I'm easily confused so I'll ask. You are cutting up the Mazda for easy disposal, not so you can use part of the chassis for the mini?

Will the mini be rear wheel drive, or do you have some slick FWD trans-axle to show us?

This looks like a fun project, looking forward to future posts.

-- Edited by GrayRaceCat on Friday 15th of July 2016 08:23:34 PM

Heres an update,

after going though 10 angle grinding discs and 8 reciprocating blades, finally nearly all done with the cutting up, just the A pillar section left and a bit of the dash left 

Then moving on to the rear section, which makes quite a big difference,

Now thats all cut out, i did a bit more work on the front,

Then a few extra photos, including a new speaker set up, parts pilled up on the mini and another rear section one :)