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[Skinartnz]

Drove drove and drove some more, exhaust mount snapped at the rear, quick visit to a mates place, fixed, drove drove and drove some more. About time i swapped a spanner for a steering wheel.

[iwatkins]

Spent yesterday removing all the stickers one of the previous owners added to body work and glass plus the vinyl checkers off the roof. Then spent three hours TCutting the roof. When the checkers had been added the roof obviously had not be cut first. Took forever. Then three coats of polish.

Today, wife and I spent eight hours cutting the rest of the bodywork, polishing twice plus seal. Then all the glass was degreased then cleaned. Front grill had a broken rivet on one slat so that was fixed. Then all chrome was Autosol'ed and sealed. Then all the rubber was cleaned. Leather bonnets straps were fed, several times, they needed it. Headlights were taken apart, cleaned and rebuilt.

Engine bay and engine were gunked and rised, needs another go. All the loose wires/cut wires from previous owners were tidied.

Carb dash pot oil topped up and air filter was cleaned. Had a spirited drive but still appears very rich. Carb needs a tweak I think.

Day off tomorrow I think. Both of us have sore arms now :)

Cheers

Ian

[majorj0nny]

today I replaced the number plates for clean new ones, replaced the old plastic fog lamp switch panel for a black metal plinth with 3 chrome flick switches, also rubbed a few tiny rust patches down and treated.... not to mention zoomed around the streets while the sun was out ! :)

[Mabird]

Drove it in the local Independence day parade and the little bugger boiled up on me

[TA2DMAC]

Went to a car show this morning. Parked between a Corvette LT1 and a Viper. My car got the more attention then both of them.
Then I went out and drove for a few hours just feeling proud.

[0138dave]

Carbon wrapped my bonnet just have to do roof and archs now :-S

[twink]

Bought it a claying kit

[oltonlad]

went down to the garage.....started the mini up, left it running for 10 minutes, turned it off and went back up to the house............

[Mabird]

Drove it in the local Independence day parade and the little bugger boiled up on me

Sent the other half on the forage for a thermostat for my fan, have to have it fixed this morning as we are leaving to travel to Portland, for a meeting for Mini Meet West 2013, which is being held in our locale

[Skortchio]

Went out for a burger in him... To Eastbourne!

Was a pretty good run, kept a steady **mph most of the way there and on the way back found out something interesting - small wide wheels aquaplane REALLY easy!

[Mabird]

Drove it in the local Independence day parade and the little bugger boiled up on me

Sent the other half on the forage for a thermostat for my fan, have to have it fixed this morning as we are leaving to travel to Portland, for a meeting for Mini Meet West 2013, which is being held in our locale

Had to nurse Mr. Bridger home from the mountain pass road, water pump sheared, or so my other half said.

[iwatkins]

Another big day. Finally ID'ed my carb, it's an HS4. Spent a good hour or so setting it up from scratch, was backfiring through the carb, hesitation on medium/full throttle. Now runs like a dream, just got about 40% more power. Love it now.

Big test drive for an hour up step hills getting it very hot, no worries now.

Replaced spark plugs as I had two of one type, two of another and one plug had a cracked insulator.

Fixed an oil leak from the oil pressure switch, just needed tightening.

Cleaned all that up with some gunk, a brush and a hose.

Then striped the interior, seats out, carpet out. Removed all the various cables for stereos, nasty amp from the boot etc. Gave the whole interior a good Hoover, and a wash. Located the wires for the reverse switch (reverse lights not working). Confirmed I've got 12v going in but switch isn't working as suspected. New switch as already here, just need to borrow a ramp to fit it.

Whole dash is now out and slowly removing 20 odd years of wires that are not being used, ready to replace those that are (new fuse panel and relay panel going in). Just need to make a dash panel now.

Interior all put back in after cleaning it all. A much nicer place to be :)

Got a couple of under bonnet things to sort, nothing major, a dash to build, and a good service of the brakes, then we will be there. Then we can start making as we want it, but only little things, e.g. Change the mirrors, get wheels refurbed etc.

Only got the car a week ago, so not bad going.

Cheers

Ian

[davej]

I fixed the brakes and went for a drive.

[Ryang556]

I sold it!

[Mabird]

Still messing about with Mr. Bridger overheating, the water pump is fine, Steve is going to rewire the fan to come on with the ignition. This thing is really puzzling us