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PROJECT BMW MINI ONE PART 6

Had I been working on a classic Mini, waiting 20 years to think about rustproofing it would have been far too late. In the case of the BMW MINI One, whilst corrosion isn’t going to be a problem at present, it’s worthwhile planning ahead and assuming that any surface corrosion won’t go away.

I missed an opportunity in the last issue of Classics when the MINI One went to mad4mini to have its subframe removed and front lower arm bushes replaced. If time had allowed, I could have cleaned and painted the subframe, but realistically, that takes a couple of

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