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Hello all Long time lurker and occasional poster here. I thought that I would share my classic Mini Designer project with you. There seems to be a lot of love for old mini's on here plus everybody has had some connection with mini's over the years. I'm actually mid way through the recommissioning of this. I'm avoiding the word restoration as that would suggest I know what I'm doing! The pic below was how it looked when I bought it back in 2016. Doesn't look too bad for a thirty year old car but mini's can and will rust about everywhere. The wing was an obvious problem but there were lots of issues lurking underneath... The sills were a joke! Both drivers side and passengers side pretty much disintegrated. This picture shows the old versus the new. I recently went through a mini rite of passage by removing the rear subframe. Things weren't actually too bad under there although I did find a hole in the frame when I was poking around. The boot floor and heel board are surprisingly solid. If you aren't a one for reading words then you can watch my youtube video to see what I did.