The decision was made to purchase Thug as a car for me after Mum had an unfortunate Accident in the March with the car that i was going to buy off her..
the spot lights were added when the replacement sills were fitted in August 2006.
We also took part in the Blackpool Red Nose Day event run by Derek Woodman Mini - Dad, Thug & me manage to complete this without any headlights working and she promptly stopped working at Lawsons Road in Blackpool near the local DeVere Hotel.
The RAC man follwed Dad home at great speed to get the min home before she died again, then she went off to Mini Technique for a new altornator, then back to there two weeks later due to it going (the pitfals of buying 2nd hand used parts still lesson learn't - so you'd think)
Then I did my first modification an odd looking centre console, Partially based on that of the new mini :
Then there Came the Clubman : Just wish i hadn't sold it !
Deformed (DFM) 998cc Auto Clubby quite a live wire too
Then came a fare few breakdowns and suchlike (10 to be precise i've got the RAC slips to proove it:) )
The most recent was the Failure of the Ignition Amplifier on the ignition this was a bit of a crushing blow as the car had to be towed out of College attached to a bright oragne RAC van..
as she arrived home.
the offending item then a picture of Thug and my mate Dom's mini before he sold it :
Then i made a custom dash for Thug as part of my Alevel at college:
then there was the Minifinity Rolling Road in April which Thug manage 50BHP yay
although the carb is stuck on lean and needs a rebuild ah well ! another job to do then blackpool Mini run 08:
and after 4 hours on the prom
So I've decided that the time has come to take the mini off the road and do a rebuild on her as she wont pass this years mot without all this work needing to be done so its a must.. Im at uni so it will take me at least two years in everyother weekend to do the work, the welding will be done by somebody elese but im hoping to do everything else bar the painting so here goes...
the idea is to do a bit of work to the engine too but need some advise on that so any suggestions are welcome ..
Here's the phtotos of what ive done so far ...
Most of the front end is stripped, all i need to do now is get the grinder out and strip off the panels so its pursuading dad to let me get hold of it haha
i will openly admit that i am a novice so any helpful comments along the way of how things should be done will be greatfully accepted
so ill keep this as uptodate as i can. Thanks bamby
ps will post the pics of the new metal tomorrow and some better photos ..
Edited by bamby, 10 July 2009 - 05:53 PM.
