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[Nickh_16]

Haha gotta have a girl clander, it's like the law

Things are looking good mate, keep it up!

[carboy001]

Nice work Luke, when are you expecting to have the mini on the spit?

[Deathrow]

Feeling more like a garage

So that's what I've got to look forward to January 1st. I like it!

Good work Luke, but stop being a fairy . I have to work basically outside and I only wear 2 layers .

Can't wait to see the spit in use.

Edited by Deathrow, 30 December 2009 - 10:21 PM.

[analogue_radio]

Spit will be up and supporting the mini within a few days time, if everything goes smoothly

[analogue_radio]

Order placed from Minispares, figured if I ordered 8 of every type of washer & bolt within reason I can't go wrong. At a maximum of 20p each I thought why not Another £200 spent! but that will be the rear subframe built up now.

Included in that order was..





Dented one of my GB caps but they are out of stock, not urgent.. and I the circlips for the rear stub axles are also out of stock.. so I need to try elsewhere, somewhere local should sell them.

[carboy001]

Nice order, £200 is that all for the rear subframe?

Same suspension components as me

You'll be able to pick up some GB caps from Bingley

[analogue_radio]

Yep, thats including wheel nuts & a new handbrake cable.. little bits like that.

Yeah I'll be making a list for Bingley I'm hoping to go to the show at Staffordshire at the end of January. Pick up bits like a Maniflow exhaust, some body panels etc.. big bits that cost postage.

[carboy001]

Yep, thats including wheel nuts & a new handbrake cable.. little bits like that.

Flipping heck, im now scared of your order in case its stuff I need........hope not

Yeh sorry I meant Himley.

[AndrewJ530]

Only 1 thing missing from the calender picture...she needs to be mounting a set of tyres or sprawled over a car bonnet. Come on man, you're letting the side down lol. Can't deny that it'll be a decent calender though .

Edited by AndrewJ530, 31 December 2009 - 05:58 PM.

[xBR4DLEY]

Thinking of girl calenders
Has anyone seen Cheryl Cole and Rachel Stevens Calenders

[analogue_radio]

The spit is almost made up, everything is welded together and ready.

We just need to work on mounting the body to the supports that slot onto the long central pole.

[1984mini25]

Feeling more like a garage

So that's what I've got to look forward to January 1st. I like it!

Good work Luke, but stop being a fairy . I have to work basically outside and I only wear 2 layers .

Can't wait to see the spit in use.

There’s two ways of keeping warm, both of which if done wrong will see you end up blind. Lol

The second of which is, I’ll leave the first up to you (sick minds) is to fire up the welder and get to work

[analogue_radio]

The A-frame made up (from yesterday)



I bunked off with my girlfriend today whilst Dad battled with the mounts and lost.. it seems I didn't clean the metal up on the front 'tie-fighter' and the weld has come loose.. so that's the first problem, the second is that it isn't at the correct angle and the pole when placed through hits the rear seat too low.

So we will re-weld the damaged 'tie-fighter' and clamp it with two u-bolts and straps of metal to keep things in place. And then pack out the wooden blocks at the front to give it more of a lean, meaning the angle increases and the pole with penetrate the rear seat in the right place.

This is the mount that Dad has been working on today



Holes have been drilled in the bottom of the cross member, which will be patched up. This is for extra strength and support.. you can just see the nuts poking out.

[camp freddy]

I bought a set of ready made brake pipes for Ratty, when I came to fit them I
found that half the car was UNF and half METRIC , so I had to change some
of the flanges to suit....

Is there any chance you bought the incorrect kit for your year of car?

My kit has some pipes that have a UNF at one end and a metric at the other.

no i double checked when i ordered them, twin diagonal system.

[analogue_radio]

Good news is that we are almost there, just some fine tweaking to do and a tad more welding.





I've also decided to change the whole outcome of my project and go for a lightweight lowrider



Ha nah, I've been dismantling the doors today.. the OS is the worst, it's too far gone.. the internal runners had rusted against the window, just a big mess. So I took an angle grinder to it and took the whole door apart. I've kept all the internals such as the door locking mechanism & the glass, all the handles etc.. but that door can't be saved.



That's inside the OS. The NS is a lot better, should be able to save that side.