Car: Mini 1000
Colour: Orange

History:
Funded by my father, this was to be a 17th Birthday present for my sister.
It really was a horrible example. painted all over in black hammerite with a union jack painted on the roof, mechanically it was ok, and if I remember rightly it even had an mot.

Thoughts:
The Good thing about restoring a mini is that all the parts are available and with the external seams they are easy to fit new panels

What can you say, at least it was complete

The body was painted in black hammerite

Starting the strip down, notice the 1600E in the background

Fitting the new panels is easy due to the external seams

Panel work finished

Time to strip the remaining paint

The only way to get rid of the hammerite was to strip back to bare metal

I had to do it in stages because I had no garage

Looks much better now

Resplendent in the morning sun

Ready for the big surprise