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#16 Mini-Mad-Craig

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Posted 05 September 2016 - 08:05 PM

Blimey Craig, you don't mess about do you mate?!!!

Nice job, well done. Love the comment about the financed ST and VXR wimps :-)

 

It was way too easy! I was sure something would go wrong but it just didn't! :D

 

Bloody hell - good work!

 

And thanks mate!

 

Not really much in the way of progress. Been busy with a house move and with work. 

 

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I really need to paint that damn sill!

 

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I did a lot of tidying over the weekend, mainly fixing a few wiring problems etc. Got my subwoofer fitted discreetly which is a welcome addition on long drives. Also fitted a nice classic MOMO which me and Simon picked up from an Italian Innocenti seller at the IMM in 2012. Has made the car much nicer to drive when spirited, standard 100 wheels are awful things.

 

 

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Anti roll bars and individualising the suspension is next on the cards.

 


Edited by Mini-Mad-Craig, 07 April 2017 - 06:58 PM.


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Posted 05 September 2016 - 08:52 PM

Looking good man! I can't wait to see this thing! 



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Posted 05 September 2016 - 09:26 PM

Insane!



#19 Mini-Mad-Craig

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Posted 27 November 2016 - 12:25 PM

Cheers guys!

 

So she's hibernating for winter now. I need to change out the inlet gasket and fit my 52mm throttle body plus a new TB gasket... its got an air leak somewhere and is DRINKING fuel! She'll be back on the road come April when the salt is gone.

 

Oh and I painted the rocker cover black at last. Was red when it was in my red car.


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Posted 03 January 2017 - 08:09 PM

I was really tempted to buy one of these a few weeks ago, I ended up with a MG TF instead

 

you would look daft in either! everyone would be able to see your bold head!  >_<



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Posted 03 January 2017 - 08:39 PM

That colour :wub:



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Posted 04 January 2017 - 08:16 PM

That colour :wub:

I collected one of our elderly customers 111 today for a service.

 

Its the same colour as this and reminded me of it :-)



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Posted 04 January 2017 - 10:06 PM

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#24 Mini-Mad-Craig

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Posted 07 April 2017 - 06:57 PM

Here's an update on this one!

 

I made a trip to Holland as my friends Erik and Cyril got themselves a low mileage (2000km, yep you read it right!) MK3 Metro cabriolet which had resided in Germany hidden for 20 years. We had a roof fitting weekend since both needed replacing. We both went for black mohair from a company simply called 'Car Hood' based in Chesington. Absolutely amazing quality. A steep learning curve to fit but we are really pleased with the outcome! Much better than the tired grey vinyl that was there before. We had a bit of a battle, working to a Rover dealer workshop manual, the tolerances were obviously for vinyl with more stretch since when we used those measurements on the Mohair it was WAY too tight... but we managed to resolve the issue :-) It took 3 days to finish mine. All the rails were taken back and painted and the headling was wet-vaced and came up like new! :-) My tension cables were rusted away so we had to be creative and make some new ones. All seals were replaced too.

 

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And finished!

 

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Here she is all wrapped up whilst we sealed the hood with a product from a super sanitary detailing shop in Holland called 'car-clean'

 

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Next up she got a polish, cutting back some swirls with the DA and making her look factory fresh once again :-)

 

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And in a petrol station in Maasdam the night before I left. 600 miles taken in her stride!

 

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Posted 07 April 2017 - 06:59 PM

OH - we knocked up some brackets and fitted central locking to the front doors too.



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Posted 07 April 2017 - 07:04 PM

Looks great craig! really tempted to get metro at the minute..






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