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#151 Mincento

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 01:13 AM

just awesome ;D absolutely love it, the pic of the front has been my desktop for the last week :D

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 10:08 AM

one word...............awesome! car looks amazing, can see alot of time and effort went into it. bet you can't wait to be driving round in it, i could just spend hours looking at it!

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 05:38 PM

just looks amzing, cant wait to see it in the metal, nice one DD

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Posted 26 May 2006 - 07:00 PM

wow well done d.d looks super. how did you attach the naca ducts to the windows? cheers

#155 Dick Dastardly

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Posted 18 June 2006 - 09:49 PM

Thanks for all the kind remarks guys.

Sorry I havn't posted in a while- been away in South America (Peru) since the end of May, so nothing's been done on the mini :'(

Since returning earlier this week I've been full-on tiling the kitchen, which will be followed by a few floor tiles, and painting!!!!!

Believe me, the last thing I want to be doing is DIY, especially when you consider the fab weather, but I stupidly made a deal with my better half, so that's that.

The first thing I did when I got back was to stand in the garage for a good 10 minutes just absorbing my mini. Funny how you can miss an inanimate object like that!!!

I'm still aiming for the mini bash, but it isn't going to be easy........

Bye for now
D.D.

Oh yeh, Dean, I forgot to mention the naca duct adhesive I used- clear araldite- it won't discolour (yellow) with exposure to U.V and it sticks like the preverbial to a blanket!

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#156 Dick Dastardly

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Posted 23 June 2006 - 09:56 PM

Had a little (sort of) blast up the drive again this afternoon- rather hesitant on the throttle, and a strong smell of petrol so I shut it down quickly and ran round the back to investigate. The engine looked like someone had thrown a bucket of fuel over it! I turned the ignition on to start the fuel pump, and it was quite obvious my fuel pressure regulator had suffered a major malfunction.

I can only assume an internal seal has blown as petrol was just flowing out from around the setting dial. I'm a bit hacked off really because the regulator isn't exactly subject to a lot of fuel pressure as I'm running the smallest facet fuel pump available. So, I havn't turned a wheel in anger yet, and already I'm having breakages. I'll try to buy a new regulator (of a different make) tomorrow....

On the up side I fitted the windscreen this evening- no problems whatsoever, and loads easier than I was led to believe it was going to be.

Back to t(o)iling again tomorrow....

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Posted 24 June 2006 - 09:52 AM

Your car is well lush mate, looks hard a f*ck. Lovethe colour and the overal look of it :D

#158 Dick Dastardly

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Posted 24 June 2006 - 06:07 PM

Some more piccies here.....

Interior

Back end

Front 3/4 - Door just thrown in the hole!

Side- Door thrown in hole, and film on windows

oh yes, and a VIDEO here.......

Tad sideways

Bye for now.
D.D

#159 dean_chad

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Posted 24 June 2006 - 06:11 PM

looking super mate. have you got a pic of the dash? wahooooooooooo cant wait till that happends! watch the paint work on that gravel! hehe

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Posted 25 June 2006 - 11:16 AM

lol i as just thinking that about the paint, lookin super though

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Posted 25 June 2006 - 11:44 AM

Looking good deean but i cant see the video???
Am i missing something??

Cheers

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Posted 25 June 2006 - 11:46 AM

any chance you can do a few close ups of the way the front end is attached at the A panel?

I want to do this on mine with a steel front

#163 Dick Dastardly

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Posted 25 June 2006 - 09:53 PM

Mark, Don't know what to suggest about not seeing video- I presume you've clicked the link called "Tad sideways"?

Miniboo, I'll see what I can do regarding piccies. In the first instance I'll check my archives for something, but failing that I'll take some for you- but I can't guarantee I'll get round to it in the next couple of days, as I'm well and truly demoted to tiling duty again now.

No problems with the gravel and paint thing. To be honest I didn't exactly intend to spin the rear wheels up- it was only my 3rd ever drive of the car, and I'm still getting used to the sensitivity of the throttle pedal. It was good fun though!

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Posted 27 June 2006 - 10:41 AM

Absolutely awesome project car mate, I first saw the backside of your project on a website, (can't remember which one) and I ask the guy to send me some more pictures as I was so intrigued.

It really does look amazing and I hope you have some great fun withit around the track and on the road.

Cheers
Dan

Oh yeah and another thing which I nearly forgot, what make is that exahaust and where abouts did you get it from . . .it sound beasty!

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Posted 28 June 2006 - 07:09 PM

B.U.H.P.T.A.M.Q (Bump His Post To Answer My Question) ;)




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