1963 Mini Rust Bucket - Ted

Now that the Brown Bomb is complete it's time to get on with Ted, which was bought last year and has been languishing in the garage until today

As it arrived last year




Today the stripdown started






Errrrrrr



Grot






Bright idea



So bye bye engine





More Grot






That can go as well



After sorting the Brown Bomb out for it MOT I made a few of the holes a little larger today






Mmmm messy



Panel list soo far

Floors
Sills (inner and outer)
Jacking points
Centre box
Scuttle
Valance
Heel board
Rear wheel arches
Boot floor and rear seat base
Rear bins
Wings
Front panel
Inner wings and A post
Door skins

Sounds like the Brown Bomb MK2

I just keep making the hole bigger



But fear not I have a cunning plan me lord




I had to adjust the new panel to fit the original floor pan a little better



And tacked up for tomorrow's re-fit of the rear subframe



Got a bit more done today





And I made another big hole




Another noisy day down at the garage making the holes bigger again

But to start with, some obigatory rust pictures





Hole nearly ready for floor pan, just some trimming and cleaning up




To be continued...