The Kids called the car chester on account of the big sun strip across the screen from chesterfield minis,now ripped off and binned.As the car had already been modified i decided to carry on down this route.First the disk brake upgrade closely followed by a mg metro lump.(bought the whole car with a recon engine for 50 quid off some old bloke).This has served me well and has just been sold to my mate along with my gold ultralite extremes for his estate project.The car has had several sets of wheels and interiors come to think of it.Did a quick paint job 2 days before a show and it wasn't the best to be honest as i was short of time.Subaru blue and a metal flake union flag.The car has been neglected over the last year due to other projects,mainly my 79 gt resto
Hopefully this will be its last rebuild during my ownership so i have to get it just right.I have big plans for the theme of the car this time round.Already have yet another leather trim to go in it,Still looking for my next set of wheels.The gold ones only covered 200 miles.LOL They just wouldn't suit my current plans and new colour scheme.
Now i have to blame purple Tom for the next part of the plan.After going to crich i was hooked on his vauxhall clubby and decided to go down this route .As look would have it Marc was selling his unfinished vauxhall project on here and i snapped it up for a good price.Due to the fact i wanted to use my own shell and do things slightly different i have sold most of his project off.I have just finished his shell off and sold it locally to a friend of a friend and it is now going to be a vtec clubby.The best part of this is that i have kept all the good bits like the new allspeed vauxhall frame,rosejointed arms,billet driveshafts,coilovers loads of other new or recon parts and they don't stand me at a penny.Infact i think i am about 500 quid up.Also the sale of my old mg lump and alloys has added to the renovation fund .
So last weekend i pulled the car into the garage and started to strip it to a bare shell.Nipped upto P and L on friday and started buying a few more bits.Trying to have most parts here so it won't hold me up.
Not sure yet whether i will be using this but my mate skid in the snow and snapped the bottom ball joint on his corsa sport.So £200 later i have a 1.6 16valve w plate corsa sat here.Sweet engine but i need to find out more info on the fitting of this and the mastercylinder problems i will have if i do fit it.Not a worry for the moment as my main concerns are for the shell rebuild and paint.
Feel free to comment on my plans and offer advice.Just for the record i don't need advice on rebuilding minis just the vauxhall side of things would be a help,wiring,fueling,coooling,braking etc.
now for a pic of the car:
Damn i have ran out of upload space.And my photobucket account wont let me in.Must become a tmf plus member quickly.LOL
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hope that works
Edited by baggy33minis, 08 March 2009 - 12:10 PM.