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[BusheyTrader]

Hi,

Fuel tank looks fab on the outside. Do Mini tanks have a reputation for rotting on the inside and did you have to treat yours? I wouldn't want to refit mine only to replace or refurb it a few years later.

I ask because my TR7V8 needed a new tank at 27 years after rusting from the inside out. (They usually rot out around 25 - 30 years)



Cheers,


Adam

[sonikk4]

To be honest i never looked inside the tank however if i had to change the tank then no problem. Painting would be a doddle with a new tank.

[sonikk4]

Should have added this on the last post but such is life.

Scott was not too happy about the paint on the roof gutter as he did not want to see any gunmetal grey on it so back to masking up and sanding AGAIN!!!

So after frying myself outside this morning masking the car up i threw some paint on the gutter and was pleased with the outcome. Was a little bit peeved that i could not find my masking paper but blue roll did a good enough job



Pleased with the result, just got to do a bit of flatting on the front to get rid of a couple of defects otherwise all is good.

[dannye636]

ello scott been follwing ur project from the start and it is really good one just been in to town to buy mini mag just for ur artical about ur project as i dont normaly buy mini mag its normally miniworld

grate project

thanks danny

[sonikk4]

Erm is still taking shape, today's it was hang the doors or in this case door as somebody had not prepped the other latch??
Anyway the door fits and even with the new paint the gaps have not shrunk which what was worrying me

Gaps are good


and some stainless steel bling


and also today Erm's new stage 4 head turned up courtesy of Smart Performance

somewhat opened inlet ports

and exhaust ports, pictures are not the clearest but it the difference shown by the vernier caliper


and i believe these are phosphor bronze valve guides.

thought i had taken a picture of the valves but missed that however the exhaust are 2mm bigger and the combustion chambers have been balanced and reshaped and polished. Then the head has been refaced.

All that remains to be done is a tad more painting then a new rocker set etc and the all important camshaft before the engine can be built.

This is on hold at the moment as Scott is waiting to see whether he has got the Virgin Apprenticeship, two weeks to go.

[Retro_10s]

That head looks very nice buddy! as do the door gaps.

[daveeeeee]

mint

[sonikk4]

Well some very good news this week for Scott, he has been successful in getting an apprenticeship with Virgin so he's really pleased.

The only downer to this though is Project Erm is now on the back burner for some time as the money he was going to spend on him now has to be used for buying a Vw Polo 1.2.

I know people are going to say use a mini but its a round trip of 272 miles (he's not doing it every day) from our place plus he cannot get his racing bike in a mini so he will still be playing with Mini's but until we move a lot closer then it reliability and comfort plus space. Looks like i will be doing some more work on Paddy until Scott's finances settle down.

[sonikk4]

Well things have been progressing somewhat slowly but another milestone finally turned up and that's the fully rebuilt gearbox from Guessworks




Happy with that so as a temporary measure we have dropped the block onto the gearbox with lashings of grease and oil to protect everything until i can start the rebuild. Just need the SW5 cam kit and some new pushrods.

In the mean time i stripped the steering column down to the bare bones for a overhaul and paint.




So everything came off as it will all be replaced, the rust was removed from the pinch end and then given a good lashing of black paint along with the tube.
Then it was fitted to the car with the extended drop and it does look the mutts nuts


Now i'm just painting up the the replacement windscreen wiper motor, linkage and boxes

[lewis]

loving that drop bracket buddy!

where abouts you get that? im thinking of getting the black one from mondo sport, looks like the same type

great finish on everything, very laaarvely!

[bruders 338]

looking good.... was worried for a moment with an update as it feels like its been a while... i think this thread is amazing and so close to the final product

[sonikk4]

loving that drop bracket buddy!

where abouts you get that? im thinking of getting the black one from mondo sport, looks like the same type

great finish on everything, very laaarvely!

One of the lads here on the forum got a batch made and they are very nice in Stainless steel. Unfortunately due to the change in the forum i cannot find my old PM's so could not tell you who i got it off.

[sonikk4]

looking good.... was worried for a moment with an update as it feels like its been a while... i think this thread is amazing and so close to the final product

Cheers for the comment but due to Scott starting his apprenticeship next month money is uber tight as is non existent so i will do what i can to keep things ticking over for the time being.

[analogue_radio]

loving that drop bracket buddy!

where abouts you get that? im thinking of getting the black one from mondo sport, looks like the same type

great finish on everything, very laaarvely!

One of the lads here on the forum got a batch made and they are very nice in Stainless steel. Unfortunately due to the change in the forum i cannot find my old PM's so could not tell you who i got it off.

This might be of some use, over on TM.

http://www.turbomini...p=vt&tid=382719

Edited by analogue_radio, 11 August 2011 - 06:36 PM.

[MJWarren]

Looks brilliant, that drop bracket looks like the steering column will be low? what seats are you going to have?

Matt