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[Artful Dodger]

Hah awsome:P

This is only 1 inch ED exhaust piping!!

[jonny f]

Looks like a fiesta one, there's a few on eBay that I've found

eBay item number 200337723996

Looks really nice by the way, very similar to my set up just neater! Looking forward to seeing this at some shows fella
Ben

Thanks for that!

[Artful Dodger]

Also please note that the splines in he UJ match the splines and ur out on he steering rack. Spot on match!!

[skoughi]

Mine was the fiesta UJ as I was advised that the splines match up with the mini rack. I would like to put in a second UJ as my wheel isn't parallel with the seat, what you've done has given me some ideas, or fit the fiesta column with both UJ's and graft on the steering wheel part of the mini column. I guess what you've done is what gets done in a miglia, does the steering wheel square up to the seat with this set up?

[benjy_18]

Skoughi, if you have a look through my build thread (linked in my sig) then you will find how I have done my steering column, it's pretty much the same as AD's but with two UJ's so I could align the steering wheel with the seat, I also marked up the standard column and I think I have a picture to show how far out of alignment the standard column sits (around 1.5" IIRC)
I'm currently remaking my column with two fiesta UJ's rather than the ones I have previously used

Let me know if you can't find the photos and I will be happy to email them across to you
Ben

[Artful Dodger]

The wheel isn't square on... Rather annoying but oh well it's next to nothing and I can't feel it when you sit in it so I
dont care! As Ben said, you just use two ujs to get it over and square on to the driver seat. Impossible wih one as the drivers seat will not go over to he left far enough. Handbrake and passenger seat and tunnel in the way.. This was fairly easy to do once I drew it up and done the figurin and the ponderin of what they call method and angulation8)

Done scetches of gear shift mechanism already... Going to be Aaawsome 8)

[rally515]

Done scetches of gear shift mechanism already... Going to be Aaawsome 8)

Just a bit more insperation for ya then

[Noah]

Oh god that makes my legs go funny.

I love stuff like that.

Zonda interior is like that, physical bits of metal that clunk together so perfectly ah.

[mk3 Cooper S]

Is a Rose joint designed for purely radial movement?

[Artful Dodger]

The column is not moving inside the joint, it'd a tight fit so the actual metal centre is moving on the bearing so it is operating correctly. And the joints work pretty much in every operation, rotational etc

[ClubbyAsh]

Just read this thread and it's fair to say i'm rather jealous of both your cars now! The Miglia is looking sweet though dude, can't wait to see both of them at shows in the summer once i've turned 17 and can drive Milligan.. legally.

[Noah]

Just read this thread and it's fair to say i'm rather jealous of both your cars now! The Miglia is looking sweet though dude, can't wait to see both of them at shows in the summer once i've turned 17 and can drive Milligan.. legally.

dat face.... LOL

[rally515]

Looks like it just has literally a vinyl roof

Edited by rally515, 12 January 2013 - 12:34 AM.

[Artful Dodger]

Bloody thing was rolled! The repairs were carried out when he was working in the prototype plant at longbridge. All of the car I have now is original and repaired . so he hammered those dents out!

[Artful Dodger]

so we are building a shed in our garden so i can have both minis in it and room for work.. engine building etc and my dad can have his shed for his jeep back. its currently residing at a friends!

i got told to model it, and i was advised to use google scetchup. i like that! i didnt put up doors, becuase why:P and the cuttering went wrong, but who cares, thats not needed in the pre fab build we are doing.

i think im sad? maybe? i lowered the mini



can i put up a link so people can go around it 3D mode??

Edited by Artful Dodger, 21 January 2013 - 01:06 PM.