Category Archives: Projects

The Mad House Minis Projects are cars – usually customer owned – that are here for an extensive amount of restoration work, custom work, or in some way have a unique thing done to them. The intent of this page it to show the kind of work we can do, and our commitment to quality.

We are currently looking for someone interested in doing a v-tec swap into a Mini. Contact us if you are interested.

Moke Restoration

Finally my year long rebuild of this Moke is coming to an end. It started off as just another rust bucket in the shop and now it really stands out. We’ve completely redone everything on this car. As you can … Continue reading

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Gwen’s Morris Minor

Here is a local favorite, when this car is at the shop it always draws attention and the phone rings with inquires about the price.. only to be met with “Sorry it is not for sale.” we had the car … Continue reading

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Dustin’s Mini

This is a Blue mini I sold and we striped it to bare metal and repainted in Tahiti blue and diamond white. we did lots of repairs.

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Red Mini

This car is in the shop for extensive rust repair.  It will have a lot of other work done to it as well, this page highlights the progress on this car. Updates: Pictures of the work done on this car.

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Austin Healey 100-6

Motor and gear box in Austin Healey

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Rust Repair

This is a picture series that shows rust repair on Minis.  Some Minis, particularly older ones have very bad rust issues, if a customer chooses, we can repair the most ‘Swiss cheese’ Mini imaginable.  Even though some consider rust to … Continue reading

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Austin-Healey “Bug Eye”

This is an Austin-Healey mk1 Sprite, otherwise known as a “bug eye” or “frog eye.”  This is one of the latest projects at Mad House Minis, it’s fate is currently unknown.  We’re considering possibilities and options for what to do … Continue reading

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Mini Van

A complete restoration on a Mini Van.   Pictured is stage one, completely stripped out and ready for the sand blaster.  This car will be for sale when it is done. June 1, 2006: The minivan is one step closer to … Continue reading

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Dave’s 1991 Mini Cooper

The latest project is a Red Mini Cooper .. we will be unbodgeing the engine and gearbox as well as a complete rebuild of the suspension front and rear. Look forward to many updates on this page soon .

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Grease Car / Mad House Mini

This project was done for Grease Car Vegetable Fuel Systems. http://www.greasecar.com/ May 17, 2006: We’re back from the Tour de Sol! A few pictures have been added.  Since this project is officially completed, this page will be replaced with a … Continue reading

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