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[WoMaD]

Hey all.

thought i would start a project thread, been meaning to for a while.
anyway here it goes.

back in about febuary i bought a 1979 1275GT for £500.
bodywork was preety good. but big end had gone on the engine.

this is what it looked like when i got it.


got it home, and it sat there for a few months


managed to find a MG Metro Engine. and fitted that 2 weeks ago. justs needs pluming up.

also got these off ebay


there rimstock 13x6, i quite like em

yesturday cam back from uni and fitted them.
here some pics.












well thats it for the moment

future plans..

need to find some arhes,
want to paint the wheels spokes a graphite colour, with grille and roof matching,
side exit RC40,
and some angel eyes.
more to come

matt

[mike.]

Those wheels are really nice! They suit the car perfectly!

[mk1leg]

Hi..!..Womad very nice 1275 GT nice orignal colour are you going to change it ..

[lootuning1]

awesome, i gotta soft spot for clubmans. Id love one, think there awesome

[WoMaD]

thanks..

nice orignal colour are you going to change it ..

nah colours staying, i love it matches my other mini thats yellow.
might just change the roof to a graphite silvery colour.. but not sure yet.

matt

[WoMaD]

Hey,
im back from uni for christmas, so started working on elmo again

finally got the engine running to day. managed to wire up the electnic ignition and the enegine runs well, just need to do the tappets again.
got round to buying some arches. ended up getting W+P arches in the end. will try and fit them some time next week.
ill try and get some new picture up, if its not too cold.

Matt

[Rob Himself]

Those wheels are nice! Look a bit like miniature Compomotive MO's

[Sleepy Stu]

Beautiful Clubby and those alloys are awesome!!

By the way GT rules!!!!!!

[WoMaD]

Heya.. thought an update was needed. car passed it mot back in january.. passed first time

here is how the car looks at the moments... taken at brooklands mini day.



with my old mini (now my sisters)



still got some work to do on it..

- exhaust has cracked on the bend going to the manifold.. will be buying a rc40 system
- got a metro rad off ebay for £15, so will be mounting that at the front.
- thinking off getting a cabon fibre boot.. but that will have to wait till i have more cash..

will be doing the london 2 brigton run for the first time in a few weeks, which will be good.

well thats all, next update hopefully will not be as far apart..

matt

[WoMaD]

damn.. it been a long time since i updated this.
where to start.

car now has a rc40 and lcb fitted as the old exhaust snapped on the motorway.. funfun
managed to fit the front faceing rad. works quite well

started to get low oil pressure.. not good

about a month ago my diff pin snapped
this broke the gearbox casing, dumping all the oil all over the road.



quite impressive

as the garbox was needed to come off, thought it would be easyer to get a new engine

found this on ebay



standard metro engine.

fitted the mg metro head and cam and a duplex chain
should be fitting it in the next couple of days

a way from the engine ive bought my self one of these.



aceweel digi dash
hopefully this will mean i wont have to use my gps for speed.

future plan:
thinking it time to lower the car.. so will be looking into kits..
i've decided i want to go down the supercharger route. will be building up the parts over time.. may take a while.

thats all for now

Matt

Edited by WoMaD, 28 December 2008 - 07:20 PM.

[Sir Cheat]

Nice GT and you only payed £500

[RowenBlaineSkinley]

sweeeeeeeeeeeet clubby man

real nice colour

[buddylove]

Nice clubby, love orange clubbies! Sweet deal on the price as well.