Classic Mini Restoration / Recommission Project Part 1 - Lots of Common Faults

[@ACDodd]

Excellent Video, good to educate folk on what it takes to get and keep these little cars on the road!

[@thomasclassicandmodern]

Thanks very much. Thats the ultimate aim. 👍

[@martinwhite609]

Mini owner from NZ here. Enjoyed the video and looking forward to the more in depth recommissioning process. Have just started looking at resurrecting a 1980 mini 1000 that has been off the road for about 20 years. Was purchased as a parts car for my sons Clubman which we finish as a father and son project during lockdown. Decided whats left is too good to break up and with classic mini prices being sky high over here it is worth doing. Any way thanks for putting in the effort to document this and I am looking forward to the future episodes.

[@thomasclassicandmodern]

Many thanks for watching, wish you well with the project, if watching the videos is of any help at all that's excellent, look out for plenty more upcoming soon. Cheers

[@funkybearUK]

KZbin algorithm brought me here as an AC Dodd customer/subscriber. Glad it did, great video and look forward to the series. Subscribed 👍🏼

[@thomasclassicandmodern]

Welcome to the Channel ! Glad you found us, hope you'll subscribe and follow us along 👍

[@philhuggett4776]

Its great to see a decent classic mini build/repair shop keeping these things safely on the road. Look forward to more content 👍

[@thomasclassicandmodern]

Many thanks for your feed back. Hope you will subscribe and enjoy the upcoming videos 👍👍

[@1chish]

I got the +100 1098 pistons for my '78 Mini BMW Twin Cam conversion project from Calver ST. Really nice guy and very helpful. But that looks a really nice place to do your work. well done.

[@thomasclassicandmodern]

That'll be an interesting combination, glad your enjoying the content 👍

[@deancook2377]

Looking forward to your new series on common issues and how to repair, thanks and keep up the good work presentations.

[@thomasclassicandmodern]

Many thanks for watching. Hope you'll give us a subscribe. If there's anything you would like to see a relevant video on please let us know 👍

[@clivemillington8452]

Just subscribed as I have just bought a 1988 mini Mayfair .just all the welding done underneath ,not really to bad ,gonna try to do as much work myself , if not will farm it out . But really enjoying working on it . Good vids , am watching with enthusiasm. Well done sir 👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@thomasclassicandmodern]

Many thanks for the sub and for watching, hopefully you'll find this series useful, if there's anything in particular you would like us to cover in a vid please let us know, good luck with your own project 👍👍

[@grahamwoodier5066]

Thanks for the video. It is very interesting to watch a more professional approach to fixing Classic Minis. I have been tinkering with Minis for decades and have a couple of examples at present but I am always happy to learn something new. Your mention of the correct way to install the front rear subframe bush on a post '76 Mini was informative as I was unsure about the orientation during my last rebuild. Mr Haynes wasn't very helpful and Mini Spares show it the wrong way round in their exploded diagram. So, one of my cars have them fitted incorrectly. I must swap them round sometime. If you are looking for a topic to discuss you could try the subject of a pre-verto clutch and how to get it to disengage adequately. I am struggling with mine and I know two other Mini enthusiasts with the same problem. If you weren't so far away (I live in Cheshire) I would happily pay you to fix it!

[@thomasclassicandmodern]

Thanks for the feedback ! Hope you will subscribe and follow along, regarding the clutch issue, feel free to drop us an email or phone call and I'm sure we can help with some pointers 👍

[@TequiladuVar]

New project begins too for me ..... good luck Thomas (but you're PRO / NOT me !)

[@thomasclassicandmodern]

Many thanks for watching. Hope you'll subscribe. If there's anything you would like to see a video on that may help you please let us know 👍

[@colingill9317]

Do you do restoration on other cars like Subaru Impreza?

[@thomasclassicandmodern]

Afraid not, we have worked on several but Minis are our passion 👍

[@colingill9317]

@@thomasclassicandmodern My 1st car was a mini, I was after some advice. I need an inner wheel arch for the rear, but can't find them anywhere. Great channel

[@andytaylor9032]

Dont get an old mini if you cant do majority of the work yourself ... never understand people having to pay thousands for work done.

[@thomasclassicandmodern]

I don't agree with that ethos. Bit like saying don't buy a house if you can't rewire it. I'm a firm believer in paying people to do the jobs they are skilled in. It makes the world go round. It's called economics. But thanks for your interesting comment 👍👍

[@andytaylor9032]

@@thomasclassicandmodern I have quite a few minis and in the mists of time they all have had work done ( in vehicles previous ownership) by people who are supposedly skilled in what they are paid to do.. yes I agree on your ethos, just glad it's not me adding to the pockets of some of the shoddy work I have seen. Some of the old invoices I have ( from well known garages and so called mini enthusiast dealers/parts suppliers etc) are well below the standards I would expect.

[@philhuggett4776]

​@@thomasclassicandmodernwelcome to the world of KZbin commenters 😆