1380 Clubman

[Jared Mk3]

Well, this car has a rather interesting history. Basically, my dad bought and rebuilt the car in the '90s, before selling it and moving on to another Mini. She was bought by someone locally, who then sold it to another local. This guy used it for many years, before selling it on as well. My dad was approached about a Mini being for sale one day and when he went to view it, there stood his former car. She had been used for illegal goings on and had been impounded. My brother bought the car and did some work. 

This is how she looked when got her back :





The car was badly faded and had had a rear shunt at some point. Solid overall, but needing some TLC. My brother did a bit of work to the car, including fitting the 40 Weber, GTS steering wheel, LCB, new exhaust system and giving it a good clean out. He was going to fit 13s and fully rebuild it, but a certain turbo Clubby came up and this car went on the back burner. Long story short, my mom acquired the car and we'll now be fixing it up for everyday use.

A set of 7.5" discs will be going on, along with some genuine D1 wheels. It'll get some attention to the bodywork, including a respray in a different blue, wheel arches, some stickers and a fibreglass bonnet. The 40 Weber will probably come off in place of a 36DCD.

Some random shots as of recently :







The wheels :



The bonnet :



The engine, with 11 stud head (no clue of GTS or not) and inefficient airbox for the Weber :



She'll be getting some updates as and when we can afford to do them, as well as when we have the time. This is the third project car on the property now, so it should be entertaining.

[Vinay-RS]

Absolutely love D1 wheels on a clubman (obviously ). This is a really neat car and has tonnes of potential.

[Miniac]

Love the patina of this Clubby, I'd be tempted to treat and just clearcoat the entire shell and run it as is

[Jared Mk3]

Absolutely love D1 wheels on a clubman (obviously ). This is a really neat car and has tonnes of potential.

Someone is biased

Love the patina of this Clubby, I'd be tempted to treat and just clearcoat the entire shell and run it as is

Same. It's all character, but I think it'll look good with what we have in mind.

[Jared Mk3]

Thought I might try and do something today. Safe to say I failed. We have a bootlid from another car that's in good condition, so I thought I could swap them around today. How wrong was I! The hinge bolts on this blue one are fighting me to no end. I'll leave it with some penetrating fluid on for a while.

Anyway, I started with this :



And ended with this :



FAIL!!

I did take the spare bumper off the other car, which looks a lot better than the original (twisted and dented original on the right) :

[Vinay-RS]

Even the dented bumper looks better than a lot of bumpers that I have seen on minis.

[Jared Mk3]

Even the dented bumper looks better than a lot of bumpers that I have seen on minis.

Nah, it really is bad. The picture doesn't really show it.

[Jared Mk3]

Well, with some assistance, I managed to get the boot lids swapped out between the two cars. The white one is a lot better, but does have a little bit of rust on the bottom, but I'm sure it'll be fine to use. What is a problem, however, is the body on the side that had the shunt. It wasn't fixed properly and so the fit of the replacement boot lid on that side isn't so great.

Pictures :



Can see the poor fit in these next two :





Also, I took some pictures of when my dad originally got the car to fix up in the '90s (not the best quality, but you can still see) :

[Vinay-RS]

The car has been through a few colour changes then?

[Jared Mk3]

The car has been through a few colour changes then?

Nah, only two colours - the original red and then this blue. It stood in the sun in a scrapyard when my dad bought it originally, that's why it's so weathered in the original pictures.