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#1 Mini-Mad-Craig

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Posted 21 July 2016 - 11:28 AM

Hi all!

 

Thought I would start a project for my cabby because I've started doing some bits to it now. I bought it last winter and drove it for a few months and then put it away. Now that the weather is nicer I'm back in it! It just passed it's MOT (cheers MiniJosh92).

 

All I've done is tidy it up with some detailing and put the Minilites on it. 

 

Few things to sort! I gave it a full service of everything before I put it away.

 

Central locking doesn't work

Suspension needs individualising and the rods cut down

Airbag wheel (I have the stalks for this just need to buy a wheel!) 

Paint a part on the passenger sill which has just been welded and is currently in red oxide.

New roof! Mohair black comes in at just shy of £500.

Fit front and rear anti roll bars. I have a spare front but need a rear.

New rear bumper. This one has been butchered on the passenger rear quarter with a screw holding it on! who puts a self tapper through a bumper and thinks that is a solution to anything? new brackets are only £11 and readily available!  :mmkay: - DONE

Eventually 16v! But will be a while before that happens. I have a spare engine so it's just a matter of time. It will need converting to MPI at the same time which is quite simple on these.   DONE

 

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#2 megamini_jb

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Posted 21 July 2016 - 02:49 PM

Looks awesome!

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Posted 21 July 2016 - 05:20 PM

Lovely colour. :shades:



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Posted 22 July 2016 - 09:12 AM

Looks a bit similar to the one I have only yours is purple!  :highfive:

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#5 Mini-Mad-Craig

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Posted 22 July 2016 - 03:45 PM

Looks a bit similar to the one I have only yours is purple!  :highfive:

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Haha how about that! And also on Minilights! 



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Posted 22 July 2016 - 08:22 PM

Must be a fairly rare beast?

 

I like it



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Posted 22 July 2016 - 08:26 PM

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



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Posted 24 July 2016 - 09:49 PM

First time I've seen one - love it!!

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Posted 08 August 2016 - 03:38 PM

Thanks for the replies guys! There is 11 left to my knowledge and I have the form showing this purple is a factory special order so it is the only purple one in existence! It was never an option on cabriolets. 

 

I managed to find a purple bumper from a 5 door which was lucky! Fitted that all up which has made the appearance a lot better now with no wonky rear bumper.

 

I visited a friend in Wolverhampton who has a Metro and we collected it/fitted it together.

 

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Now I previously mentioned a 16v swap being on the cards in the future. My options were to change the cambelt on the cabbys original SPI 1.4 8v unit or just take the 16v from my red one which will eventually be going VVC160 in the hopefully not too distant future. I had everything to convert the cabby to MPI in stock including the fuel pump etc so it felt a bit like a no brainer... Do I spend out circa £100 on a timing belt kit and water pump on an engine that, whilst low milage I had no reason to future proof other than for means of reliability for the close future.. or do I just take the 16v from Rita, with her being off the road to receive a VVC and some other work it had to happen.

 

The problem? The cabby is my daily and I needed it for work on Monday morning at 7am. So! It was discussed between me and Simon and we took on the challenge. He started to strip down both cars on Friday whilst I was at work and then when I got home at 3 we continued together. By Friday evening both were totally stripped and ready to come out.

 

Friday night we had a friend round and drinks were had leaving us feeling a little less than willing to work on Saturday... but the pain was self inflicted and so we got up and cracked on! 

 

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There is a system here, honest.

 

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SPI unit ready for removal.

 

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and the 16v in Rita.

 

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and removed by saturday lunch time!

 

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an hour later...

 

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And in!

 

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Saturday night we were very happy with progress. Wiring was done, plumbing was done and the major mechanical parts were all done. It wouldn't start and that ended up being down to me putting the feed on the return for the fuel rail! DOH! I should've known better and it isn't my first time making this mistake.. we did it on the Mini too.

 

Anyway... Saturday night got MESSY! We hit Marlow with a friend and I don't remember much of it! 

 

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Sunday was extra painful. A vomit enducing drive home from our friends house... we got home, I was sick and then we slept for a bit before a lunch of BBQ hula hoops, pork pies and lucuzade... ALL BETTER! 

 

So a few finishing touches and here we are, Sunday afternoon. 48 hour 16v conversion... TICK!

 

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First drive, it was only fair that Simon did the honours after all of his hard work.

 

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And a quick video. She goes well and will be terrorizing Uxbridge and shocking some financed ST and VXR wimps for the forseeable future! ;)

 


Edited by Mini-Mad-Craig, 08 August 2016 - 03:58 PM.


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Posted 08 August 2016 - 04:12 PM

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Posted 08 August 2016 - 06:28 PM

Love it!!!!

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Posted 08 August 2016 - 09:47 PM

Obe of these on ebay just now!

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Posted 14 August 2016 - 06:17 PM

Loving the 16v in this one! Done a few more little jobs but nothing drastic!   Really needs paint in a few places to bring it up to scratch! :(

 

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And a cheeky little blast on a sunday night, empty trading estate! :P

 


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Posted 15 August 2016 - 09:06 AM

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

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

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Posted 15 August 2016 - 01:22 PM

Bloody hell - good work!




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