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[Retro_10s]

Great!!! get to it!

[nev_payne]

Piccies:










All looking very good indeed. Many thanks to Oli again for his sterling work. Should have these done over the weekend

More piccies tomorrow of ordered STUFF. BARGAIN!

Edited by nev_payne, 30 September 2009 - 07:40 PM.

[nev_payne]

Stuff!

Arrived in a box that could've doubled as a canoe:


"Geniune" Bumpers:


Bushes and badges:


New shocks, the front ones are being made at the moment (eta 2-3 weeks!):


Not particularly satisfied with the grille sides, they feel like they're made out of plastic :\ Gonna compare with the current ones tonight, and see what can be done.

Edited by nev_payne, 01 October 2009 - 03:10 PM.

[nev_payne]

Update:

Hi all, there's been more life stuff since my last update but I've managed to reach a milestone this weekend with the help of a very good friend (who's knowledge was priceless).

Without further ado, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. Woke up at a brain destroying 8am on Saturday:


The goal - get that lot under the blanket, onto the car:


Took us about 6 hours or so, but eventually SirD was looking a little more familiar:


Needs a damn good clean on the body but the subframe's looking good:


Engine's sitting on the base mounts for now:


Also got some solid mounts for the towers:


...and the front panel:


Sadly no front wheels on becuse of reattaching the inner pots to the gaters But it's freed up the garage, and allowed me to address some parts that have gone missing since dismantling.

Stay tuned

Edited by nev_payne, 29 November 2009 - 10:32 PM.

[nev_payne]

UPDATE - Pictures to come later, but all 4 wheels are on

[myredmini]

[attachment=94276:Mini_Cooper2.jpg]

seen the number plate, its extreamly close to yours.

Danny.

[Bungle]

UPDATE - Pictures to come later, but all 4 wheels are on

on what, the garage floor ?

[myredmini]

on what, the garage floor ?

look at nev's number plate. And look at the number plate on the picture i have posted.

Danny.

[nev_payne]

on what, the garage floor ?

Da dum tss!

This gives a bit more of an insight:

[cooperjcw]

Hey Oli

8am on a Saturday is not that early best time of the day peace and quite you can get a lot done, and it only took 4hrs to put the front and rear subframes in.

You should have cleared the garage before so it was easier to work on.

Now that its on four wheels, get it down to the body shop asap

Then you can get it back together with a little/lot of help!!

Edited by cooperjcw, 17 January 2010 - 08:31 PM.

[nev_payne]

Bump - bought a rear vallance, O/S A pannel, and 2 new door skins. With any luck the respray starts begining of next weekend.

Also sent my dash off to have the veneer restored. pictures when I can get them.

[nev_payne]

Okies.... it returns this Friday with a bit of luck.

The story goes that SirD's been up at a local spray shop for the last 2 months and required a few more pannels than expected - 1 new passenger wing and another bonnet as my replacement one was warped badly To top it off, he would have been ready last week if it wasn't for the laquer gun going rather bat schit insane and dumping the final coat instead of spraying it on >.< At the moment he should be in the baking oven getting a nice tan.

As far as parts go, the old alternator's seized up, the walnut dash looks rather worse for wear, and both the brake servo and gear selector need a good clean up and sort out. Also looking into getting a set of the rubber under-wing protectors the Somerford Spares used to sell. Havent seen any since L2Brighton '07 so I may be pushing my luck.

Time to burn the midnight Waxoyl.

Will update you all soon,
Nevpayne.

Edited by nev_payne, 14 July 2010 - 03:59 PM.

[nev_payne]

Monday 19th July. Still nothing... morale is running dry. Eaten the last of the waxoyl.

[Deathrow]

Monday 19th July. Still nothing... morale is running dry. Eaten the last of the waxoyl.

Surely you should be saving that magic juice for SirD when he comes back! Don't want the evil tin worm rearing his ugly head again.

Really good to see this back, it's been a long time sincs I've seen this thread near the top and I've always wondered what happened to it.

Are these the wing protectors you're talking about:

http://www.dereksmin...sale/4529669452

[nev_payne]

News at last:






Gonna pick him up tomorrow morning then set of for town for essentials. So begins the rebuild.

Many thanks for the wheel arch protector link