1964 Hillman Super Minx MkII

TURDAGE.

Well the verdict is in!
Larry & Keef have uncovered a few horrors lurking on the underside.
Some are easy fixes. Some ain't. Like the inner and outer sill flanges being not joined to each other. And the nasty nasty holes that have emerged perilously close to the spring hanger...

So it puts the car periously close to being 'uneconomically viable', due to the fact that even good cars make f*ck all money, so if I do it, I've got to keep it really. Do I feel enough love? Can my pitiful financial resources cope?

Guess I'll have to consult the 'keeper of the purse' to find out.

Well TBH, it's a bit of a 'ten yarder', the paint looks OK, but it's obv the original paint, which being from THE STONE AGE means it probably never had a good finish anyway, then over the years it's cracked and crazed and there's a few noticable repairs.... mechanically, it's all good, so that's a bonus, but then would I be able to live with the pathetic performance of the car... Hmm.

Look like a cool project, hope it doesn't cost too much in time and money to sort out!

Good luck and keep us updated, as I am sure you will ;D

Shitsocks that's sad to hear. PM pinged off.

I read this thread with a smile as the superminx is my favorite car, the thread started of with such promise up untill the sight of rust, these motors are known for rusting, having add two of them before and one now I know, this is my current one which I am restoring at home away from my buisness,



and yes it is rusty inner and outer sills floor boot everwhere,

but this might interest you though

retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1186937045&page=1

it is a weldathon, a 2 solid day graft of welding, the one Lankytim is having is on his allegro and starts the last weekend of sept, this is my 4th weldathon now and is fun, but hard work, someone scraps the curse word of and cuts out the rust and whilst I weld it up they move on th the next hole,

if this interests you say so, as you can if done right get £600 pounds worth of welding for 200, and it is still done properly as I do not believe in welding over rust instead it is cut out

Thats a fookin awesome system RC, 'nuff restecp goin' out to ya for spending your weekends welding for the love of old heaps.

a - once i get the ovlov of doom on the road get a trailer and i'll bosh it on the back and haul it up.

b - a would mean b would be redundant

You know it makes sense.

BOOOO. HISSSSSSS

pre 68 yee-hah