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[mini-man-dan]

Not a huge update, but here goes
Got the fuel tank out of the car. Had no lines or sender, so thought it'd be a good idea to remove it, respray it nicely, make sure its all lovely jubbley inside and put a new sender in, before returning it to the car.
Found the original VIN and Commision number plates, on the dash, covered in blue paint . It had a new front end you see, so they were taken off for that, put on the dash and sprayed over! So had to carefully pick the blue paint off .
Got some nice Cobra Classics in black with a blue piping, that match the car perfectly Swapped what was left of my GT for them with my brother
have a couple of questions for people who are bored enough to read this post ...
Anyone know if the tank sender is the same as a standard Mini fuel tank one?
And anyone know where to get a pickup rear window from? Do Autoglass and people like that do them?
Thanks
Dan

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Sounds cool. Looks so nice!

[Teapot]

Anyone know if the tank sender is the same as a standard Mini fuel tank one?

Here's Huey's ... Minispares link here. I believe

Edited by Teapot, 26 August 2009 - 03:57 PM.

[mini-man-dan]

That looks different...
I suppose it'll have to be different as there's less horizontal movement between empty and full, as its a more of a flat tank that the standard car ones

[GreaseMonkey]

The Pickup rear screens are not easy to find I think, a few come up on ebay every now and then so keep a look out

[olds_kool_lews]

Has 8.4 discs on the front, but apparently there's an article in the new MiniWorld about spacers that can be used to make 10x6 wheels fit over 8.4 discs. Will be looking at that

ive got 8.4" brakes with 6x10 weller wheels, had to use a 1" spacer tho (could possibly go for a smaller spacer, but i like my wheels to fill my arches! lol), and upgrade the wheel bearings as the spacers put more stress on the bearings!

hope this helps!

(my mini is in this months miniworld, its the modified white mini 850 in the my mini section, reg oac 229w, have a look n ull see my wheels fitted over the brakes)

pick up is looking sweet by the way!

[mini-man-dan]

Ah that's great. I'm just going to purchase a set of Cooper S discs, I know it'll be more money but atleast then I'm not putting extra stress on other parts. Its just the easiest and possibly safest way I think.

[mini-man-dan]

Ok, decided today that I'm going to get it resprayed. 'It's just been sprayed' I hear you say! Well yes it has. Spray job, top notch! Prep work, not so. I'm really not happy with all the drag marks in the primer underneath, and inside and under the engine bay they haven't done a fantastic job (sprayed over sound proofing, removed that to find multicoloured interior!) Bro is going to do it for me, he's having a load of things off me instead of money, so that won't hurt the wallet too much. Will still be the same colour though!
Dan

[mini-man-dan]

Ok, now officially skint! But atleast I've got a nice brand new set of Cooper S discs from MiniSpares on the way Had to take advantage of the 15% off
Have another front subframe that Im painting up and building it up out of the car, then taking the other one out and swapping them straight over. Want to keep the car rolling for as long as poss.
Need some nice 6x10 alloys now...
Oh and some bottom arm pins if anyone's got any spare!?

Oh and thanks for the link, now purchased one

Edited by digi-cars.piczo.com, 31 August 2009 - 11:10 AM.

[mini-man-dan]

So, now looking for some new wheels. Oh and a name for it. Thinking along the Farmer lines, seen asthough these cars did find themselves on farms as workhorses in the 70's and 80's.

Here are the wheels I'm after:
LINK
Anyone rate the Falken tyres? It's going to be either them or AO32r's I think, because A008's are out of production. I can't justify the price of A032r's though, and I think the compound is too soft for a daily driver. Falkens it is, but I've heard they aren't all that fantastic...

Edited by digi-cars.piczo.com, 04 September 2009 - 10:22 AM.

[mini-man-dan]

Time for an update.
Got the old wiring loom out last night. Looks a bit... urm... old. Will be getting a new one of them I think! Can't be bothered with the hassles of dodgy wiring for the sake of £100.
Also started on removing all the flakey paint inside, ready for it to be resprayed. Will be doing more of this today!

Just found out it's been off the road since 1st Sept 1994 ! 15 years 3 days and counting...

Edited by digi-cars.piczo.com, 04 September 2009 - 10:47 AM.

[mini-man-dan]

Decided the front end is going to look like THIS with the mk1 grile, overriders and sticky numberplate.

Got a couple more pics of the rear. I placed the tailgate up against it to see what it looks like:


Pretty much finished getting rid of all the flakey paint inside. Started on the load floor now. Isn't too bad atall, just needs the flakeyness taken off and the have it all prepped properly before paint. Going to my brother's on Thursday for prep and paint! Can't wait to get it back and start putting it back together again!

[shorty]

thought about getting a polycarbonate rear screen made up?

[mini-man-dan]

Yeah Dad's already said about making me one. That's plan B if I can't get a glass one

[shorty]

Yeah Dad's already said about making me one. That's plan B if I can't get a glass one

hahaha