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[Chris1992]

great project thread nice to see the progress and feature  in mini magazine good job mate

 

Thanks a lot dude! 

[Baldspeed Racing]

I read your feature last week while travelling back from Italy fair play dude

[Chris1992]

I read your feature last week while travelling back from Italy fair play dude

 

Cheers buddy, I appreciate it! 

[Chris1992]

So much for regular updates! Ah well, better late than never! 

 

Not really too much to report on, recently he car decided to randomly develop a starting problem, where it would just turn over for ages whilst trying to fire, but not actually start. First I replaced the fuel pump which made no difference, then while replacing the coil I managed to snap a few connectors that obviously weren't soldered properly, and after fixing those all seems to be well!... For now....

 

Anyway, the biggest thing was obviously managing to bag the cover of Minimag which I'm still bloody overjoyed with! Mum went mad and bought 10 copies, no joke. I was recently sent through all the photos from the shoot, so here are just a few of my favourites. I must admit the flash was a little harsh for my liking so you can see every imperfection on the car, but that's just me being picky. Matt did a fabulous job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After that, I then revisited the idea of adding hubcaps to the steelies which I toyed with years ago, in fact I think theres a photo somewhere in the this thread where I tried them on but wasn't keen. This time around though, with the Force splits on the front as a contrast, I loved it!! Now I just wish I'd fitted them for the mag shoot! 

 

They needed a bit of love, being original 1959 items, but they polished up rather well.

 

 

 

And now a few pics I took after fitting them when we had a brief moment of sunshine

 

 

Next up, my headlights have always been rubbish, so I wanted something a bit better. I've never been massively keen on angel eyes, and HID's seemed too much of a faff, so I actually went for some p700's which I love!! 

 

 

I then made a significant splurge and got myself something I've really wanted for ages; a pair of KAD billet alloy front hubs with metro ball joints. They're lovely! AND NO MORE SHIMMING!!! 

 

 

Got stuck in, they were easy enough to fit. They came with new bearings too. Ignore the brown, it's a mix of mud and waxoil, not rust, I promise 

 

 

So other than that, I've just been using the car as much as I can when the weather permits! Went to a pretty decent meet in London not too long ago where I got to be part of the filming for the promotional video for the London Cartel International Autoshow. This is the finished video below, came out great! 

 

 

 

This was then followed up by a show at Ace Cafe in the evening, where I managed to pick up a trophy for best wheels!!! So Chuffed!    

 

 

 

That's about it for now, I'll be doing as many shows as I can this summer, including London to Brighton where I'll be in the show and shine section, so if you see me about come and say hi! 

 

 

[Jared Mk3]

 

 

 

This! 

[alex-95]

Nice work, the hubcaps really suit the car, and the p700's look great to.

[Chris1992]

 

This! 

 

 

I must admit I think this might be my new favourite photo 

 

Nice work, the hubcaps really suit the car, and the p700's look great to.

 

Thanks dude! 

[megamini_jb]

Wow!

[Richie83]

Just read this from start to now. Great work - found you on instagram.

[johnR]

Now what are you going to do to it?

[Chris1992]

Just read this from start to now. Great work - found you on instagram.

 

Thanks a lot buddy! I appreciate it! 

 

Now what are you going to do to it?

 

Oh trust me I've got plenty more up my sleeve. Money is the only problem haha  

[minimissions]

Hey saw this at London to Brighton the attention to detail is ridicules mate, cracking car and nice to see something different on the show scene.

[RichMPiBlue]

I also saw this at L2B last month. Looks cracking mate...

[Chris1992]

Hey saw this at London to Brighton the attention to detail is ridicules mate, cracking car and nice to see something different on the show scene.

 

 

I also saw this at L2B last month. Looks cracking mate...

 

Thanks chaps!! Much appreciated 

[Chris1992]

Well this is a bit overdue! These updates are starting to become a yearly thing lol... I'm much more active over on Instagram these days, so if you want more regular updates hit me up there at @chris_rd92 

 

So anyway, I have quite a lot to report on, mostly photos from shows. Last show season was an absolute MAD one, I was blown away with how well the car was received. I also managed to put about 2k miles on it in the space of about 5 months with hardly any problems at all, which is a testament to how good KAD are at building engines! I built this car to be driven, and that's exactly what I do with it. No trailer queen here! 

 

Pictures speak a thousand words so here we go...

 

London to Brighton 

 

 

Players Classic 

 

 

Le Mans 24hr road trip 

 

 

It was on this trip that I realised it was a mistake to heat wrap my manifold! It literally split into 3 pieces as I reached France. This meant I had to make the entire return journey with basically open headers... I've just about got my hearing back! I took this opportunity to treat myself to a nice Maniflow freeflow manifold. 

 

 

Gravity show

 

 

Coventry Motofest

 

 

FittedUK

 

 

Stance Fever

 

 

Broke Boys at the Farm

 

 

London Cartel International Autoshow

 

 

Mini in the Park

 

 

 

I'm currently rebuilding the car yet again with a number of new additions and changes for this year. I'll hopefully put up a post soon showing some of the progress!