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[Monstrous]

Finished all the fibreglass panel fitting now, with the bootlid being the last piece

Was gonna go with 4 pins in each corner for a completely removeable bootlid, but decided that was far too much hassle when compared with how often the boot will be used

So used some new hinges and one lockable bonnet pin in the centre which is clean and simple

Had to cut a piece of chamfered PVC piping to allow the barrel lock to line up with the pin, but i think it looks ok

Next job is to find a rollcage and buy one of those harness bars in the traders section

[mighty mini jack]

Love that, nice and simple!

[Monstrous]

Alot more progress made thanks to the budget freeing up some money to pay for some shiney new parts

managed to get the front subby detached from the shell and made up a support for the shell to sit on once the back one is off too



Painted the subby and the few components that were being reused



Got my order of parts in so started assembling



Put new ball joints on the hubs



Got my coil springs and hilos from minitastic so got the rest of the subframe builts up



Next step is to find a roll cage

[liam1288]

thought you were on a budget!! ha ha

[Monstrous]

Yeah most of the budget has indeed disappeared now

Anyway, more progress, made up all my captive brackets for the aluminium dash, and got them welded to the dash rails

These are the top ones, the bottom ones are longer



and welded to the dash



Also got the rear subframe off so its now just the shell on its trolley. Rear subby came off in about 15 minutes, can't believe how easy it was, i was expecting snapped rusty bolts and all sorts!

[Monstrous]

Busy busy busy...

after missing my rollcage being delivered yesterday i decided to go and pick it up from the depot

trying to origami it into my polo was all kinds of fun, however finally got it home

cut the seat base and companion bins out of the back to make way for it, welded the plates in and got it all bolted in. nice and snug (yes i know the bolts on the arches are the wrong way around, just whacked em in quickly)

just waiting to hear back about a harness bar from JonBetts now

[Monstrous]

Recieved my harness bar off of JonBetts so fitted that this afternoon to see how it went in

Looks good and fits very well

The next step is to roll the whole shell on it's side, scrape all the underseal and ******* off of the bottom, and then re-stonechip it neatly

[carboy001]

Haven't looked at this project before, very impressive.

Some very nice parts you have there aswell. Look forward to seeing more progress on the shell.

[Monstrous]

Some more progress despite a monster hangover today

All the parts for the rear subby arrived last week so i assembled it all today

95% of it is brand new, with only the radius arms and hubs being painted and reused, original subby was beyond repair

Got the minitastic coils in there with the hilo's, negative camber and tracking brackets and brand new backplates and drums along with the poly bushes

Also made up a little tool to tighten the pins on the front mounts, which now has a nut welded to it so i can get a torque wrench on it

[EatSleepJDM]

Forgive me for being a complete idiot, but what are those gold brackets?

Looking good mate!

[Monstrous]

Forgive me for being a complete idiot, but what are those gold brackets?

Looking good mate!

Negative camber and tracking brackets

Helps correct the rear end geometry

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Very nice!

[EatSleepJDM]

Forgive me for being a complete idiot, but what are those gold brackets?

Looking good mate!

Negative camber and tracking brackets

Helps correct the rear end geometry

Thanks very much mate!

[imaparana]

hey mate looking good.
are they minisport caliper ??

[Monstrous]

hey mate looking good.
are they minisport caliper ??

Yeah they are mate