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[mad4mins]

small update

well i havent really had that much time with this horrible uni work, but did manage to get home a few weekends back.

as the mini was kinda blocking the caravan in and with the folks wanting to use it. was time to find a new resting home. so me dad had a wicked idea about using some spare bricks and old shed to create some hard standing and shelter for the poor girl!



so just started laying the bricks onto the soil (behind garage). As the garage is coming down in the summer. So its only temporary.





right as the engine is still in the subby it had no front end!! so i had a wicked idea!! attached my dads Massey Ferguson's rear hydraulic arms to the mini with rope. So as the arms lifted it would raise the mini of the ground! in theory!!



well it kinda worked



but there just wasnt enough ground clearance when the arms were fully up!



so that idea was scraped, dont know what muppet thought of it! lol

so my dads mate came round and he said why dont we just lift! didnt think we would manage it! but by heck the thing is light without a engine!!!

so we just 'wheel-barrowed' it onto the hard standing!! piece of cake...lol

so i went back to Cov and left my dad putting up the rest of the shed



home sweet home... well for the next few months!

m4m

Edited by mad4mins, 14 April 2007 - 01:59 PM.

[$way]

good stuff.

[Pie]

Hey, just read the complete project, looking good. Looks like you've got some idiot-DIY-block-dremmeler against you lol

Looks really good though, i sometimes think abuot going for the miglia arches, but just wouldnt look right on my car.

Miniman-pie

[mini_mission]

done in style, having a cheeky bevvy

lovely mf you got there too.

[mad4mins]

Looks like you've got some idiot-DIY-block-dremmeler against you lol

i wonder who you mean!! lol.

Looks really good though, i sometimes think abuot going for the miglia arches, but just wouldnt look right on my car.

Miniman-pie

no dont do it! l love your car as it is...lol

lovely mf you got there too. smile.gif

that was my restoration project before i found Minis!!

cheers for the comments guys.. really frustrating that i cant get home and work on it. haho.

Edited by mad4mins, 14 April 2007 - 03:49 PM.

[Pie]

Looks really good though, i sometimes think abuot going for the miglia arches, but just wouldnt look right on my car.

Miniman-pie

no dont do it! l love your car as it is...lol

Well its going low, and wide, but not TOO wide, 10x6 wellers and group 6 arches.

Really need to pull my finger out now and get the work done to it.

Should have put that bet on that stupid horse race The bloke at work stuck £50 on "Silver Birch"!!!
Thats...*works it out*...£1650!! He's got!
If id have put £40 on it i would have had enough to get it done! (Odds were 33-1)

Damn, oh well.

Keep up the good work, when you ca, with your project.

Miniman-pie

[JetBLICK]

Nice shed, and thats a nice garage ur building too (soz couldn't resist, it was just waiting for someone to say it ) Its great having a roof over the car to work in - but, just a thought, dont u want to make it a bit wider, so you've acctually got room to work on the car??

[mad4mins]

if i did that the shed wouldnt fit!! just about squeeze in!! lol... yeah the garage isnt the strongest thing in the world but least its got a roof now!! woohoo!!

unlucky with the races Pie! .. maybe next time!

Edited by mad4mins, 14 April 2007 - 08:22 PM.

[mad4mins]

time for an update me thinks

well back from uni!! having finished my degree!! woop woop!!

so got cracking on getting the front end rolling again!!

first on the list was to buy a flip front!!







then i painted the subrame!!





more messing about with the flip front!! (yes im a big kid! )



what do you reckon new trend?? may have a downside or two!! lol



so the hope is to get it rolling this weekend then start fitting the front end.. so i can start the mammoth task of prepping the shell for paint!! .. which im not looking forward to!!

but cant wait to get it painted finally! looks like a right tip in about 5 different colours!!

ahh well.. its rainging AGAIN!! hence not working on the car.. fingures crossed i can get some work down on it over the weekend!!..

[CanadianMiniFan]

hey I thought with the lack of p rogress this car had just been washed away in the floods

[mad4mins]

hey I thought with the lack of p rogress this car had just been washed away in the floods

har har

only have the river test near us and its not really big enough to cause big flooding.. plus the mini is kept on a hil!!


lol

Edited by mad4mins, 28 July 2007 - 04:25 PM.

[samwell]

so no excuses then

[Joshmini]

Hey, looking good cant wait for more updates
Nothing like a good beer when laying the bricks not that i drink

[Racer_Pete]

What type of flip front you having? Downwards or upwards?

[sheree&the-gt]

how's it going?

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