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[bamby]

forgot to add the picture of the boot lid that had been origionally painted in red acrylic ...

heres how it looks now

[GreaseMonkey]

Looking lovely, Almond green is a nice colour.



I think that seat in there really goes with the colour of the car?

[bamby]

the brown seats?? i prefer my high backed Mayfair seats there wuite rare in the colour that they're trimmed in

[Down&Out]

YUM. beats anthracite anyday . nice choice bambi sir .

[bamby]

OKie dokies gang, been doing a bit of work today ..

got the front screen in, got part of the rear screen in.

fitted the grill , moustache and buttons, along with other bits too .. and fitted the rear up

[Deathrow]

That's a gorgeous looking car! Love the colour, suits it very well.

However, you seem to have fitted your wiper spindles the wrong way , well, unless you want them to clean your knees .

[Down&Out]

thats SO much nicer . cant wait till its done

[bamby]

That's a gorgeous looking car! Love the colour, suits it very well.

However, you seem to have fitted your wiper spindles the wrong way , well, unless you want them to clean your knees .

yes your right the rubber bits underneath are the wrnd way round .. i only discovered it once it fitted it all up haha .. ill sort that tomorrow

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

great work love the colour that front ends spot on your cars makes it into my top 10 minis now

[rimmer1993]

Coming on well mate keep up the good work (and i agree one of my top 10 minis)

[bamby]

Thanks for the comments guys ! Im likeing that fact about the top 10 minis as it thug

so a saturday update (as im in the lakes i cant work on the mini )

Yesturday i did the following ... took the front and rear screens out - decided it would be best if they di not leak so Tower windscreens are coming on tuesday (thanks to Jackman for the advice )

Then i refitted the top and bottom dash rails and got them to line up propperly, i will say that trying to get the switch panel to behave was not easy.



Then i wired in the switch illumination kit (thanks tomsblueminni for over the phone help ) went to test and the batteys flat so thats another job to add to the list..

Then it was wiring the new headlight looms to the origional rover loom.. managed that well enough and also fitted new sidlight bulbs whits i was at it.. then it was onto the indicators there now solidly mounted to the shell via self tappers and have new bulbs and are wired in

Side indicators are in and wired up with new blubs also ...



Temperature warning sensor is now tiewrapped to the support bar on the front panel as i did not fancy drilling another hole in the car :S so it can stay there for now

then i got the doors all fitted up with the locking mechanism so they now shut, latch and lock so i am rather impressed with myself there




then ive mounted the rear speakers and tweeters.. just need to wired it all up next week when dads made me the new battery box lid for the amp to sit on ...






finally i mounted the dash clock and re connected them so hopefully they will get a bit of use during the week.. you never know i may still make it to himley hall yet haha




and the carpeted boot ..





almost forgot .. the front passengerside alloy has gone to have a tube put in it as it keeps leeking no matter how many times i have the flipping thing resealed

so jobs left to do ..

Fit the petrol tank
fit boot seal
fit side windows (doors and quaters)
finish wiring and fit dash
refit sound proofing to bulkhead,
fit wheel arches
check electrics
wire amp
buy and fit bumpers
service
mot

[bamby]

right bit more of an update so here we go :

window man came today and sorted out the front and rear screen

i then did the side windows myself

and just tieded things up a bit

[rimmer1993]

Thuugs looking good keep up the good work

[bamby]

Well the fuel tanks in and she sort of runs however the electrical gremlins have returned.. I still have no full beam headlights hah when you turn ont he sidelights (engine running) the rev counter dies and the right indicator on the dash illuminates so i am wondering if this is meerly a bad earth ? Still need to hurry up and get ti done so i can book the Mot and service for next week

[Mutley_RIP]

Loving the colour! Looking good and fingers crossed!