The Mini 1275GT
Where it all began
The Start
Born in June 1976, one of the last MK3's
Bought the car November 1994 in a reasonable state but had a lot of tin worm around the front of the car. The engine was shot and the breaks non existence
Used it for a few months, using about a litre of oil a week !!! Time to rebuild, one thing led onto another
I have now completed the new body work but need to "finish it"
July 2004 Its now on the road, passed the MOT, insured, taxed. Its great to driving again after this time.Its uncomfortable, noisy, BUT WHAT FUN. Its pretty quick but needs a rolling tune next then a full respray.
November 2004 Mini is now in a large garage ready for painting etc
April 2005 New house lots of jobs, Mini still in the garage.
Feb 2009 Time to finish it. Big push this year....... Never happened
Finally December 2016
He has been all stripped out and off to paint
Had all his tin worm removed and new metal welded in
Professionally sprayed in 2 pack Vermillion his original colour
Three weeks later he is back looking fab
Now the rebuild with new or reconditioned parts
Returning him to his original condition as he would have left the factory
Finally back on the road, passed the MOT with nothing wrong
Reached my main goal to go on the London to Brighton Run 2018 <<< Achieved
Jobs left to do
Locate the following parts >> Full set of original seats
Not Done
Remove the engine to replace the Kent 286 with a mild cam and replace all seals and gaskets Done
Transfer the close ratio gears from the old original box to the new box gearbox then a repaint it all to make it perfect
Done
The engine and gearbox was all new (MED engine and gold seal gearbox) and build 20 years ago so is due for a revamp
Done
All clearences set to original Done
Final Engine Spec
Engine 1340cc
AE dished pistons
Uprated rod bolts
Uprated head studs
MED Centre Main Strap
MED Fully balanced internals
NI Tempered crank
Duplex Timing Chain setup
Mini Spares Evolution1 cam
Unleaded MG Metro head
Standard rockers
Electronic Distributor
Hi flow water pump
Two core Radiator
Maniflow LCB Exhaust with RC40
3.1 final drive with comp diff pin
Corrected speedo drive 7/17
Central oil pick up
Electronic fuel pump
HIF44 1.75" Carb
K&N Cone Air filter
Standard Spark Plugs
Matched inlet and exhaust manifolds
The lower pictures are from the 2020 revamp
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