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[crazirob]

Finally after almost 3 months of trying to get her the wait is now over!! She is finally here ! packed with lots of goodies !!!!!!!




So this was one of the only photos i actually had of her for a while, but we have had alot of work since then, such making the dammed garage!

but o well ! she is here and that is all that counts !





Rear of the Pickup





First time she has seen daylight in 3 years (sore eyes)





Loaded up ready for transportation Nearly home !!!!





Austin Cooper Wheels me thinks maybe





below is a photo of us coming down the lane ( us = me and jason brother) look at the smile on my face !!!!!








Now she was offloaded we i then put her in the garage just to double check the measurments





they were ok





What also came with her

• brand new front sub frame with new hi-lo's and adjustable arms,
  
• a box was a full set of poly bushes,
  
• metro 4 pot calipers
  
• brand new Spax shock absorbers (rears already on ),
  
• a KAD quickshift, a
  
• Twin weber 45 dcoe carb, a weber 32 carb ! (never seen of this before),
  
• Orginal Doors and seat belts, think they will be coming out ! (although the slidie glass is missing from one)
  
• Full set of austin cooper Alloys
  
• Spare pannels- both offside and nearside floor pan, scuttle, bonnet, rear windscreen,

Weber 45 coulduse some love and a rebuild i think



Now theres not much rsut on her but i will try to show as best as i can






this is in the pillar just behind the drivers seat dont really know how to describe it !







little bit again behind drivers side on bed pan







little hole in bulkhead behind passenger door







Drivers side door







a panel drivers side door


now thats all the rust there is !!!!


TADA!!!


Crazirob!!!!

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Nice mate!

[mighty mini jack]

Liking the look of this already.

Whats your plans for it?

[mk3 Cooper S]

Looks pretty solid for a project pick up.

[crazirob]

Well pretty standard, on 10's lowered.

Some sort of classic bucket seats, Classic Centre Pod modification, possibly smiths dials or may even try for the Racetech dials

colours are the main problem !

I either have the idea of Speedwell Blue body and Old English White roof + engine bay, or i go with very similar ford colour whih i really like which are Lagoon blue and Ermine white,

Engine wise i have a 1275 engine, which i plan to build up,
And also ex autograsser engine used to be best in class when raced ( proberly need rebuilding !) but this will be the engine that i muck around with firstly !

Also i am tempted to by a mini roof and use it as a bed cover for the pickup so that is is slightly round rather than havin a cover have a Roof.

[stewart]

Really nice that is!! Think it just pipped mine to the post on the bodywork side of things tho

[crazirob]

Well after todays Fun experience i am going to trying to make the front subframe up, i.e do the brake assembly and try and get it rolling by the weekend !!

how difficult it will be i dont know lol

[minimuff]

Very nice, good luck with her.

keep posting the pictures.

[crazirob]

so first things first i decided to attack the engine bay ! so i went to halfords brought a wire wheel brush to go on my grinder 2.5 litres of red oxide paint from tool station for £8.74 and some white primer paint.

yesterday i started to attack it! mwahah ! rust here i come ! >


The first job i had to do was to remove eveything from the engine bay, main problem being the old master cylinder was still on and wouldnt budge, after a quick shout on here i was given the awnser and it was all resolved, clevis pins out, pedals out, cylinders out. i then started to sand and after about 1 hours of grinding (sanding) i had this.



majoraty done but i had to get under the scuttle with sand paper and my hand ! LONG !



this is the state it was in, i sanded down everything so there was no surface rust and i then used a halfords paint preporation wipe to get ready for the Red oxide paint.



i no its running down the undersealer, but i will redo this.

whilst the paint was drying i tidyed out the cabin, which was full of paper shreddings due to the mouse that had made its home in it.
so i managed to take out the seat belts, that is it, i came up for a coffee and got writing on here, so i will go down now finish of the cabin, and then prime the bay for tommorow,

should i do 2 coats of red oxide ????


Cheers Robbie

[mk1leg]

WoW were did you find that its in a brillliant condition ....My mate's just bought a total rust bucket for £500 nearly every palel is rusty...........you lucky chap...........

[crazirob]

Thankyou ! she is a beauty but the price was a steal ,

im still unsure about the Red oxide can anyone help me ? 1 coat ( slopped on but neatly) should i do another ?

tommorow i will try to get rid of this under sealer, what is the best way ? heat it and scrape ? or paint stripper ?

advice please Mini fan's!

[adam_93rio]

pickup looks in really good shape, im hoping to buy one of those minus shells tho, loved them ever since they first showed pictures of them
good luck with the build, keep the updates and pictures coming

i found the best way for under seal was to warm it up and scrape it off, i used a hot air gun and wall paper scraper, its a pig of a job but has to be done, stick the ipod on or something then you tend to get stuck in while your under the car

[mk1leg]

so first things first i decided to attack the engine bay ! so i went to halfords brought a wire wheel brush to go on my grinder 2.5 litres of red oxide paint from tool station for £8.74 and some white primer paint.

yesterday i started to attack it! mwahah ! rust here i come ! >


The first job i had to do was to remove eveything from the engine bay, main problem being the old master cylinder was still on and wouldnt budge, after a quick shout on here i was given the awnser and it was all resolved, clevis pins out, pedals out, cylinders out. i then started to sand and after about 1 hours of grinding (sanding) i had this.



majoraty done but i had to get under the scuttle with sand paper and my hand ! LONG !



this is the state it was in, i sanded down everything so there was no surface rust and i then used a halfords paint preporation wipe to get ready for the Red oxide paint.



i no its running down the undersealer, but i will redo this.

whilst the paint was drying i tidyed out the cabin, which was full of paper shreddings due to the mouse that had made its home in it.
so i managed to take out the seat belts, that is it, i came up for a coffee and got writing on here, so i will go down now finish of the cabin, and then prime the bay for tommorow,

should i do 2 coats of red oxide ????


Cheers Robbie

you should of got a celilose based as you will find it very hard to spray a primer over red oxide it stays soft for months trust me been there and leanrt that lesson.................

[crazirob]

i no its running down the undersealer, but i will redo this.

whilst the paint was drying i tidyed out the cabin, which was full of paper shreddings due to the mouse that had made its home in it.
so i managed to take out the seat belts, that is it, i came up for a coffee and got writing on here, so i will go down now finish of the cabin, and then prime the bay for tommorow,

should i do 2 coats of red oxide ????


Cheers Robbie

you should of got a celilose based as you will find it very hard to spray a primer over red oxide it stays soft for months trust me been there and leanrt that lesson.................

REALLY ! going to get a heater fan on that tommorow then ! make that harden up. i have a primer paint to go over the red oxide as i have been advised that, you should treat the entire panel if surface rust is present (i.e sand / grind back to bare metal and put red oxide on as it is an anti rust thingy!). hopeing it drys over night and then i will paint with the primer tommorow or possibly tuesday. i no its a pain but i want to see what under there. sounds like a pan i have a hot air gun ! and scrapers

does anyone know what the gasless welders are like ? got a few patches that need doing

Rob

by the way if i reply slowly its because im going to work

[adam_93rio]

couldnt you try red oxide primer that comes in cans ready to spray?

gasless welders i believe are a lot hotter than gas ones, so it becomes very easy to distort and blow holes through panels