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[dougie1142]

OOoo this is lovely, i'll be following this one buddy! Keep the hard work coming..

[racerlike]

Due to the garage roof leaking the mini is about to see daylight for the first time since I pushed it into the garage some 3 years ago!

Electrical gremlin has been sorted. It was something so stupid as well and obviously something that I had done to cause it.

Holes have been drilled and the seats offered up. Tight fit but they go, just.

Waiting for my carbon interior panels and bumpers to arrive and I need to re-address the headlining which isnt holding in place as well as I'd hoped

New years resolution will be to get this finished and roadworthy for summer. It's dragged on too long now so I'm even prepared to take some unpaid leave to get it done. Watch this space

[racerlike]

Broke my foot 2 weeks ago so i've been signed off work for a good 5 weeks at the moment. Trouble is I started to get bored the other day and this is what happens



turned out to be a very expensive afternoon but the DSN Classics stuff is as you'd expect from the price, top quality. ordered Thursday afternoon and arrived Friday morning - well impressed. shame the same cant be said for my door cards and bumpers which i've been told should be next week. 2 months waiting for them so they had better be good.

nice to have time off work but the cast means i cant really do much on the mini so thats a bit frustrating

[2-alex-2]

wow this is a realy nice mini the frotn end looks realy smart. unlucky about the leg but im sure you have worked your way around that just so you can work on it mroe

[racerlike]

Despite the cold and having to hop around what little space there is in the garage I managed to get a few things done.
Sorted out my headlining, re-covered my parcel shelf, made up a cover panel for where the rocker switches go. Fitted the internal door locks and a rear view mirror.
My long awaited bumpers and door cards finally arrived. Bumpers are fine, just need a little rubbing down in places to clear the seams.
Door cards are not the best I'm afraid. Quite a few little craters over the surface. The fit is perfect just a shame the quality isn't especially for the price. But having waited 2 months there's no way I'm sending them back.
So I got on and fitted the driver door card and handles etc. still looks pretty good though

[Johanmini]

Despite the cold and having to hop around what little space there is in the garage I managed to get a few things done.
Sorted out my headlining, re-covered my parcel shelf, made up a cover panel for where the rocker switches go. Fitted the internal door locks and a rear view mirror.
My long awaited bumpers and door cards finally arrived. Bumpers are fine, just need a little rubbing down in places to clear the seams.
Door cards are not the best I'm afraid. Quite a few little craters over the surface. The fit is perfect just a shame the quality isn't especially for the price. But having waited 2 months there's no way I'm sending them back.
So I got on and fitted the driver door card and handles etc. still looks pretty good though

pics or it didn't happen!

[racerlike]

havent had chance to take a photo of the front door card in place. will wait until the passenger side is done. the rears will be interesting to fit - i have to negotiate the roll cage which i overlooked when i bought them. i hope with a bit of flexing i can get them past.
with the bumpers i just need to make some brackets to fit the front one then get the pair sprayed.

[racerlike]

a little bit more progress this month. removed the passenger door so i could fit the alloy hinges and made the job of fitting the door cards much easier.
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liked the look of this so thought I'd replace my old handbrake. the quality is really good and I fitted it straight away. works as good as it looks too
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[racerlike]

Had some time off recently so been getting on with the long list of things to do. Fitted fibreglass bumpers. rear went straight on after a little sanding down in places. Front bumper just required getting it in the right place, drilling some holes and making some aluminium brackets. These are going to be painted red at some point

[racerlike]

The interior is now pretty much done at last. Left the passenger seat out for the time being as it makes access easier.
Fitted handbrake, fitted pedal covers and throttle assembly. Made up a throttle stop - was going to fit it through the floor but the pedal only travels about 2 inches so took a bracket off the pedal box. Bit more discreet up there. Fitted the passenger front door card and furniture and the rear cards - had to take the windows out to slide these in place as the rollcage was in the way.

[Alan Carruthers]

Looking fantastic, love the colour.

Al

[clovus]

Im loving the quality of your work. Sorry to ask an inane question but 8 just cant make out what seats you have. Can you shed some light on it?

[racerlike]

They are Cobra Suzuka Pros. Quite expensive but I wanted to be a bit different from the usual mini seats.
Fit me perfect and feel pretty comfortable while I sit there pretending I'm actually driving my mini!

[jonny f]

this looks awesome!

[racerlike]

not a huge amount of work done this week but what have done means im a step closer to running the engine.
first up was the windscreen. not easy on your own but the glass went in fairly easily. hardest part is always the chrome fillet strip made no easier by those 'special' tools. hard work, lots of going back on yourself, marks the windscreen rubber and mine broke literally as i got to the last inch.


then after putting it off for as long as possible (think i started about a year ago) i decided to tackle the wiring up of the clocks. i spent a day or so going over what i had already done and studying various wiring diagrams for both the R1 and the Mini. time well spent as i got everything connected up right first time.
the only thing that isnt registering is the neutral light and the car is definitely out of gear as i can push it back and forth with ease. something else to check there.
but still clocks look awesome - the R6 one is the same shape with same connections, just filling the void till i can find the R1 version

wiring is a mess i know but i plan to tidy it all up with a couple of block connectors and some spiral wrap. it will all be hidden behind the dash but it will annoy if i knowingly leave it in a mess.
im now drawing up a wiring diagram so i can trace where everything goes.