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[pikey7]

I'm a bit torn at the moment.

I have a saloon with a cut off front end (It's had rusted to death), and I'm gonna replace it with a carbon front end.

My problem is this: I have extensive mods planned for the motor, which include turbo-ing an 8-port head, and I'm not sure I can get in an 8-port, injection plenum, turbo (janspeed stylie) and intercooler. Soooooo, I was thinking Clubby front instead.

I want to make the car a bit of a sleeper, so very tidy and relatively classy looking outside. This of course will mean I need to lay my hands on a front clubby grille, headlight surrounds and things.

I know from previous experience, that finding good used parts for clubbys is a nightmare, so does anyone make these parts still?

Oh, while I'm at it, do sportspack arches fit clubbys? (a bit of fettling I don't mind, bu there are limits!)

[MiniSi]

Re: arches, not sure about sportspack but group 5's do. Mmmm love group 5 arches

[gsms]

I think Sam has some sportspack arches on his clubman.

Guy.

[gsms]

MiniSi - Whereabouts in West Kent are you?

[Bluemini]

There are still plenty of good 2nd hand cluby grills about, look on ebay or put a wanted post in the relevant section on here.

[pikey7]

Good to know. I seem to remember I had a right problem getting one on the Clubby I owned 15 years ago!. I'll bear it in mind then when I'm measuring the engine bay!

[The Roadie]

A guy called Tony has sportspack arches on his Clubby at Manchester Minis. Looks the business but aparently it took a bit of playing around to get it right.

[Purple Tom]

Yeah Tony's Clubby looks really good, the colour suits it too...

I think he had to do quite a bit of modifying to the arches to get them to fit and look good though, as The Roadie says.

[pikey7]

Any pics at all?