My project to upgrade my old Mini Pick-up to accept a Honda Vtec engine continues! The first steps of body restoration is taking a little longer than planned. As the floor of the pick-up was rusted completely and as I will be installing a Vtec I decided to use a later model British Motor Heritage late model sedan floor pan to replace the original MKI Mini version. Thus not only did we have to extend it a little rearward but the as the stock heel-board was also rusted we still have to fabricate a few inches!
Only after we started this part of the project did we discover that the poor old MINI had been hit in the left front some time in it’s past. The floor would not fit without first fixing the earlier damage. Even though we had already braced the shell and removed the old floor, we still had to use a power-jack to spread the body back to original shape and accept the new floor panel.
The extending of the sedan floor pan to fit the longer pick-up floor required fitting a new battery mounting bracket, etc. Sorry, the pictures do not due justice to how much creative work is in progress!
Classic Mini Coopers 
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