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[666junky]

I did, and they didn't bother turning up for over 2 hours even though we were blocking the A127.. I rang them and told them not to bother, Essex police suck.

[666junky]

Yep.. Ran out of petrol last night and the damn thing ground to a halt on the A127. Thankfully got her into a layby and rang my mum haha. Petrol arrived and Nelly still wouldnt start.
No fuel to the carb. poo. after loads of cranking still nothing! Figured the empty tank had sucked up crud and blocked the lines so i blew down the fuel feed hoping to unblock it. We then rocked the mini about hoping to dislodge any crap caught up. a few more other bits done and hooraah Nelly is alive again :)

The fuel gauge isnt working and i totally mis-judged how much she has been using since her running problems started.. never mind!

[666junky]

Bought some tools today and began to strip down the donor mini. Need to borrow an engine crane thing soon

[666junky]

Fixed all of Nellys running issues although I was told it was a cracked head. The real problem? The bonnet latch has been welded in a strange position so when closing it catches and pushes on the dizzy. Replaced the worn spark lead it was rubbing on and in a fit of rage bent the entire bonnet and latch. Not a problem since! No cracked head, yipeee!

This picture shows a bit more how she is aging.. plus my wonderful girlfriend Terri :) (not aging haha!)
40 quid bargain that front end!

[Skortchio]

Couple more things ticked off the list, all good!

Now what was next? Fuel gauge, bump stops, suspension, lower arm bushes and the rest of the loom.

[666junky]

and the welding!

[666junky]

Had a lovely day playing cars today :)

Skortch helped me strip down the scrap mini some more and we fitted some front dampers to the front end of Nelly. Got to do the rears next along with the adjuster rides we got off the scrapper.
Yayy! might crack out the welder soon

[Skortchio]

Didn't finish making my bum smooth though, did ya!

Next time I'll turn the spanner and you do the artsy stuff, I'm no good at it anyway

[Minidarren83]

Can't believe you made it home with the front end in one piece, must have been my local neighbours help that made the difference lol

[leadly]

I just can't understand what that paint job is about, lol. Sound like you've been having fun though.

All the best!

Edited by leadly, 20 June 2012 - 09:44 AM.

[Skortchio]

I just can't understand what that paint job is about, lol. Sound like you've been having fun though.

All the best!

Oh I know the answer to this one! The previous owner was apparently going for carbon look, but by chance was passing Travis Perkins and decided on dry wall look instead.

It's a shame they lost interest and got sloppy because if the whole car was done well It would be pretty outstanding.

[666junky]

Its pretty shocking to be honest! The idea of the paint.. ok.. its passable but the standard to which it was done is awful.

Touching the paint you can feel some of the joining tape that has left sticky bits. All of the window seals have been painted over, arches weren't removed before painting, drips of lacquer not fixed and the amount of bodges we have found so far... well.. say no more!
I must state all this was done by the previous owner.

Darren, it was a laugh, i got to 60 and the steering became very light! roundabouts were hilarious
Was too busy doing grubby stuff to play art but i will get it finished for you

I have a tin of the purple colour paint if you fancy re-creating it
More parts have arrived today so will be taking a look at fitting them soon.

[666junky]

Going go for a new dash (well.. its real old but retro) soon.

Auto plas dash with the center binnacle modified to take the three clocks i already have.

[666junky]

So ive not updated this in ages.. Had a few adventures since the last post.

-Lost it on a roundabout, got very useful advice on how to prevent it from cooperman.
- Put hole in door by accident, Started preparing new doors to put on..
- Discovered some sort of clutch/bearing issue, Ignored it.
- Found the front windscreen seal to be very leaky, Ignored that too
- Girlfriend reversed into Nelly and bent the front grill and smashed air horns, Got my own back. plus archa gave me some air horns!
- Got a job (finally!), Will be taking Nelly off road for all the love she deserves!

[666junky]

Nelly never made it off road and im still driving her. Mot due soon so we shall see what that brings.. I want to paint her poo brown for some reason