Mitsubishi Vogue Project: Minx adjusts the priorities....again December 2021

The 66 series VI Minx has pushed to the front of the work priority list again.

What can I say she is a pushy little Minx and is or was currently running and road legal
Just went over the brakes with all new seals to master and slaves.
Found a blocked hose to the rear brakes which may have explained the poor braking.

Jim Withers to the rescue and new hose to complete the job.

Some pictures of it as work progressed

The self adjusting rear slave cylinders had been played with by a previous owner and were non functional so a little re-engineering to make them work as they should. The design of the little ratchet adjusters seems strange to be with parts that look like they should be assembled differently.
Some creative work was also needed with the handbrake as it had also been "improved" by a previous repair. I think I slipped in a new inner to the handbrake cable ten years ago when I first got the car which seems to be about 15mm too long to get the adjustments right as the handle is fully up before the handbrake operates. My bad :-)

So there she was back on her wheels.

Decided to clean around the master cylinder area while doing the work and decide it looked terrible as did the paintwork and interior. It was after all purchased sight unseen as a parts car for my Rapier project. Obviously required more than a cut and polish so referring back to pictures of 10 years past where she got a yellow nose I decided that I may as well repaint..
And it seemed that if I was doing that some orthodontic work to straighten her smale would be needed.

When I brought it home the front bumper had a serious bend it it which I did a quick straighten of but didn't bother with the grille. As with all these little jobs they grow. So we do a better job of caressing the bumper back into shape and straighten the grille. before squirting some new paint on,

Of course if I paint the body all the tatty trim parts will look even worse. With the body looking like a barn find it didn't matter.

This is the shiny trim part that lives across the top of the grille....should be able to straighten it :-)

Was thinking of leaving the front and rear screens in but decided it would forever annoy me so out they came as well. Windscreen was easy but someone had run a full tube of black sealer right around the rear rubber which made getting it out a bit of a chore. The rubbers both look like they had been replaced at some stage and both are soft and pliable so I will give them a wash and reuse.

I just want it looking tidy not a back to factory original restoration.

Removed the bonnet and boot lid as well so I can repaint them properly.

As can be seen from the pictures the rubber gaskets, draught rubbers, furflex and all interior trim is in a poor state. I actually was considering just parting the car out. The shell is relatively rust free. The floor pans have a few pin holes but I will clean, rust rinse and paint them with thick paint to keep any further moisture out.

Add note: The button popped out and kept going.
There is a little lip on the soft metal casing that had snapped off.
No suitable replacement in my cache of parts so I re-engineered it better.

Additional pictures