The way you work on these cars reminds me of how we used to keep cars on the road back in the early 80's and 90's. Go down the scrap yard hunt for all your parts then get home and lie on the floor and use any means to put it together, Old school, Nice. Look forward to seeing this little bargain come together.

@Cranky301

11 күн бұрын

My first car was a Mini when I passed my test in 1991. That’s exactly how cars were run on a budget.

Thats some talent you have got there to be able to buy an unfinished “pile of parts” car and to be able to get it running. Most people wouldn’t know where to start. Well done 👌🏾

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thank you I really appreciate that! 🙏

Man £500 is a steal for that! The SPI minis are great when they run right. Looks like you have a good one 👍

Nice to see one of the old minis being restored - brilliant it started first time

Looking forward to the restoration.

500 pounds? I'd buy it just to have somewhere to hide after my wife gets mad about me spending another 500 on another project. Cheers, good luck.

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Hahaha 🤣🤣 I know the feeling 😬

Could have done with some rust converter first on the subframe.

@lesallison9047

17 күн бұрын

Yes, that hammerite is nothing like it used to be.

Good luck with your restoration 👍

Result for £500 You take the risk well done. Heads up for Just classic minis. You will do well on this one. Always a little further, and you wont go wrong

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thank you, should be well worth a full restoration I think! 👍

Good result can't believe it started straight away. Brilliant can't wait for next video thanks

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Most people seem terrified of welding petrol tanks but if you take precautions it's OK. I run an extra hose from the MIG gas bottle to fill the tank with CO2 before I start.

Looks like a great basis for restauration , hopefully it won't need too much welding , looking forward to future videos

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thank you John shouldn't be too hard to restore! See how bad it is once it's stripped down! 👍

Very impressive!

@cashmachinecars

11 күн бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Great little bargain up to now mate 👍🏻. Nice work on the tank with just a few basic tools. Really looking forward to seeing this coming back to life

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

@phildunne2632

Ай бұрын

Stop waving your hands about in front of the camera!

excellant work, especially on your own. Looking forward to the resto

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! Should be a good one!! 👍

Shes not too bad , result 👍

Finally watching all your videos paid off and you got a decent car! Wish I could find Minis for £500 but I did sell my 78 pickup for £50 in a time nobody wanted them anymore :)

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thank you! What a shame the pick ups are worth a fortune now!

Great video and the engine sounds nice sounds looking forward to seeing the restoration

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thanks billy, should be a good one!

100% result on this one, so far. Might find the rust needs a little more than the surface suggest but it’s a Mini - comes with the territory. Good thing is they are so easy to dismantle to get at whatever you need to, though. Speedy Spares in Hove used to be my go to place for Mini parts when I was in the UK but that was years ago and probably more specialist places around now. I often wonder about the noise etc around the workshops there - it’s a pretty up-market housing location right behind you. Looking forward to the rest of this series. 👍🏻

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thanks yea I'll strip the rusty areas back and see how bad they really are! I think speedy spares might have gone now, I used to go there all the time to get bits for my allegro! Yea it is I haven't had a noise complaint yet fortunately 🤞 thanks should be a good one!! 👍

Great deal ……best of luck😎👌🏽

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thanks Colin 👍

Looking forward to seeing this little beauty getting restored Four wheels 👍🏻💨💨💨

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Haha thank you Andy!

Great video:) I buzz when the the cars start up :)

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

that's a steal at £500, not many for that price! I've just bought a 1970 classic mini that is way more rotten than this with a 1275cc engine for £1400, given mine is tax and MOT exempt. Enjoy restoring, they are great little cars!

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Was very cheap but then again I did have to shell out a few hundred pounds just to get it mobile! Still a bargain tho! Oh wow nice work 👍 are you restoring it!

@Newell_lofts

Ай бұрын

@@cashmachinecars yeah, when I bought it the motor won't turn fully, got it free and got it running so over the moon with it, currently welding panels in, needs a good few bits doing and definitely a new front end in time, paint on it isn't all that great either but I'm quite liking the tatty look for now 😂

Don't lower the guards over the wheels, just repurpose them so they are detachable 👍

"...apart from the massive exhaust leak..." 😂

What a steal

Awesome!

you could try and make the mud guards removable with locating holes and a bit of steel to slot into the hole for the trailer .)

@bren70ssss94

Ай бұрын

Spot on :)

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

That's a great idea! Thank you,

Hi mate Great work any chance of a link to the place in Essex for mini spares been looking for a while for odd bits for my project mini. Cheers and keep up the good work. Looking forward to the next video

Amazing it started, looking forward to this. Subscribed. Looking for a classic mini myself. Where did you find such a bargain if you don't mind me asking. Thanks

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I've just got a search alert for 'project mini' on Facebook and every now. And then you see some bargains come up!

I wonder how many of the modern Minis would start so readily, at 32 years old.

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

I wonder if there will even be any around in 32 years haha 😂

With a complete subframe assembly and fully running most enthusiasts would probably offer you closer to 2grand without doing anything else..

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Probably would be but even more maybe with an MOT and a fresh paint job! 😉

Engine sounds healthy, just move it to your work its not far at least you will know if the gear Box works

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thanks I'm going to attach the handbrake cable first maybe just in case 😂

Are actually going to finish this one? What's happened to the T5 build and XC90?

Gota love the old minis all ways wanted one but cant fit in them being super tall 🤣

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

You can get brackets that move the seat position really far back if you very fancy getting one 👍

@bazzaboom1616

Ай бұрын

@@cashmachinecars I might look into that 👍

@Chilled_Mackers

Ай бұрын

@@bazzaboom1616 I'm 6'2" - I fit in them just fine - its getting in/out that is the pain 😆

That engine sounds really sweet. (I would feel guilty just paying £500 for it).. I’d give them a bit more money buddy…

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Haha I gave him his asking price 😬 didn't even make an offer

Love it, you gonna respray it like the last one you did?

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Yea definitely! Gonna keep it British racing green as well 👍

@juliancichy1916

Ай бұрын

@@cashmachinecars good choice. Great colour for an 90s cooper 👌

Looking forward to this project being a mini owner. Do you have a link/contact you could provide for 'just classic minis'?

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thank you, the guys name is Paul Stuart on Facebook struggling to see if he has a business page at all sorry

Mini metro spares, Northfield, Birmingham. I got a spi fuel tank of him £80 and gave him my old.

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Oh really! That's a bargain! Thank for letting me know 👍

@andyhipkin4539

Ай бұрын

Mate I've messaged you on Facebook

That’s not actually that bad. Helps having spares dotted about. What mini doesn’t have a wet floor? Ours leaked around the air vents inside the front wheel arches.

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thank you! It definitely does I've got a lot of mini spares luckily 👍 AHH I bet this one probably does too!

Reminds me of a time waaay back in the seventies when a cheap running Mini was only a couple of hundred pounds. I really wish I had kept the five that I owned. I'd be rich, especially as one was a 1275GT. Oh well. . .

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

I've always wanted a clubman 1275gt! Thanks

Bargain mini for £500 nice one mate

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

Thatll be an SPI not an MPI, the MPI's didnt come out until 1996.

Dont be fooled by the seemingly 'not too bad' appearance, minis do rot and do rot badly, once you start digging, you are in to new floor plans, sills, steps, a panels, wings, rear quarters etc and not mention 30 years of someone else repairs too, good luck, hope you have deep pockets

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thanks, I've restored a few of them and your right they do love to rot! But the parts are cheap and readily available so should be fairly easy to restore

Its not a mini if the A panel isn’t rusted, inspiring me to get in the shed and get mine (1.3i Sprite) running again

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

You should Jeff! Would it take much to get it up and running?

@jefftaylor9506

Ай бұрын

@@cashmachinecars brakes, paintwork and minimal rust issues, biggest unknown is the engine but was working when it went into storage by the original owner that I bought it from, however my VW T25 would get jealous if I sorted the mini first!

500 quid and it's still got a floor in you could spend 10k on getting that mini right and you could double your money ,500 is a steal its been a long while since you get a mini for 500

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thank you I'll start stripping it down in the next one 🤞it isn't too bad!

Dont weld on KZread, . (Push the weld, so you can see what you're doing, not dragging it.) Just remember, if you crash, will the car, respond as designed?.

I bought a 3 year old mini in the 1970’s that was falling apart from rust. They were very dangerous as I found out when the bonnet opened up at over 60 mph. Got out to close it again and found the cross bracing and bonnet catch all in p,ace. The bonnet skin had just separated totally. Somewhat dodgy build quality at best.

ill buy it off you for 2,500?

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Hmm not bad, I'll have a think 😂

@DarkSphinxx

Ай бұрын

@@cashmachinecars I am a serious buyer - i have always wanted this colour with the union jack - please can i be first in line to offer to purchase once work is done. Are you looking for between 3-5k once you have finished your fixes?

£500 ? How many days did you have to spend on your knees for thst price 😂

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

😂

I had my fingers crossed 🤞🏻 but I didn't hold up much hope. But wow, that is a result, fell. Such a bargain. I am watching a 198p clubman on ebay. The only thing that puts me off is they want 4 and a half for it. But we will see

@cashmachinecars

Ай бұрын

Thank you! Nice I've always wanted a clubman! 4 and a half isn't too bad what condition is it in?

@garethw8884

Ай бұрын

@cashmachinecars it does need quite a lot of work to be fair. Both doors need replacing. Both sills, front end, boot lid. Possibly on a few patches in the boot floor and floor pan. The engine apparently did turn by hand but I think a strip down and new gaskets etc wouldn't hurt. Plus then a respray. As it should be yellow and has been painted maroon. Apart from thatnit is golden ✨️ 😆

@ £500 it`s a bargain.