121 replies to this topic

[alexcrosse]

lovin that LED idea *goes to maplins now and buys LED's* think ill put them on mine, i want mk2 lights on the back which i have in the cuboard but need a reverse lamp, and with that little idea ill be able to do it, include a little reverse cluster. Mint.

Good luck with the project,

Cheers,

Al

[Icey]

Al,

You will spend a small fortune buying the LEDs from Maplin. I suggest you search around and if you can wait then buy them from HongKong as they are pennies instead of the pounds that Maplin and such charge

Icey

[THE STIG]

dont know if you have seen the mod they do to the standard gear linkager that means you only need a simple round hole in the bulkhead rather than cutting the big square hole

http://www.16vminicl...pic.php?t=14662

Edited by THE STIG, 11 May 2009 - 01:41 PM.

[Icey]

Etch primed - HURRAH! It's only taken god knows how long for us to finally get here.

[craig 1010cc]

Llooking good how long before the colour goes on?

[Jackman]

Any updates?

[Icey]

Well, we've moved house and still managed to make progress.

Here are a few pictures.

Stone chipped floors/boot



Masked the body. Sprayed Roof.





Masked Shuts, Sprayed Interior.





Took masking paper off.

[kcchan]

Make sure you can get enough movement from the gear change to select all 5/6 gears. It was a mod I wanted to do with the mini gear change but could get enough sideways movement from it. Your progress looks good though.

Also Im sure the lights have to be E marked to be legal. Something along those lines anyway.

[Icey]

Oops, haven't updated.

Here are a couple more pictures.

Rear Arches:



Passenger Door:



F/G Bootlid:



Sun on the colour:



This weekend it's the other door, back of the bootlid and then the car

And todays update:

And today....

[minimininut]

Looking beautiful!!

[Icey]

Thank you

Have a few more pictures with the paper pulled off!

[Midas Mk1]

mmm.... Orange'n'Black , Very Nice!!

[Sir Cheat]

Ummm...Very tasty! yumyum

[Icey]

Mutley has his very own private garage now and only a metre from the house - lucky boy. However not much progress has been made on the actually shell - need to buy a headlining, so then the windows can go in and so on and so forth.

Progress has been made on the electronics/electrics, a few pictures to wet you appetite.

Oh, first here is an outdoor picture before he got moved!

Edited by Icey, 03 February 2010 - 04:26 PM.

[Icey]

Quick (and long overdue) update:



Front subframe is complete, hubs are built (4-pot vented brakes). Rear beam and swing-arms are also fitted.
With a bit of luck, in the next month he'll be back on four wheels for the first time in years.