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[mymini007]

Total so far a shade over £2500


I think its time to stop counting the costs!

My mates who have seen both of our cars have all said yours is nicer, and you've spent half of what i've spent on mine.

So count yourself lucky. My engine cost nearly triple what your car did to buy in the first place.

Bodywork looks good so far. Now let's get that engine to match it!

Ben

Well if we get it stripped tonight that will be a start. I am bidding on a 1293 block on ebay at the moment, dont think I will win though, I have only bid £50

[mini_mad69]

Total so far a shade over £2500


I think its time to stop counting the costs!

My mates who have seen both of our cars have all said yours is nicer, and you've spent half of what i've spent on mine.

So count yourself lucky. My engine cost nearly triple what your car did to buy in the first place.

Bodywork looks good so far. Now let's get that engine to match it!

Ben

Well if we get it stripped tonight that will be a start. I am bidding on a 1293 block on ebay at the moment, dont think I will win though, I have only bid £50

WHy are you bidding on a 1293 block? you have a 1275 ready to go

[mymini007]

Total so far a shade over £2500


I think its time to stop counting the costs!

My mates who have seen both of our cars have all said yours is nicer, and you've spent half of what i've spent on mine.

So count yourself lucky. My engine cost nearly triple what your car did to buy in the first place.

Bodywork looks good so far. Now let's get that engine to match it!

Ben

Well if we get it stripped tonight that will be a start. I am bidding on a 1293 block on ebay at the moment, dont think I will win though, I have only bid £50

WHy are you bidding on a 1293 block? you have a 1275 ready to go

Saw it and thought why not! I will not win it as its up to £46 with 6 hours left

Edited by mymini007, 14 May 2010 - 12:11 PM.

[mini_mad69]

1275 is now completly stripped, ready to be dipped, painted and rebuilt.


My camera isn't great.




Fully stripped 1275 block.






All of the crank journals are like this, so will need a polish, maybe a grind and oversize shells.


mymini007 will probably take some pictures of his engine in proper light today.

Ben

[mymini007]

This is what I got up to last night, Thanks to mini_mad69 for all the assistance, this engine has been sat in my garage for about 6 months, now its on its way to a re-build.













The body work is finished and all the shiny are back on

Edited by mymini007, 15 May 2010 - 07:27 PM.

[mini_mad69]

You've got a pair of over-riders to go on there aswell

[carboy001]

Thats not allowed, youve got to loose them during the build like the rest of us!

Good progress and the body looks well

[mymini007]

Thats not allowed, youve got to loose them during the build like the rest of us!

Good progress and the body looks well

I am normally very disorganised (see garage in background) so if I don't bag and tag like this i will looses them.
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail

[mymini007]

Just spoken to the engineering company down the road,

Crank polish £25
Crank grind £8 per journal
Hone block £25
Chemically clean block, pistons, rods and crank, £35

If the block needs a regrind he will do that too.

Should have it all beck by the end of the week.

[rick.spi]

haha im the same, im constantly taking the stripes on and off and putting spots on and off (binned the spots now so im not tempted tho lol )

did you have a target look? i didnt as such it just materialised as it is now lol

I was going for the sportpack late cooper to start with, then MWS ballsed up my wheel order so the SP arches had to go, ant the only ones that would fit over the cut outs in the arches were the GP 6 Wides, so its kind on gone from there really, so looking towards the sort of Mk 1/ Mk 2 race/rally car of the late 60s and the interior of a miniature Bentley/Jaguar kind of thing.

If that makes sense

haha yes that makes sense. a luxury cruiser. im not sure where to go on mine next i think im going to just cut my losses and get a clubman.

i loving the sounds of the plan, especially the interior.

[mymini007]

The interior is pretty much there, 90% just need 3 x 52mm dials, and some nice seatbelts as the grey ones look rank, I have some black ones, but I would really like cream or green.

[1984mini25]

The body work is finished and all the shiny are back on

That paint work hasn’t come up too bad considering it’s a rattle can job

Thats not allowed, youve got to loose them during the build like the rest of us!

Good progress and the body looks well

I am normally very disorganised (see garage in background) so if I don't bag and tag like this i will looses them.
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail

Ah but if your anything like me, even after labelling all the nuts and bolts and putting them all in separate bags fro my rebuild, you’ll still lose them.

Or maybe that’s just me, either way I’d be screwed if I were a squirrel.

[mymini007]

The body work is finished and all the shiny are back on

That paint work hasn’t come up too bad considering it’s a rattle can job

Not tooo bad, I have had a couple of paint reactions, but it looks ok if you squint from 20 yards, once I give it a rub down and polish it will look better.

[lawrence]

hey, im liking it so far a very good job,
but how did you spray your front end? ie:paints etc,
because ive got places where my paints coming off around my grill and bonnet and also on my a panels by the seam strips there are bubbles, did you remove yours or paint over them?
Lawrence

[mymini007]

hey, im liking it so far a very good job,
but how did you spray your front end? ie:paints etc,
because ive got places where my paints coming off around my grill and bonnet and also on my a panels by the seam strips there are bubbles, did you remove yours or paint over them?
Lawrence

I left the seam strips on and painted over them, I knew if took em off I would not get them back on, its just a temporary fix until I can afford to get it done properly.

The paint is off the shelf from halfords, in rattle cans.