After getting the car primed it was on to the paint booth. There was a great deal of deliberation and though but ultimately we decided to go with Tahiti blue (the us version)
The next step was priming the newly welded body and painting on the truck bed liner to the bottom of the car to prevent future rust. I had a friend do this part because I am no painter.
We hooked the engine up on the floor to a battery and fuel pump and got it running like a dream. No knocks or bumps about it!
When we took the subframes off for the floor welding we figured it would be a pretty good time to go ahead and recondition those so that they are in like new condition again. This is a pretty big post.
So to get started we had to get the mini over to the shop to cut out those old bad floor panels so we could get the new ones in. At the time I had no truck so I had to tow it with my element.
After we got the mini home we took it to my local shop and had them put it up on their lift to assess the situation. Turns out the whole floor needed to be replaced essentially and the engine would not start because of a bad fuel pump.
I am going to begin cataloging my restoration on my 1960 Morris Mini Cooper since I got it back in May 2010. Check back here for updates!
It is a 1960 Morris Mini Cooper mk1 with a 1275 A-Series Engine from an Austin America.
