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[danie garry]

lovely capri! where's ford fair on??

[cooperdan]

why mentioning nick.....

its alllll meeeeeee..me..me....me...


Im not selfish..im not

[project mini chris]

Ford Fair's on at Silverstone on Sunday

[project mini chris]

Really good day at ford fair yesterday... can put some pics up if people are interested?
Because of that happening, no work on the mini as of yet unfortunately! But I did buy these at the show...



not bad for £8 with the shroud and bulb holders and wiring! All I need now is the Oil temp gauge and then I'll be complete

progress tommorow hopefully...

[minidream94]

Looking sexual as usual chris the welds are coming along well. when can i come over then and have a proper look around the yellow beast and stuff then

[project mini chris]

haha cheers nick
I dont know but i think im over in oxford next week? or the week after at nan's so i dont know if you'd be able to come over then or not?

[project mini chris]

bit of an update on the project.. I managed to shape and weld the passenger rear light panel on succesfully yesterday

Pics...



hows my panel gap?






and I then proceeded to checking out my 2 new wheels I bought off of ebay... 5x12 Carmona Mod Mistrals (quite rare I believe) Italian imports... Im going to buy a further 4 soon aswell...







quite a large offset for a 5x12 dont you think??


(excuse my large work boots )

Thats all for now, I'll update tommorow maybe when Im at work

[project mini chris]

Well not been too busy this week but...

Made a repair to the passenger rear quarter...


then welded my rear valance on....


and I also picked up 4 more Carmona Mistral wheels off of Mike TR6 for £40 to add to my collection of 7...


Currently earning some money to pay for the blasting and powdercoating of my wheels so no more progress until saturday

[project mini chris]

Rear valance closing panels are on!

[Zeemax Adventure]

Hey, good work matey. Im at the same stage with my 1991 cooper. I thought by getting a 1991 model the rust wouldnt be too bad. How wrong i was :S Anyway its coming along slowly. I think i might start my own thread, seems theres more people interested in projects than i thought.

keep up the good work fella

[project mini chris]

Thanks Zee. Im really pleased with how its coming along (slowly but surely!), I was also surprised by the amount of rust kitkat seemed to harbor.. most likely due to recycled metal that austin-rover used mid 80's to the end of production
Yeah go for it! I mean, its always good for people to comment and appreciate other people's work, just ignore the silly comments you often get


Also.. Just been away on Holiday.. so thats the reason there has been no progress or pictures... so hopefully more soon

[project mini chris]

Hopefully some progress tomorrow! Got the passengers side rear valance closing panel on last saturday, so hopefully I can get the other one on and do a bit more to the drivers rear arch

[Zeemax Adventure]

Oh the dreaded water filling closing panels. Mine turned into a bit of a pain to fit but got them on in the end. Glad to see your making progress with kitkat Im off to patch up some of my floor today. Removed the soundproofing off the floor, and where the original factory holes are, they have got a little bit bigger with rust lol so gonna plate over them

[project mini chris]

Well, Rear valence closer's are both on! and Part of the Driver's rear arch has been repaired!
Got the next week and a bit off so hopefully crack on with finishing off the welding and grinding (only got the passenger sill and drivers rear arch to complete) then I can move onto Prep!...

[Zeemax Adventure]

then after the prep comes the exciting part