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Posted 17 January 2013 - 02:52 PM

I'm painting mine black with silver shiny bits :) Clean and subtle and when it leaks oil, no-one wil notice ;D

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Posted 17 January 2013 - 02:58 PM

Black engines with a load of DSN classics bits and goodridge airoquip oil lines look awsome!! Doo it! Doo it!

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Posted 17 January 2013 - 03:00 PM

Black engines with a load of DSN classics bits and goodridge airoquip oil lines look awsome!! Doo it! Doo it!


Thats the idea, Anodised silver rather than shiny.

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Posted 17 January 2013 - 03:21 PM

LOL I have put over £2k in the car already with the panels, engine and car and its no where near looking like a car.
I am going to get it on the road before thinking about shiny bits.

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Posted 17 January 2013 - 03:23 PM

Aw tell me about it.. 5K on the clubby and the most I got out of it ATM was being pushed down the road with the cibie lights on.. (was moving it from shed to shed:P)

Once I got my manifold and con Rods and diff.. We will be well away!

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Posted 17 January 2013 - 03:26 PM

Does that mean I win then, Just under about £1500 and it looks like a car, drives like car?

Though another £2000 and it will be perfect... ish.

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Posted 17 January 2013 - 03:27 PM

I am prepared to spend £4k and have saved a few quid on the engine so it should be doable.

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Posted 17 January 2013 - 03:28 PM

Does that mean I win then, Just under about £1500 and it looks like a car, drives like car?

Though another £2000 and it will be perfect... ish.


You are nowhere near finished. Someone may nick your engine.

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Posted 17 January 2013 - 03:29 PM


Does that mean I win then, Just under about £1500 and it looks like a car, drives like car?

Though another £2000 and it will be perfect... ish.


Not fair... Te clubman didnt even need any new panels.. Couple of repair panels and patches...



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Posted 17 January 2013 - 03:37 PM


Does that mean I win then, Just under about £1500 and it looks like a car, drives like car?

Though another £2000 and it will be perfect... ish.


You are nowhere near finished. Someone may nick your engine.


And I'll offer them a Cup of tea whilst they take the engine out for me and then Call the police :P Have a go, please..... Saves me the effort ;D

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Posted 17 January 2013 - 03:41 PM



Does that mean I win then, Just under about £1500 and it looks like a car, drives like car?

Though another £2000 and it will be perfect... ish.


You are nowhere near finished. Someone may nick your engine.


And I'll offer them a Cup of tea whilst they take the engine out for me and then Call the police :P Have a go, please..... Saves me the effort ;D


Park it in Dagenham over night and your wish will come true. I lost x4 wheels from my Mini 1000 and that was 20 years ago.

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 01:55 PM

A few more bits got done:

Stripped blue anodising from engine parts.
Braced passenger door.
Repaired broken door stud.
Welded in door stiffener.
Chopped out Passenger side heel board end.


I ended up drilling about 20 holes in the flitch to plug weld the stiffener so that should not come out any time soon.

The blue bit of metal attached to the heelboard is a template I made out of scrap so I know the subframe will line up after the repair.


To do in the next few weeks:

Welding heel board end.
Weld in new inner sill.
Weld in sill stifener
Weld in door step.

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 02:42 PM

Engine looks much less. Tacky. Now you've removed the andoising.

Have you tried lining up the doors yet?

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 03:50 PM

I tried the passenger door and it look good at the top of the frame. I want to weld in the inner sill before I put the door step on.

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Posted 29 January 2013 - 03:04 PM

Woohoo the heelboard repair and inner sill are in.

New metal is very exciting.

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