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[MiNi FiZ]

hey dude, looks sweet! well done!

your insurance shouldn't be that much! shop around, you'll get it alot cheaper

[marvin151173]

I've been following this thread quite closely, the car looks stunning! (it would be nice to see a few pictues now it's finished!!)

The insurance seem's a little high, is that through a specialist like Adrian Flux.

Good luck with the MOT, the Test etc etc

Cheers


Marv

P.s go on, put some pictures up...

[Nickh_16]

Hey guys, thanks for the comments, will be shopping around for insurance for sure! spent enough on this car already lol

She's not quite done yet, still got the engine to get in and the brakes and front wheels to do, the engine is ready to go in just about, can't wait!!

i have some pics of the engine but my phone won't connect again!! will try later

Nick

[Down&Out]

looking forward to that!

[Nickh_16]

these are the only pics i have atm, the engine is more complete now, i'll get more pics a bit later

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[nnabais]

Congratulations!!! Your project is a must! Nice job, the car is looking amazing.

I´m having some troubles on fitting my minispares grp 2 arches... Is it possible that you take some photos in detail of front arches, near the bumper?
Mine seems to go too down.

Thank you and I wish all the best for your project!

Nuno Nabais

[Scott.Tamson]

Just read the whole topic...and wow looks amazing. im glad you went for the red and black colour scheme....personal oppinion, but that green looked awful lol. Cant go wrong with red and black fair enough its quite common, but atleast you know that its goin to look good.
Cant believe how good yours looks...i bet you must be over the moon with it.

Good Luck

5 Days To Go

Scott

[tedmcedd]

i have the same manifolds as you have! one huge tip, make sure you plum in the inlet manifold to your heater system, i didnt and had terrible running problems with the car until i did!

insurance wise, go for Footman James, thats who i'm with and they are brilliant, i pay £512 for third party fire an theft, when i had my completely standard designer it was £480, good luck with it all, looks amazing! hope you get her done soon!!!

Ed

[n_d_fox]

Car is absolutely awesome... Your dad has some real skills there and a cracking place to work on the cars.

Good luck with the finishing touches, your driving lessons and test etc.

Hopefully when i finally find the elusive mini i am looking for it will be somewhere near as mint as this one.

[Nickh_16]

Hey guys thanks for the awesome comments, very nice to hear it

Anyways, my laptop has finally decided to allow me to upload some pics (stupid thing) the engine is planned to go in tomorrow! can't wait!

i have the same manifolds as you have! one huge tip, make sure you plum in the inlet manifold to your heater system, i didnt and had terrible running problems with the car until i did!

Cheers for that! we'd been wondering weather to plumb it in or not, we decided not to in the end and see how it went, but now we probably will! CHEERS!

Here are some pics, there're a few of the arches on the front valence for anyone that wants to see.

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[Down&Out]

cant wait to see this finished!

[Down&Out]

4 days to go!!

[James182]

Its my mates bday today and he started driving this morning! reminded me of you and your bday so i thought id say something! all my extremetys are crossed so lets hope its done in time!

[sazal]

Hey nick, you got the engine in today?!

[Nickh_16]

Hey Guys, thanks for the comments!

Been a day of good and bad....unfourtanatly the bad points outway the good ones

I woke up and went out to the garage to see that my dad had already got the engine in on his own, but in teh process had scrapped all the way down into the metal on the scuttle! he couldn't wait for a teen to wake up so attempted on his own and the carb which he forgot to remove scrapped all teh paint off daaaaaaaaarn. will get his mate who's a pro body shopper to touch it up

The good part...got everything wired up and working, she started!!! no exhaust fitted so very loud, but she ran! took her for a few spins up and down the drive, more poke than she used to have which is awesome!

More bad... the brakes aren't working properly, we've bled them so many times to try and fix it, but there's always a dead pedal first time you press teh brake, then the next time it's fine?!?! we've tracked it down to the front right caliper but can't seem to fix it

More bad... the wheels won't sit on the flange? properly, there;s a piece which needs to be machined off the because atm it's not sitting right?!

On bit of a downer atm, will see how tomorrow goes


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