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[Ferretboy221]

yeah still regd but may scrap it after im sure ive got absolutely everything i want off it ...parts wise....obviously the body is already....going

[adam_93rio]

yeah still regd but may scrap it after im sure ive got absolutely everything i want off it ...parts wise....obviously the body is already....going

if you deicde to scrap it through the books (meaning so the car is registered as scrap) let me know because ill have the v5 off you and keep hold for a possible future project

[Ferretboy221]

well i could sell you the v5 and whats left of the shell of course just not the v5 on its own ...that would be naughty

im sure the price would be very appropriate though ill pm you.

Edited by Ferretboy221, 22 January 2010 - 07:12 AM.

[Ferretboy221]

just a small update to show how the dash looks in situ.



And a steering wheel i just got for the scamp dont know whatits off though...any thoughts?

[adam_93rio]

could do with a few more switches and things on your dash, although being open all the time youd probably have tourists flicking them all the time.

is there anyting else going on there? you could have loads of flood lights across the top of the windscreen

[Ferretboy221]

Yeah adam 93 the left hand side is being left for ICE.....not going to be the conventional ice system due to the noise....will become clear what i mean when i get a video of it running up just consider that this is my ONLY silencer....



may put a bigger one on eventually but i just want o use it like this for while for the sheer fun factor!

Update - engine is back in one piece plus new camshaft, oil pump, followers, 295 head, and clutch.

[danrock101]

just a small update to show how the dash looks in situ.



And a steering wheel i just got for the scamp dont know whatits off though...any thoughts?

it's from a TR6 or somthing

tr7 even

Edited by danrock101, 27 January 2010 - 09:22 PM.

[Ferretboy221]

LOL tr7 yes someone answered a thread i put up in the styling section....lol youve just gotta love the good old BMC, shall we like design different steering rack types/sizes for different cars?......nah lets just use the one out of the mini itll work fine if it goes wrong we'll blame it on that foreign sounding bloke.

[adam_93rio]

i wouldnt of thought the sound would be that bad on it to be honest, like in a convertible mini it isnt as loud because theres nothing for the sounds to bounce back off

should be like being on an aeroplane

im tempted to make a custom exhaust like that for my saloon, going up through the back seat and out of an opening quater light
would be awsome, ill take it to cruises and alsorts

[Ferretboy221]

Update:

The scamp now has seats! found some at my local scrappy up on a shelf where it doesnt look like they have moved for ...err decades?
they are the same width as mini seats and have very similar style tartan and fabric but the runners are flat allowing them to be bolted straight through my floor. any suggestions what they might be out of?





Engine is back in situ and got a nice coat of bmc green before it went back in.
also you can see in the background both master cylinders have been replaced for the modern plastic versions which i have to say i like a lot!



just to remind you the engine has had:
new clutch
skimmed cooper 295 head with new valves all round
sw05/07 cam, followers and new oil pump
cooper freeflow manifold
itg foam air filter
twin hs2 carbs (not fitted in photo)


(flash on the camera really lightens up the paintwork!)

Whilst the scamp has been at the garage i modfied a set of scrap vauxhall frontera bullbars (shortened them by around 2 feet) and i offered up the rough result.



May have to lose the lower quarter bars in order for the indicators to be seen though!
Halogen headlight units added also.

trial fitted my storage bin, is an ex tool cabinet from a wagon, its thick plastic re-inforced with steel bars inside. This means its fairly light but v strong and waterproof!



Oh and ive started small with the painting....





Thats all for now....

Edited by Ferretboy221, 07 February 2010 - 11:51 AM.

[adam_93rio]

itll be ready for the road in no time, when im next up there we'll have to go for a race cruise

how do scamps handle compared to saloons and the like?

looking relly good tho mate, wheres that badge from?

[Joloke08]

Looking Fabb
Its Strange but the Scamp was supposed to be a Moke Copy but theres something about the Scamp,methinks if BMC had carried on with the Moke in the UK into the 70,s and 80,s and modernised it the Scamp is what the Moke probably would of looked like

Id have One if my Other half would let me have any more Cars
Hmmm a Scamp Automatic Wonder if anybodys done One yet?

Great Work


And those HLE seats look right at home in there

Me Likes Lots

[Ferretboy221]

Well adam, ive got no idea how it will handle to be honest. the back end has no actual subframe underneath just a simplified use of the raduis arms and cones, the result being i can pickup the rear of the scamp with absolute ease.

Im hoping to help matters a bit by putting my fuel tank bang square in the middle right at the back but its still going to be very light at the back.

other than this it shouldnt be too different from a mini to be honest, in the specs it claims a fully built example should tip the scales at 600 kilo's so it will be at least as light as a mini its real limiting factor is its aerodynamics to be honest ie ....it has none.

Oh and the badge is the one that came on it ive just stripped it back to bare metal and re-painted it thats all.

Edited by Ferretboy221, 07 February 2010 - 12:29 PM.

[Ferretboy221]

It lives!!!.....not properly tuned yet but engine unit is now complete and running (soz for jerky video had to compress it a lot!)

http://s35.photobuck...ew_MVI_0225.flv







Soon....very soon it will be unleashed..... (evil laughter)

Edited by Ferretboy221, 08 March 2010 - 09:10 PM.

[Ferretboy221]

Just a small visual update for you....

windscreen is in bonnet on front grille on mirrors on just need to put some small arches on the front now.