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[welderman]

Any news, we are all waiting.

[markrally]

Any news, we are all waiting.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh Yessssssssssssss Its back.............





Had to make space in the garage to get the shell in so the only place left to put the front is here!!!








well im off on holiday now for a week so no progress till i get back :'( :'(

Cheers

[7o8y]

WOW! looks superb.......what shade of red is it?? it's very bright

[welderman]

If you were closer i would help you out mate, then when im off the week after you can do a bit on mine.
Looks sweet, cant wait to get to that stage. Fabuuulas.

[SimonF]

Take my hat off to you mate that is top work you have done so far, loving these little cheeky updates....

Enjoy your holiday, looks like you could do with one

[markrally]

WOW! looks superb.......what shade of red is it?? it's very bright

The red is off a honda fireblade and the black is Ford Panther black with extra Gold metallic fleck in it, the arches are painted the same colour aswell, just deciding on whether to have chrome grill and bumpers etc or the black ??

Welderman, thanks for the offer but were not that far for a meet up soon though???

I couldnt have done it without my mate Tony as he has been bringing the bits back from the bodyshop all week as i have been working the late shift and Simon and Gaz who done the beautiful paint job, Cheers Guys i owe you big time!!!

Cheers

[welderman]

Funny that us both having mates who work in body shop's.

Have a good break, bet you think about your car every night before you go to bed.

[markrally]

My mate tony owns a motorbike shop next door to the bodyshop, after long discussions on the colour scheme, the answer was ther in front of us in the shop!!! get the color chips out and there we have it!!

Cheers

[R1minimagic]

Looking superb Mark!!!

Hope you are not getting the angle grinder on the rear valence like they did on the dvd!! :'(

[dean_chad]

look at the shine on that!!!!! gotta be dead chuffed! whats steps you taking to stop scratches?

[pete]

All these top notch paint jobs are making me jealous. Looks excellent. The reflection on the roof looks amazing.
Will have to get mine in to be resprayed properly so your's don't show it up too much.

[Dick Dastardly]

That looks a cracking job Mark! All the hard work's paid off. Sympathies about the holiday- I'm only going away for the weekend and it'll be unbearable!

[markrally]

Been busy since i came back off holidays, Bubble wrapped all the panels and arches and put them away in the loft till i need as they hopefully wont get damaged up there.

I was up early today to get the mini ready to accept the rear frame as ive organised a few friends round tomorrow to help fit it!!!

So to start with the steering rack needed new boots and the longer track rod ends and just re greased it for nowand gave it a quick coat of satin black paint to freshen it up, i may need to fit some rack stops if i get much trouble with the wheels fouling but they can be fitted again.



I had to strip and claen all the hubs and discs etc as they were in a mess after the welding and grinding dust etc had covered them. Then just refitted them properely and fited the KAD calipers



I have also wirelocked the fixing bolts as the old tabs are garbage and look horrible!!!



It now looks like this............



Its now down on its wheels ready for the tomorrow



I have also started the wiring loom for the bike engine and Chris at Z-cars has given me a few tips on what to remove and what to keep to make the fuel injection work and get the motor running, Now a big pile of wire in the corner of the garage which has been removed, looks ok so far, i will fire the engine up before i wrap it all in tape again in case i get a fault

Cheers

[dean_chad]

mark it looks cracking, look at the shine on the bulkhead!

whats the plan for tomorrow? keep it up buddy!

[markrally]

Hopefully rear frame and rollcage in all bolted in, the engine and frame are really dirty at the moment so im spending all morning cleaning it up before i re-fit it!!!

Cheers