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[Midas Mk1]

Love the Colour! Great Progress!
Shame about the scratch , im at the same point as you building my Mini up after a respray, and im constantly scared of scratching it

[paul6266]

matty where on the car is that scratch? is it by the wheel arch by any chance? i hate rivet guns for that one reason

[E-Tizzle]

you can see the scratch in the picture above, its just next to the bottom of the door if you know what i mean.
look at the bottom of the seat, and then go right a bit

[matty121]

Love the Colour! Great Progress!
Shame about the scratch , im at the same point as you building my Mini up after a respray, and im constantly scared of scratching it

yea i was the same even more so now! i nearly wept haha

[paul6266]

oh yeah i see now....just didnt see the panel join

[matty121]

matty where on the car is that scratch? is it by the wheel arch by any chance? i hate rivet guns for that one reason

i actually managed to get away withough scratching the car with the rivet gun! untill i finished and decided to move a wheel barrow past the car grrr

[Dolly 89]

looking good shame about the scratch but still looking good

[matty121]

ok so now all of the windows are in electrics are wired up and ready to be tested.

what needs to be done:

fitt doors
adjust handbrake
fitt clutch and brake master cylinders
bleed hydraulic systems
straiten steering
fitt tacho
adjust height to make it road ready
get an MOT

now it runnnnns! started first time with the help of paul rhodes. but me being stupid put the washer on the oil filter return on the wrong side causing a leak will be heading to the rolling road to get it set up soon see what difference the stage three head has made

some pics of the progress

[matty121]

evidence

[E-Tizzle]

have you decided what grille your going to use yet?
i love the colour

[matty121]

video of the car running again, not sure if im too keen on the exhaust a bit too loud for me might be put up in swap area in the near future



passenger side door on



how the number plate will sitt does anyone know if green LED's are illegal to light the number plate up?



90% there now just a few things left to do finish brake lines and bleed, driver side door and attach all door mechanisms on both doors, fix oil leek

[miniallsort]

great project

[matty121]

have you decided what grille your going to use yet?
i love the colour

Think ill be going for a mk1 style grille but not 100% sure yet

[Midas Mk1]

Looking Great! Pretty sure white is the only colour you can use to illuminate the number plate

[Ben10Raw]

looks and sounds great. I'd leave the exhaust as it is sounds spot on.
Well done on a great project.