History
I purchased this mini when I was 23 years old - It was a very rusty yellow brick, but I loved it nonetheless (it had no brakes when I first drove it!!) ... Over 12 years I had this restoration planned so I started buying parts, etc. and storing them in my garage. They like my family moved around, but the project still stayed firmly in my mind (It stalled a few times as we all do the responsible thing like get married, buy a home, etc) ... but as life goes tragedy strikes when we least expect it. I lost poor brick in the 2018 Townsville floods (Water went up to the roof) - When the water subsided my friend and I managed to save the engine, but the poor boy needed to be stripped and rebuilt due to mould and stinky floodwaters ruining the rest of the vehicle. SO... no time like the present (at the time) to finally do the thing I wanted to always do... Wooky got the facelift I had planned for the past 15 years. I pulled out all the stored parts and body kit from the shed and gave the old boy a new lease on life - the beast you see before you is a restored flood victim ... WOOKY :-D
Modifications
Twin SU carby set up
Modified slightly to fit new 13x7 low profile star mags
Zeemax Body Kit
Rebuilt 998cc Engine
New dual-core all-alloy radiator
Electronic Dizzy
All bolts marine-grade replacements (Entire vehicle)
New hot rod wiring loom - moved fuse box to interior under the dash
Custom-built interior
- Custom orange dash with 4" JBL speakers and Kenwood head deck
- Custom orange and black center console & armrest
- New black bucket seats
- 3x new gauge set up - Oil Pressure, Water, & Clock (All smiths)
- Custom orange steering wheel
- Custom-built stereo box to replace entre back seat - fitted 2x 12 Inch subs and 2 by 6x8 speakers (All JBL as they have orange accents to match) and holding a 5 channel AMP at the base.
- Custom-designed orange and black door trims with carpeted pockets, with 1/4 pannels in the rear to match.
- Entire new black carpet & hood lining
- Upper and lower dash pads covered in black leather with custom orange stitching.
Custom-built carpeted boot liner kit (We made it from ply and carpet - looks neat)
Extractors, to 2.5-inch pipe, to twin hotdogs out the rear.
Chrome Orange vinyl wrap to give it some pop!
