Mini gets a Brass Firewall / 1.8T RWD Mini

[@Kyush4]

Derek arriving early with the xmas gifts!

[@MrAndrew1400]

Hey mate, thanks for the video it’s been a while! I can see you’ve done a heap of work on the new shop, it’s looking great

[@klegraefe]

@@MrAndrew1400 much appreciated man! The little side jobs are awesome but takes time away from working on the mini, hahah. But yea next vid will be out within a week, one that I’m more stoked on haha

[@PracticalRecycling101]

Really cool and imaginative bulkhead. Mine is just a thick steel plate welded in all round. Great to see your videos again and the shop looks good. Well done.

[@klegraefe]

@@PracticalRecycling101 thanks man!! I didn’t forget either about showing what’s going on with the mini overall, that will be in 2 vids from now haha

[@PracticalRecycling101]

@@klegraefe excellent. Looking forward to it.

[@PracticalRecycling101]

And almost forgot. I took my Mini for its first drive two Saturdays back. It works. Blow me down. It works.

[@klegraefe]

@@PracticalRecycling101 that is awesome, always a good feeling wen everything works as it should hahah, what kind???! Motor ect…

[@PracticalRecycling101]

@@klegraefe it's a 1983 1275E Clubman. They built a the Clubman here in South Africa in the 80's. I have mounted a 20V 1600 4AGE where the back seats were. Used the Toyota front assembly. K-member, control arms, hubs etc. There is something you won't like though. I am running 15's. We have a company here called A-Line wheels and they do a sweet Minilite replica wheel called Zero. She is still in primer and the engine is running poorly. Until I get her wired up properly. But she goes forward, turns left and right and stops.

[@klegraefe]

@@PracticalRecycling101 that sounds awesome!! Yea the wheels may be a bit to big for me hahah, but I feel like they would look the really well especially being on a longer chassis clubman🙌🏻🙌🏻. I feel your pain with the wiring though, that’s a big hurdle that I am also not looking forward to, thing is, thats actually coming up really soon 😬.