of the house knew them. One day the chap fetches up with my missing mini which he had dug up in the garden. My son has it now.
Another true story: When I was little, one of these was parked in our street. I asked my dad what it was and he jokingly but calmly said 'Oh, that's a Rolls Royce'. For the next 10 years at least I was convinced that these cars were Rolls Royces :) PMSL
Excellent Danny! Colour match is perfect and I’m glad you got the headlights out ok using my little tip 😉 I did one of these a couple years ago but I couldn’t get the paint colour in a rattle can anywhere so a mate of mine who owns a spray shop did it for me, thanks again for the mention buddy, keep up the great work 👍 Bob
My dad had a mini clubman estate, in dark green, when he was a television engineer .... yeah we're talking back in 1973 ...... l remember we had that li''ll car fully loaded with camping gear body boards my mum, dad, brother and Grandma and Grampa, we had a roof rack too. Happy memories Danny, my dad also had the austin mini woodie for a brief time before he had the mini clubman, that one was more like and off white. Really love this tuqoise version you've done here Danny, top job mate 👍
Had a mini van like this, not a Cooper though, way back in the 1960s. I had an accident in it and had to be cut out, 6 months in hospital. Didn't stop me from getting an awesome mini Clubman later on. Great little vehicles. Wonderful resto on this one Danny and love the colour.
Very nice restoration. The car looks awesome. The Surfboards i THink should be stowed completly onto the rack as you put the frontends in, with the fins pointing upwards. Now you need a peaceful place at the beach to place the car while going surfing...
Love the resto mate, had a real little mini in the seventies it was blue,the door hinges were on the outside of the door, there were pins holding the door to the frame of the car and when pins were worn the door would fall off. In the heavy rain the car engine would sometimes stop because the distributor was behind the front grill and the rain would soak the distributor cap, apart from that it was a lovely little car wish I still had it.
Hi there, I have had my little Surfer Mini for about 10 years in much the same state as yours, but after pricing up the cost of the parts I put it back in the scrap box, but after watching this video I have decided to give it another chance.I will send you some photos later.But thanks for the insperation. David
Nice job but as soon as you painted those door hinges silver I went no as they were body coloured on all Mini's with external door hinges. Again a very good job
Great old car my brother had one in the 60s but the wood was rotten. but him and a carpenter mate painstakingly replaced every peace of wood.👍Top job on the resto Danny as my old dad would say JUST LIKE A BOUGHT ONE.LOL👵👍
Strangely enough I was only riding in one of these yesterday, but it was the latest incarnation of the Mini Countryman and not the 60's job. You did good work on that model.
Cracking job . Was one of my favourite toy cars when I was a nipper . Looks green rather than the blue I remember but still a super restoration. Would love to see one customised
I love that. I had one of these as a child - I still have it! I am missing the roof rack and the surf board. I didn't know you could get replacement pieces. My Mum had 4 Mini Countryman cars; 1962, 1964, 196? and 1968. She gave the last one to me. Wish I had kept it like I have the model!
Lovely job very patient and honest restoration. That Ariel looks a bit out of scale though. Maybe a bit of plastic sprue heated and stretched similar to when you make ariels for the little 1:72 scale airfix. You can heat and stretch it till it looks right.
I know it might be tedious to take it apart again, but you might be able to fix the doors somewhat by removing the hinge/tabs and adding a piece of wire like you used for the aerial, either a small piece top and bottom or one length up the inside of the doors.
The drivers and passenger door hinges were the same colour as the bidy paint. I had a blue one. I preferred then without the wood and taken the wood of mine and it just about fell to bits. I had to put the wood back on it. It was a great car. Mine was rotten al lunderneath but had a great engine. :)
My childhood neighbour ha one of these in cream colour - their only (but significant) problem was that moss often grew on the wooden bits because of the UK's moist weather,...
