416 replies to this topic

[miniallsort]

love the carbon bumpers very nice

[malc1]

i think youve done a great job it look spot on carnt wait till mines done

[adam_93rio]

might have to get myself to bristol mini day!

not bad to say its a fair drive from where i live to there, just for your car!

youve done a really good job mate

[mini-man-dan]

Thanks very much for all the compliments. We're going to have a blast at it this weekend and, all being well, it should be driven back to my house on Sunday with an MOT. Obviously, being 16, I can't drive it yet, which is annoying Think it's still a little optimistic getting it finished for Sunday though

Edited by mini-man-dan, 15 April 2010 - 01:21 PM.

[lindy119]

Holy crap that looks cool!! You should get CF corner bars as well!! And get those wheels on!!!!

[mini-man-dan]

Na, not going for corner bars, otherwise I'll have to drill holes in the CF bumpers which will more than likely lead to water getting under the laquer and it going cloudy. The overriders just have a bolt that butts up to the back end of the bumper, so can be removed without damage if I wanted to.

And I would get the wheels on if they weren't still sat in a pile looking very tired waiting to go for shot blasting... Hmmm...

[summs116]

no faith in getting it done then? i work 48hours to finish it so i can drive it home 4u!!!!! lol
has ur brother got them doors done,and have you got every thing to get it donei even put my wheels on it 4u

[mini-man-dan]

I have faith! Just, umm, little I'm sure we'll get there! I will be picking the doors, bonnet, fuel filler neck and door hinges up tomorrow at 5pm. If they aren't ready, I'm not going to be a happy bunny! I think they will be though...

And yes, as far as I know I have everything essential. Only 1 thing I'm missing is that little rubber gromet that goes around the throttle cable, through the bulkhead. I'm not too sure what they are called or what they look like...

Ah, one other thing... no door handles... Umm... Will have to search out the old ones for now until I can actually afford to get some new ones!

And just been told my bonnet catch isn't going to be coming till mid next week. Not helpful...

Edited by mini-man-dan, 15 April 2010 - 08:23 PM.

[mini-man-dan]

Ok, so we didn't quite drive it home, but I did drive it off the truck!

All of the wiring now works, so I have lights, horn, hazards, and sometimes indictors Think it;s a dodgy hazard switch though, surprise surprise!

I'm back to plan A with the wheels though, going to buy a set of 10x6 Ultralites, as Sam (summs116) put his set on my car to do the tracking, camber etc etc and I had a wobbly knees moment when I first saw it. Looked amazing! So if anyone's after a set of 10x6 Cossies have a look in the for sale section!

Anyways, here's some pictures

Door cards from Retro Retrims


Repainted under rear arches


Interior now


With the Ultralites






Will be needing some arches I think!

Dial now working!




Engine running properly...
LINK

Exhaust is blowing from Y-Piece quite a bit, will get round to sorting that!


Dan

Edited by mini-man-dan, 19 April 2010 - 02:05 PM.

[carboy001]

Looks ace Dan. You must be well chuffed, the stance of the pickup with the ultralites looks brilliant, very mean looking

The centre speedo is cracking idea, love it mate.

[mini-man-dan]

Cheers

Yeah, does look rather *grrrrr* with them wheels on
Will be ordering a set so long as I can sell the Cosmics

[Carlzilla]

just had a read through this, and it looks amazing, love it, kinda makes me wish i had a pickup now


but i think im going to save up and eventually get mine rebuilt, with a clubman front end and mk1 rear lights

[mini-man-dan]

just had a read through this, and it looks amazing, love it, kinda makes me wish i had a pickup now


but i think im going to save up and eventually get mine rebuilt, with a clubman front end and mk1 rear lights

Clubman front & Mk1 rear lights always looks good. Australia had that standard didn't they? Could be wrong!

[leaky]

Looking good. Don't look like to much more needs doing. I would keep the cosmics though mate. Their so much more different and you don't see them as often.

[Scallywag630]

Veryu nice.