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[Mini Mad Max]

SWEET

[1987_ParkLane]

SWEET

Thanks man .

[ianpettifer]

NICE!!!

Debumper all the way

[1987_ParkLane]

NICE!!!

Debumper all the way

Cheers man .

Just uploading pisctures now for an updae .

Edited by 1987_ParkLane, 10 May 2009 - 08:54 PM.

[1987_ParkLane]

Right, so spent really most of the day on the mini , and I started off by going to Focus and getting some hardboard to make some new door cards and rear parcel shelf. I only got around to making the parcle shelf today, so here it is:



Started off by making a a piece for the fabric to glue to. Then I stuck them together:



And to be honest it turned out pretty well. Then all I had to do was put it in the mini :





And it looks really nice , and fits well. Its a bit smaller than the old one , but its better than nothing, and the old one .

Then I set about wiring up to the washer pump:



It works well, now I have the one way valve the right way around lol.

Also go the heater back in:



All wired up and working well .

Also sorted out the rear light wires:



They were all over the place and had dodgy connections. So:



I changed them, cleaned them up and tidied them up .

And finally, a little something I was doing throughout the day:





Laquaring the front end . Its looking beautiful now . The masking line has virtually been disguised. All I have to do now is wait a few weeks (What it says on the tin), and then I can polish and rub it down to make it all shiny and nice . Thats all for today folks .

[camp freddy]

good work Dan, you can pop over and finish Ratty !!

[1987_ParkLane]

good work Dan, you can pop over and finish Ratty !!

Cheers Carl, haha might have to do that, I'm slowly running out of things to do, not a lot left now, well...if I keep having days like today .

[ianpettifer]

haha yeh uve got ur filling down to a T then i see.

i spent all day doing suspension, how fun NOT!

[analogue_radio]

Bloody hell Dan, nice work! I love a good day like that when it's just going from one job to the next & everything is going perfectly!

[1987_ParkLane]

haha yeh uve got ur filling down to a T then i see.

i spent all day doing suspension, how fun NOT!

Haha cheers, it turned out ok in the end, but I really don't want to fill ever again . Tell me about it, glad I got mine do in the end, just need to lower it now, but only when I get my new wheels .

[1987_ParkLane]

Bloody hell Dan, nice work! I love a good day like that when it's just going from one job to the next & everything is going perfectly!

Yer I know, everything was flowing today, I was on top form, I couldn't believe it, had a few hick ups now and agian, but nothing too serious .

[1987_ParkLane]

Well no updates today people as usual, its a Monday, so late getting home from college. But I'm hoping my Mini Spares order should be here tomorrow, so I can crack on with a few things then .

Also, I've been thinking today, and yes it did hurt, but not about the present mini, I'm thinking, after the Park Lane is done, I'm going to go for a complete rebuild, of another mini obviously, but as I like the engines different, and after I've driven the supercharged 998 a while, I'm going to want to go faster, so I'm thinking BMW K1100 16V Head, super/turbo charged? Its all James fault again as we were talking about getting projects after we have finished ours off, I think he was serious about doing it anyway , but we'll see.

[Mini Mad Max]

Just get it finished first! It's all looking good though. You are making more progress than me
Max... Keep it up

[1987_ParkLane]

Just get it finished first! It's all looking good though. You are making more progress than me
Max... Keep it up

Haha yer, keep reminding myself that, I was just reading up on the cnversion today while I was a college , I'm really hoping not to be any longer than 2 months now, but we'll see .

[1275 SPRITE]

Looking good, liking the washer bottle in the boot

Lots of progress which is what we like to see.

Front end looks great in the flesh too