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[Deathrow]

Some of you will recognise my car from a project log I started in Mini Engined Projects at the start of the year. Well, I didn't get a garage in time to stop any of the pending rust damage so it beat me on the first front, however, rust may have won the battle, but it hasn't won the war!

I'm restarting this thread in Complete Mini Rebuild as that's what this has turned in to now so let's go for it! I'm also hoping maybe I'll get a few more visiters now some more comments as no one seemed to notice my poor old Elliot's first thread.

[jordie 08]

u should have had it on the skate ramp,that would have been kooler

[Deathrow]

u should have had it on the skate ramp,that would have been kooler

Oh I know, the curb to get up to it is too harsh though. We were going to try with some car ramps but I feared the Police may have something to say about it.

[analogue_radio]

Nice picture, better luck second time around .

[Deathrow]

Nice picture, better luck second time around .

Thanks alot, believe it or not, this thread already has the same number of contributers as my old one did and it was up for months and months!

Also, I'm sure there will be plenty more tarty pictures if it keeps people coming back haha.

[jordie 08]

i think that u should put some 10" minilites on it,retro bucket seats,mk1 lights and the big over rider bumbers

[Deathrow]

i think that u should put some 10" minilites on it,retro bucket seats,mk1 lights and the big over rider bumbers

Aesthetics wise, it's getting some 10x6 wellers (the motorsport type), bucket seats, wide arches, slammed, maybe a twin exhaust.

But you're thinking in the right direction .

[jordie 08]

i think that u should put some 10" minilites on it,retro bucket seats,mk1 lights and the big over rider bumbers

Aesthetics wise, it's getting some 10x6 wellers (the motorsport type), bucket seats, wide arches, slammed, maybe a twin exhaust.

But you're thinking in the right direction .

thats right get it slamed and os it the wellers like the ones that the ordinary cars have steelies

[miniallsort]

nice project mate

[Deathrow]

nice project mate

Why thank you sir .

I'll try and pick up progress soon.

Garages are a pain to come by though .

[joe_m]

nice project mate

Why thank you sir .

I'll try and pick up progress soon.

Garages are a pain to come by though .

do it in your back yard like me

[Deathrow]

nice project mate

Why thank you sir .

I'll try and pick up progress soon.

Garages are a pain to come by though .

do it in your back yard like me

No access or I would chap .

[Deathrow]

Right, there have been some developments and I've got pictures and such to show so we'll have a little bit of an update.

Having bought a shell a few months ago when I came back from the Czech Republic with the intention of reshelling my car only to discover it would be illegal and that the shell wasn't in as good a condition as the seller made it out to be I set about stripping the good bits off it for storage. I stripped off the front and rear subframes, hi-lo's, suspension doughnuts, radius arms, superfin drums and a steering rack. I gave them a going over with the pressure washer and put them in to storage. I'm going to chop the remainder of that shell up for some patch panels for my current shell.



I bought some 1.5 degree negative camber front arms off a fellow TMF member (thanks Flippy) and set about wire brushing them down and giving them a coat of hammerite. I'm toying with the idea of selling them on for what I bought them for and buying some adjustable ones instead.



This last weekend I went down the M6 to meet David Kimberley (TDK Racing) as I'd ordered some fiberglass bits from him.



One MK1 bootlid skin which I'm going to bond on to my existing bootlid frame once I've removed the old metal skin.



A two piece fiberglass front end, the bonnet is just resting in place now and I have to say wow, the quality of this front is fantastic and I can not wait to get it on the car. I have to give great thanks to David for coming half way up the M6 to meet me because the postage costs of the front were outright silly. I reccomend people to deal with Mr. Kimberley, he's a top guy and incredibly helpful, thanks again David (http://tdkracing.co.uk).

That's all for now, I do have a big box of things from Mini Spares but I've not been through and taken pictures yet, but I will get around to it. I have also sorted a garage to carry out work in so we should see some actual progress before long.

Thanks for looking.

Edited by Deathrow, 19 August 2008 - 07:07 PM.

[Deathrow]

Clearly the previous post wasn't quite bling bling enough to inspire a reply from anyone so I set about unpacking my other, much shinier goodies:


Box from Mini Spares, brilliantly packed as always.


Oil change and filter.


A set of solid subframe mounts for the tower bolt mounting points.


A set of bonnet pins.


Three new curtousey light switches, my old ones aren't reliable.


Some new HT leads.


Mk1 number plate lamp for my new boot lid.


New gear selector shaft seal for my gearbox.


Two new stainless steel head lamp bezels.


Two plastic lamp bucket kits from Wipac.


Two new Wipac Freeforms.


The light assembly put together to see how they fit, very pleased.

Work will be kicking up properly in the next few weeks as my car actually fits in the garage I have to work in now. Plus, my MOT runs out on Monday.

Thanks for looking.

[AndrewJ530]

Looks like he's getting a new lease of life bud with all those parts lol

Keep up the good purchasing :)