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[yorkshirechris]

Welcome to Evelyn's "tidy up" project page

I bought this little beauty from a fellow forum member yesterday, with a full MOT, bit of Tax and about 25p under the carpets
Apologies for the poor picture quality, better pics will be added soon







More pictures will be added as the work progresses...

I'd like to pay a big thankyou to Dan (Se7ens1ns on here) for his continued support, time, and advice on this project.. he came to look over the car with me originally and has helped me a great deal doing things I couldn't do on my own... and if it wasn't for him I wouldn't have gone to bought Evelyn in the first place

Hope you like so far


Things done so far:
Chrome exterior door window seals replaced
Pool ball gear knob fitted
Indicator and Hazard flasher units replaced
Oil and oil filter changed
Dizzy cap changed, rotor arm cleaned up - condenser, points, leads and plugs all looked brand new when bought
Clutch adjusted, all brakes checked, rear drums adjusted
Timing Chain Cover Gasket replaced
Crank Pulley Seal Replaced
British Isles shaped badge removed
Front and Rear black and silver plates fitted
Passenger side floors sanded and hammerited
Hazard lights fixed - they just randomly started working today!
Replaced the battery for a 600Amp one
Replaced "Mini Cooper"winged badges for Shield type bonnet badge (thanks Lisa ) and Mini 850 boot badge
TMF stickers put in
Installed new bulb in interior light - it now comes on when the door opens!
New Float Valve Kit for the carb fitted
Clutch adjustment screw fitted and clutch adjusted
Engine Crypton Tuned
Drivers & Passengers floor and boot floor rust sanded and painted with Hammerite
Battery earth strap replaced
Pre-wired for stereo - constant & ignition live, as well as two earths - one for the stereo, one for the switch for the boot light
Painted both front and rear footwells in 1 pack Poly paint, in a blue colour similar to body colour
Replaced all switches on the switch panel
Got rear heated screen working, turns out the plug wasn't pushed into the back of the switch
Fitted security features
Boot light kit more or less installed.. waiting on centre console for switch & boot liner for bulb mounting
Fitted Mk2 rear lights
Replaced Ultimate Engine Steady Bushes
Engine Flush done complete with new oil filter and oil change for 20W50 Duckhams (16-02-08)
Thermostat installed and housing changed (she didn't have one ) (22-02-08)
New housing studs installed - water leak fixed (22-02-08)
Timing Chain Cover Bolts re-threaded, leak solved. (22-02-08)
New timing chain put on (22-02-08)
1275 Rad top bracket installed in replacement for old "home made" one
All new black carpets fitted! Complete with two layers of underlay. Speaker & other wiring hidden underneath.
New handbrake and gearstick gaitors fitted
Three new tyres fitted. (03-03-08). All four are now matching Falken-G 145R10's.
New centre console along with head unit and two 6x9's on underseat speakerboard. (04-03-08)
Boot Liner Kit fitted
Choke & Throttle cables replaced. (07-03-08)
Switch panel refixed properly.
New clutch slave cylinder fitted.
Passenger side wheel hub made secure
Tracking set.
New set of spark plugs fitted
Speaker pods fitted in front - 09-03-08
New clutch arm and plate fitted, along with thrust bearing, bearing pin, diaphagm centre plate & retainer and clutch arm pins. (13-03-08)
New cooling fan fitted
New seats fitted - 16-03-08
Internal stereo aerial fitted
New wiper motor, piping, washer jets, chrome wiper arms & blades fitted
Biit lid cover & roof rack bars fitted



Links to posts in this topic (in date order):
Bingley Pictures
More Bingley Pictures
Even more Bingley Pictures!
New Gear Knob
Feb 2nd - day at Dan's replacing Timing Chain Cover Gasket & other bits
De-badging and the start of treating floors
New badges!
More floor treatment...
Day out to Ilkley
More floor progress & finishing...
Finished floors & new switches & random cat invasion...
Boot Light Wiring & new Mk2 rear light changeover
Rear Carpet Fitting
Bonnet Straps, and Front carpet fitting
Centre Console, and Boot Liner Kit
Front Speaker Pods
FINISHED INTERIOR! + Pics of Evelyn and The Bean
Evelyn's March Wash, Polish and Wax

Edited by yorkshirechris, 26 March 2008 - 05:03 PM.

[Nickh_16]

so this is the new one =D she looks like a gud un to me, good luck! will keep an eye on the thread, good luck XD

[sazal]

[Racer_Pete]

It looks so cute and innocent!
Good luck with it Chris

[Bungle]

so you keeping 2 mini's on the road now ?

[sazal]

Bumbles gone

[yorkshirechris]

Bumble has gone to make way for Evelyn

He went to a couple who turned up in a lowered 1972 Camper

[Bungle]

didn't you ask if they wanted to swap

[yorkshirechris]

Haha nah I needed the money to fund Evey unfortunately

[yorkshirechris]

Evelyn managed to guzzle a few litres of petrol and about 4 litres of engine oil today through a 200+ mile round trip to Bingley

Things to do in the near future (all parts bought today):
Timing Chain Cover Gasket
Crank Pulley Seal
Engine steady bushes
Top engine steady bar bushes
Radiator top bracket
Door window seals (treated her to some chrome Heritage ones )
Head Gasket & valve stem oil seals
Hazard Flasher Relay
Sort the headlight out which won't flash full beam - suspect unplugged bullet behind grille
Rocker Cover replace for Metro one (with ridged top & centre filler cap)
New centre console to house stereo - speaker board for rear seats

Pictures from Bingley thus far should have some more from bean and wolfy soon :

Edited by yorkshirechris, 27 January 2008 - 08:18 PM.

[panelbeaterpeter]

she's gorgeous!

[Bungle]

she's gorgeous!

who bean

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Now who killed that shot with a Ford KA ??? I love evey, looks lovely, and im very keen on the classic white tyre wall thingy. I expect your sad to see bumble go, i saw here on Autotrader the other day !!!

Edited by Mini-Mad-Craig, 27 January 2008 - 10:53 PM.

[Dan1991]

That is pretty cool.

Looks really clean and un-abused.

[sazal]

She is lovely! Someone in a mini that looked like yours overtook me on the A50! Wasnt you though! And he didnt wave