Well, I've had so many offers to buy the Allspeed and Vauxhall kits that I'm a bit blown away.
I've been offered around £600 for the frame, but I've also been offered close to £2k for the frame/shafts/engine/gearbox/manifolds/bodies and ECU. I guess it's cost me a LOT more than that to put the package together and set it up....
£1300 on Allspeed stuff
£300 on bare engine
£250 on stuff from SBD (tensioners, idlers, ARP rod bolts etc)
£400 on Jenveys
£50 on inlet manifold
£150 on exhaust manifold
£100+ on silicon hoses
£60 on an MPI rad
£50 on a Pacet fan controller
£50 on an alternator
£50 on a gear linkage and brackets etc.
£120 on a new throttle linkage
£80 on new injectors
£150ish on ITG filter and sundry stuff
£150ish on ECU
£100+ on wiring sundries and cabling
£200 on various new sensors, coilpack etc.
I guess getting £2k back on a £3/3.5k engine spend isn't actually that bad.
I'm also going to strip out the GRP dash, the Acewell, the custom wiring module, the bucket seats, the harness bar and roll cage might stay, not sure yet.
I'm thinking of going for a 1275 A-series, with remote box. Maybe take it out to 1293 if I can find one in standard form that just needs a rebore and crank regrind. Then just on a HIF44, 276, Aldon dizzy, Maniflow LCB nothing too special at all...just normal, plain, period Mini stuff.
I'm also thinking of fitting complete new inner wing/flitch panels, new A-panels too. I've already got a new front panel and front wings to go on her. Spray the whole thing in gloss black, drop the MK1 lookalike stuff too. I'm going to aim for MK3 Cooper S styling I think. Period, standard, tidy stuff.
So my shopping list now will be:
Inner wing panels
Flitch panels
A-panels
N/S outer sill
MK3 bonnet in steel (standard)
MK3 grille and surround
1275 A series and remote box
Twin bolt subframe
Adjustable bottom arms and tie bars
I'll be keeping the 6x10 GBs, the car will look pretty similar externally really. Just the MK1 CF bootlid will be junked really. I like the wheel/arch combo I'm running atm, so that will stay.