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[Mini-Dave]

Evening..



1.75 carb rebuilt



timed in PROPERLY



mmmmm, waiting to have a diff ring gear put on the flywheel...



all the suspension is now finished

so its off back to my uncles i nthe next couple of days to undergo the last stage - brakes finished, wiring done, alarm fitted (remote central locking???) interior finished, and the engine put in!

Thanks for all your kind comments

Dave

[MiniMartin]

I am also learning off me Uncle. Hes a classic car ethusiast and restorer but never owned a Mini before, yet pretty much sussed it all already. Does complain about the lack of space in the engine bay tho lol

Love the engine colour, well done with all of the work you done very good for a first timer, hope I can be that good someday. Prefered you keep the car blue but thats just my tastes

edit: What alloys you got on there?

Edited by MiniMartin, 05 January 2007 - 12:04 AM.

[Mini-Dave]

Thanks for your comment Martin

There 10x6 Revolutions.

I did like the blue, but it wasnt a brilliant paint job, and there were loads of scratches ect, always loved black minis, so thought id go for a change

Dave

[mad4mins]

when do u hope to have it finished??... looking good!!

[fikus01]

dave u know what im going to write about your engine, RED ONES ARE FASTER and thats all i have to say on the subject. blue just looks nice.

[Mini-Dave]

cough hot roder cough lol

Mad4minis - before april hoefully!!! as thats when im insuring it and going to drive it!!

Dave

Edited by Mini-Dave, 07 January 2007 - 02:53 PM.

[JoeBodge]

nice project!!

in sum of the first pics, where they custome subframe reinforcing bars? the ones from buy the scuttle down to the front of the subby?? do all flip front hav to have these? or are they there because u dont have any inner wings?

thanks

[Mini-Dave]

Thanks joe

Yeah there Brace bars, you have to have them in replacement of inner wings.

bout 35 quid or something from mini spares. Might be wrong on price, but they deff sell them.

Saying that, they didnt fit very well at all!, we had to cut the end plate off where it bolts onto the subby then bolt it all in place, then re weld it!

You need them to pass the MOT!

Dave

[Mini-Dave]

Afternoon..

Lots of progress..

Got the car back round my uncles the other week, got right into it, cleaned up / sorted out the loom, put the clutch and flywheel on, then today we put the engine it

got the manifold on, and the carb, and aload of other little bits.

My uncle sorted out an alarm for me, a serious one so hopefully ill never loose it *touches desk*

Gotta go and get some heater hose tomorow, and find a few other bits, clean em up then they can go on. Then ive also gotta make a final decision about seats, so i can buy them, then decide where there going, then decide where the adj rear brake bias valve is going to go, (prob down by the handbrake)



Dave

[Mini-Dave]

Hello

Got some pics finally...



thats not the most uptodate pic, all the lights are done now, alarms also in and finished.

Ordered my seats yesterday, coubeau forzas in black cloth, gunna make some mounting brackets, so we can get it as low as poss, in the perfect postion for me, so ill proberly be sitting in the car for a ges makeing brum brum noises trying to decide wheres guna be best

ordered some 10cm speakers to go in the dash too. both dash rails are back on now too.

Also long story short, we aquired a 1990 mayfair, so i took rear chorme opening quarter lights off it rear lights (one of mine is cracked) steering coloum cluster off it, one hilogen headlamp lol (other was smashed) erm, rear heated window (spare) and couple of other bits ive forgot. the cars now been donated to the local minicross man!

Getting there

Keep the comments comming

Dave

[lewis]

i am outstandingly jealous you have done a cracking job for a first time go at it

just to ask what you found the hardest part so far?

oh and what paint did you use on the engine, tis very nice

[Mini-Dave]

lol thanks !

ermmmm, perhaps fitting the new sill.. not so much becuase it was the hardest, but the most anoying/unconfortable, having to cut the cover one off, then sort out the rotton one underneath, then weld the new one on, when my welding was still in the early stages!! also reparing the tops of the inner wings....basically all the welding lol as im not very good at it, bit better now tho! lol

cleaning all the engine parts was also pretty boring, getting them emaculatly clean, then cleaning all the bolts individually

Im pretty sure its normal dulux house paint! the colour was just some my uncle had left over from something hid painted, cant remeeber now, actualy i think it was a mix of the old mini blue, and something else.

Dave

keep em coming

Edited by Mini-Dave, 07 February 2007 - 07:52 PM.

[Mini-Dave]

Getting annoyed now :@ ordered my seats from halfords, monday will be the last day of the time scale they said it would take, and im seriously not holding my breath for them to turn up. went in today and asked them to chase it up.

Anoying as the seats are whats holding me up from finishing the damn car!

Dave

[mad4mins]

breath dave.. breath!!! lol!!! im sure they will turn up!!! lol ... what did you order anyways?? anything nice???

[CanadianMiniFan]

read the thread mad4mins, corbeau forza's in black cloth. lookin' good dave get 'er done!