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[hoody99]

More pics of your gear linkage or how you do them if you don't mind

[80' Estate]

Yeah it took a bit of time haha
You had talked about doing the bonnet in the style of a 69' Camaro, made any progress on that, or are you going in another direction with it?

Cheers
Justin

[snackey]

That's an A112 Abarth steering wheel, great find!

[Tupers]

I'm going to gues the new steering wheel is from a fiat as its got abarth written on it

It's actually from an Autobianchi A112, another car I'd love to own at some point.

More pics of your gear linkage or how you do them if you don't mind

I'm still sorting out the linkage at the moment but I'll make sure I get some pics up when I've got them all sussed out.

Yeah it took a bit of time haha
You had talked about doing the bonnet in the style of a 69' Camaro, made any progress on that, or are you going in another direction with it?

Cheers
Justin

I haven't done much with that idea recently but I'm still planning on doing something interesting with the bonnet for the finished car.

That's an A112 Abarth steering wheel, great find!

Idead it is, came all the way from Portugal.



I started making a water pump engine steady bracket yesterday. Unlike the off the shelf items mine puts the steady directly over the water pump outlet and the rose joint will be mounted to a double sheer bracket for extra strength.


I'm also using the same 5/16" rose joint and turnbuckle on the clutch side so it all matches. This side will also have a double sheer bracket.


After a bit of searching on eBay I got myself a belt tensioner from a '96 MPI that I've started modifying tension my new belt system.


With the help of an old extension lead you can see how the belt will be routed.

[rich2]

Zomg! Supercharger! Exciting times :)

[Tupers]

Zomg! Supercharger! Exciting times :)

Indeed it is, I think I should be good for 100BHP with the other things I have planned.




Work on customer cars has meant I haven't had time to to much on the estate recently (never a bad thing) so I've just been sorting out some parts I need.

I bought some fancy KAD rose jointed front tie bars, a pair of KAD rear Camber/Toe brackets and a yet more welding clamps. You can never have too many welding clamps.


Dad had to go and pick up some trials bikes from Wales recently and also picked up my Hillman Imp pistoned engine from a friend who originally collected it for me when I bought it two and a half years ago.
The good side is that he very kindly greased the bores when he got it so everything rotates nice and smoothly but my plans have changed and all I need from this now are the pistons.


I also open my copy of Mini Magazine this month to find my mug staring back at me in the "One The Job" section. I'm thinking of having the blown up so I can use it as wall paper.

[hoody99]

Daft question or may have missed it but noticed the heading yours is similar to mine. Where does your temp sender go?

[mk1leg]

I have know caught up with this build thread..........I take my hat off to you.......your full of idears...........and you have alot of paitiance......welding things in and then changing your mind cutting it out and making it better............well done that man..........

Edited by mk1leg, 07 April 2013 - 06:59 PM.

[stretch tech]

absolutely brilliant, no question about it

[domdee]

Saw that on Ebay... Glad to see it's going to be rescued! We've recently completed rebuilding a similar one....Here are some snaps for a bit of inspiration!

Looks a gorgeous! i like the 'different' colours, like tundra green.

[Tupers]

Daft question or may have missed it but noticed the heading yours is similar to mine. Where does your temp sender go?

Well it's an MPI head so normally the temp sender would be on the thermostat housing but to be honest I'm not sure where mine's going.

I have know caught up with this build thread..........I take my hat off to you.......your full of idears...........and you have alot of paitiance......welding things in and then changing your mind cutting it out and making it better............well done that man..........

Thanks for taking to time to go through it all. I've still got plenty more ideas for future projects so I should be able to keep you busy reading for a while.

absolutely brilliant, no question about it

It'll be even better when it's finished.



So the buying of stuff continues.
I've been struggling to find a fuel filler cap that will fit into the space behind my hinged rear light. I wanted something a little more secure than a screw on cap and realised the cap of one of the bikes we've got would be ideal. It's basically just a smaller version of a conventional car filler cap and should to job nicely.




I got another windage tray as the first one I bought ended up in my brothers race car.
It's designed to fit in the top of the gearbox and stop oil in the sump being thrown up by the gears and onto the crank so in theory should reduce drag and free up a tiny bit more power.

[rich2]

Just saw your write up in mini magazine. Nice work dude! I had no idea you were so young, which makes all this even more impressive. Better get that driving test passed now. ;)

[leaky]

Any update on this? I like reading this thread!

[DugganC17]

Any updates was going so well and great work being put into this car

[Tupers]

Just saw your write up in mini magazine. Nice work dude! I had no idea you were so young, which makes all this even more impressive. Better get that driving test passed now. ;)

 

 

Any update on this? I like reading this thread!

 

 

Any updates was going so well and great work being put into this car

 

Thanks guys, I've not had chance to do an awful lot recently but I guess I really should keep this thread going.

 

 

I cut the top of the GasGas tank off and flattened it out to use as the splash panel around the filler, more to come with this.  

 

After a nice quite afternoon with some petrol and a tooth brush my pistons are all clean and ready to be sent off with a fresh block for boring. 

 

A bit of random ebay trawling turned up a nice set of door pockets and armrest/pulls. The pockets need cutting down and the pulls need some work but I'm quite fond of them. 

 

Ebay also delivered with a set of headlights and backing plates in decent knick. They need moving up and out but they'll be wicked cool once I'm done. 

 

The bottom arm bushes have been swapped for rose joints because rose joints are cool and they'll match my sexy new KAD tie bars. 

 

Now to some actual progress even if it's only a couple hours I knocked out before coming home today. 

I made a template for a new smooth bulkhead and got it cut folded and fitted. I've still got a lot of other bits that need sorting before it goes in permanently but it's nice to have made a start on it.