1965 MK1 Mini

We recently had a customer visit us with a 1965 MK1 Mini for appraisal of its bodywork. After a check over it soon became apparent that it required a full restoration.

After the customer stripped the car to a bare shell the major reconstruction work could then be carried out. The bodyshell benifitted from having new front panel, front wings, windscreen scuttle panel, front inner wings, inner and outer A panels, front lower baulkhead, complete floor with tunnel, outer sills, rear pockets, rear subframe mounting panel, rear seat squab, boot floor, rear valance, rear light panel, 1 door and various repairs the shell was then shipped to our painters where it is currently recieving a top class paint job.

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