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[george91]

Good to see you working on it, i know its not much fun this time of year. I am at the same stage as you by the looks of it. What are your plans for it now?

[leaky]

Urrm well. I want it painted the same colour and then slammed on some cool 10" wheels. I'm gonna go for a smooth look to the body so I wont have any badges or a number plate light on the boot. Then my golf headlights with the sidelights down in the indicators and inno tash round a chopped down cooper grill. I would also really like some inno door glass with the quarter lights. Then I was gonna go for bucket seats but think I may just get the old ones retrimmed with a splash of tartan. I always change my mind or come up with new idea though so I guess we shall just see what happens!

O and the engine will probably be a 1293 with a cam of some sort and a stage 3 head.

Edited by leaky, 20 January 2012 - 12:17 AM.

[leaky]

Right. Time I updated this then!

I dropped the 2 mini 30 doors I had off to be reskinned. I mate of mine is doing them for £20 a door which I didn't think was too bad at all! So I should be able to pick them up sometime next week.

I then thought I'd attack the bulk head.

I had started to wire brush this last year before I lost my motivation. I then just ended up leaving it so of corse it just went rusty.



So I spent the best part of 2 hours getting rid of as much of that as possible. I then painted over it all in some of that rust eating stuff.



Also seeing as I had painted the front end myself with rattle cans in about 20 mins when I first got it done it was think it a few places and slight surface rust was coming though. So I rubbed all that off with wet and dry and gave it a coat of primer.



I need to give the bulk head a second coat 2moz if the weathers good. I also need to get some stone chip and do the floors. So thats the next step.


Thanks for reading.

[mini_mad69]

Good to see your still cracking on at this buddy!!

[RossKnight]

Nice one Which engine is Jenny getting by the way, the 1293 you said about before?

[leaky]

Good to see your still cracking on at this buddy!!

Cheers. Yea well now the snow seems to have gone and the evenings are getting lighter and that I seem to have got the mini bug back again I should really crack on with it over the summer. I want to get the shell solid and rolling then I can get it off to be painted. Then I'll make a start on the engine..

[leaky]

Nice one Which engine is Jenny getting by the way, the 1293 you said about before?

Urrm well I have a 1275 a+ engine in the garage that I was given. So that will go in it. Not 100% sure on spec but I don like the idea of a 1293.

[leaky]

Tided the garage today and got the engine put in a trolly so its all together.



Their the main bits anyway. I have anouther box with the pistons and what not in. Not sure how much of it is any good though.

[leaky]

Wheels I really want to get for this once its back on the road. Wellers will go on in the mean time though!

[charie t]

thats not the right order............

[leaky]

Right! Small update!

My doors have now been re skinned!



and I bought a set of over riders.



Now the doors are done all I need is a boot lid and I can sort out getting her painted!

[leaky]

Long way off needing it but I went to Ultimate Dubs today and bought this!

[RossKnight]

oh dear Jon haah

[leaky]

Its 11" so a bit bigger then the clubby one but has mad dish and can be used as a hat. WIN!

[RossKnight]

hahahah best thing you've ever said