1984 Mini City E - ready to de-engine

[N Dentressangle]

My new jalopy project gets delivered this afternoon. So no collection thread.

Instead I will post pics of its nasty rusty bits.

For the massive prize of fuck all, you can have a fun* guess what it might be.

Here's the first clue:

[barefoot]

Ford Cortina mk3, 2 litre GXL?

[Rocket88]

The Lusitania?

[N Dentressangle]

1 hour ago, Rocket88 said:

The Lusitania?

You're in the right ballpark

[N Dentressangle]

[Uncle Jimmy]

Fuck me that's ripe. It's the U boat that sunk the Luisutania? 

[Jenson Velcro]

Wow, it’s either very rare or you really really want one looking at that.

[sdkrc]

2009 Merc C180

[Rocket88]

5 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

2009 Merc C180

Not rusty enough 

[junkyarddog]

I don't know what it is,but judging by the photos you should have left it where you found it!

[rusty_vw_man]

Looks a lot like a slightly less rusty version of my neighbours Ford Ka. 

[Noel Tidybeard]

audi porsche 924

[Bren]

Das boot?

[richardmorris]

Nissan figaro.

[Nullzwei]

Mercedes w210 on it's 3rd set of warranty replaced front wings?

[N Dentressangle]

OK, final clue before it arrives - I reckon someone'll get it from this:

[Bren]

Volvo

[N Dentressangle]

No-one's actually got the right (notorious) make yet!

[vulgalour]

1990s Mini Designer edition.

[bezzabsa]

vag golf

[Rocket88]

29 minutes ago, N Dentressangle said:

OK, final clue before it arrives - I reckon someone'll get it from this:

As Mr V has pointed out…. Looks like a Mini roof gutter…..

[N Dentressangle]

11 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

1990s Mini Designer edition.

WINNER WINNER!!!!

[vulgalour]

That black plastic gutter trim is a dead giveaway.

[N Dentressangle]

It's just arrived!

and rolled happily into the garage:

Who couldn't love such a cute little face?

[richardmorris]

3 minutes ago, N Dentressangle said:

It's just arrived!

and rolled happily into the garage:

Who couldn't love such a cute little face?

It looks scared or depessed.

[SiC]

How is your other mini project getting along? Or is this to be a quicker replace it? 🫣

[N Dentressangle]

 

Just now, SiC said:

How is your other mini project getting along? Or is this to be a quicker replace it? 🫣

 

All finished and heading for an MoT next Friday!

[N Dentressangle]

This one's quite knackered. Sills are pretty vacant:

and there are holes in the front corners of the roof:

But it's OK - it came with a spare roof 😎

[N Dentressangle]

19 minutes ago, SiC said:

How is your other mini project getting along? Or is this to be a quicker replace it? 🫣

Keeping each other company:

[Lankytim]

Got to absolutely love a Mini that hasn’t been buggered about with and is still standard. They’re almost extinct nowadays!