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[Db3123]

Hi everyone im dan this is my first mini and only second car as only being 19, dont really know how to explain it in words so ill let the pictures do most of the talking bought it about a year ago from a mate that lives local who had it for a few years and this is what it looked like..



its in great condition for its age, spent most of its life as a hillclimb car and in storage
its a med 1380 with a stage 5 head, a 286 cam, straight cut box, with hardened diff pin, 1.5 minisport rockers and a weber 45 that was running about 116bhp before the box and with a 44,
was unsure what to do with the car at a start for the first few months as i wanted to make it different as everyone knew it round here as his car, so i thought id change a few things, decided it was gonna be a complete overhaul, even every gasket and seal has been replaced, and pretty much new everything, bits started arriving..

new seats, x pin diff, a weber 48, carbon goodies, a cross drilled billet 310 cam, 3 into 1 manifold, polycarb windows, and a few dsn classics shiny bits the list goes on and on lol, my bedroom turned into a storage place for a few months






so first things first was a color change so started stripping down

what the car used to look like inside after a few things had come out

with the cheap gazebo that lasted all of a week haha

some weight saving and something to keep me busy


and the car was sent off for paint so it was engine time, stripped it down to find these cam followers and what was a 286 cam lol

Edited by Db3123, 09 September 2012 - 04:14 PM.

[Db3123]

a few engine bits..






the engine was then built back up and got some photos through of the car in primer


and then the colour, couldnt be more happier with it than i am! also got a few things done whilst it was getting sprayed, smoothed over the other wiper holes, holes on the wings and the filler cap hole





got the car home and couldnt resist seeing what the bonnet looked like with the daily lupo aswell

[Db3123]

one with the roof placed on and weight saving

stlll need to bond the roof down properly, its just sitting on to keep it out the way for now






interiors gonna be fully carpeted, no dash but the bulkhead carpeted as i think it looks a million times better than a mini dashboard, no offence anyone haha and the top dash rail and pillars are gonna be black vinyled





Let me know what you think cheers

Edited by Db3123, 09 September 2012 - 02:14 PM.

[warning634]

Fantastic build, you got going there dan! Are you planning to use it for hillclimbing?

What is the colour?

Cheers

Kev

[Db3123]

Cheers kev, and not anytime in the near future, would like to do a few track days and stuff, it's a classic beetle color :)

[frasermini]

Absolutely awesome mate I would love this, my favourite type of style for minis, retro racerish but still subtle! make sure you get that crazy speedo recalibrated for the car or it may well read wrong!! Keep up the good work

[MiNi'D]

I love this build. Keep up the good work! I'm going for the racy look myself, so I'm looking forward to the rest of the process :)

[jagman.2003]

Great looking mini, almost a rebuild in one page!

[Db3123]

Cheers, Tryed getting the car running last night, couldn't get no spark from megajolt, tried a different coilpack, different edis module and the Wirings the same from when it was the in the car from before stripping it down and working fine, any suggestions?

[james962]

Very nice, lovely colour

[leadly]

Very purdy indeed!

[Db3123]

And it's running the only thing I can conclude is the sensor, video up later :)

[william_clubman]

look very good job there like keep up more pics and i like colour look very nice

[miniQ]

Very VERY nice. I like your taste.

[Db3123]

got a few things done today, got my interior and carpet fitted, all carpeted and vinyled round the top dash rail


got megajolt running round, still need to upload that video!
and sorted out aload of other bits that needed to be done like mounting the oil cooler and sorting all engine bay bits out, looks loads tidier now and fiddled with windows for a bit,


let me know what you think, cheers