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#256 Hpal

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Posted 11 September 2018 - 07:32 PM

Hey mate, great job, holy crap that was some rust!

I'm in Australia and have bought a UK built mini 1000 and wanted to know what your has in the centre dash rail and do you know why the little tabs are there? Mine had a lot of dodgy things done to it and currently has a cd player sitting there but I don't know if its standard or not. thanks

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Posted 19 September 2018 - 07:46 PM

Bezel in place and wires plugged

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Posted 24 September 2018 - 01:11 PM

Now I had a bit of a problem with the right side fuel tank. I bought new straps for it, and even fully tightened, it wasn't touching the tank to hold it down. I may have a weird tank, I don't know.

 

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Posted 24 September 2018 - 01:12 PM

So I took a perfectly good and new fuel tank strap and cut it 1 inch

 

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Posted 24 September 2018 - 01:13 PM

Nice and solid now!

 

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Posted 12 October 2018 - 12:32 PM

I fitted the front bumper. It is a brand new stainless steel part. I bought it back in 2009...! I had to cut the ends to fit with the arches. I think it went well. It was less of a job than to relocate the arches.

 

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Posted 12 October 2018 - 12:37 PM

I found a bodyshop to make the finishing touches to the body and paint! It turns out that it's a Mini enthusiast and he has seven Minis himself... I think it will be in good hands. I will bring it to him around December. So for now I have to drill all the holes that I need because I don't want to drill into a freshly painted body.

 

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-Door mirrors

-Reversing lamp in valance

-Spot Lamps



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Posted 12 October 2018 - 12:39 PM

Spot lamps fitted! Looks nice. Two of these brackets already lost their paint because they spent a Canadian winter in front of my old SAAB. Will have to repaint them someday. The goal for now was only to drill the holes at the right place on the front panel.

 

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With bumper, nice

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Posted 15 October 2018 - 01:30 PM

Rear bumper is fitted. I had to cut each ends, same as the front. It fits quite well.

 

Before, too close to the seam

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Posted 16 October 2018 - 01:33 PM

Now I had this to take care of. First thing I noticed is that the slider button was stuck in its place. So I had to disassemble it all to realize it was just stuck in rust.

 

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And surely I had to replace that nasty matrix

 

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Posted 16 October 2018 - 01:35 PM

I recreated the felt pads myself, I think it works well

 

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Posted 16 October 2018 - 01:38 PM

Everything repainted and assembled, looks new!

 

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Posted 16 October 2018 - 01:42 PM

The inside panel moves nicely with a satisfying click

 

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Posted 17 October 2018 - 12:39 PM

Couple of things last evening. Added felt behind fuel tank straps

 

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Posted 17 October 2018 - 12:39 PM

Drilled the hole in the valance for the backup light

 

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