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[minivanman]

one word Dog, hydraulics! talk to minisprint about it?

[andywaller]

yeah definatly drag wars 07 it is then, give me a good target to aim for. will be good to have a simular car to run against.

i will be slamming my car and leaving it there i am quite lucky where i live as the roads are ok and any speed bumps i can avoid! going to keep it sensible as i dont want the arches rubbing etc if i go out on a track day. ive also got my rear anti roll bar to help!


i have now welded up the rear part of the boot floor, i did spot type welds and its turned out ok. i have however decided to cut the rest out because there is no way i can get the pattern boot floor to line up in the shaped spare wheel part. so i will get the rest as good as possible then cut it out.

i need to do this before i fit the rear valence so the floor is the next big bit to buy. then the boot area will be finished after a bit of prep work.

i have also finished cutting out the rear seat pan and pockets, this looks quite neat now and will give me extra room for the battery box i got from smudger, and maybe a bottle of a certain gas which makes you laugh

next.... the sills or lack of them!

[Dog]

DW '07 it is!!
I can slam the Mini round here, as I know the area... but if I got to a show in it, I don't know where the speed bumps are!!


Sills.... good luck dude!!!

[andywaller]

see you there then dog, probably meet ya at MITP too!


well an exciting day in my project today, i took delivery of 2 carbon fibre bumpers from a guy called the carbon weezle, he has done the carbon on azzgranty's mini and also steve harris's hill climber.

i have to say they are the best things ever the carbon is so clear i cant belive it. i will put some pictures up some time soon so you can see how good they are!

cheers to azz aswell for organising the carbon!

i should now be adding a carbon boot floor and door cards to the long list.

as it is i havent done any thing to the car as i was in france at the week end. i have maybe changed my idea for the colour on the car though and think i may go for a gun metal grey now instead of black.

[mini bunnykin]

I'm making my own brace bars.
With my projest, I am on a budget, as I want to spend as much as I can on my engine.

So welding, spraying, engine building, etc, is all being done by myself

And Mowog.... You won't get it any lower than me

hehe dog is that the mini that went over the speed hump!











hehe the mini is really coming a long now! looks good andrew...

[andywaller]

just a few pictures, more to follow.

and theres one just for all the carbon lovers out there *

[andywaller]

[andywaller]

have a look at my photo bucket account for more pics of my car and so mitp pics and also my mates clubby

clicky

[Dog]

Looking good, I wish my sills were like that!!

[andywaller]

thats the good one! the other side has had an oversill and is completely rotted out. hows yours going then?

[Dog]

Aye mines getting there. Only need to finish cutting out the back seat, and fit the outer sill, and the valance and thats my welding done for the time being...

I've actully started looking at colours, and how I am going to paint it!!

Some good pics by the way, few good ideas, that I could use!

[andywaller]

cool, the back seats not too bad to cut out, took me ages to get it right though. i used a jig saw to cut the overhang off the seat i followed the profile of the seam underneth.

feel free to use my ideas, at this stage i dont mind its all my finishing touches that i hope will make it stand out.

you valence hey, still got your to secret idea. im interested because i havent welded mine on yet i may have to use one of your ideas!

colour choice is a biggie, i keep changing my mind between black, gunmetal grey or something a bit more outrageos like a bright orange or turquoise!

[jack_marshall]

I know Dogs secret idea for the valance. Muahaha.

Projects looking good mate, your repairs look excellent too.

[andywaller]

looks like im gonna have to wait and see.

its probably a bit more than the holes that im gonna cut out of mine!

yeah im trying to make the repairs as neat as posible, after there welded im gonna grid them back flat too.

[steveobennet]

nice welding, i was lucky and go one that had repairs done in the past. don't mind if i ask where you got your carbon bumpers from?