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[Scallywag630]

Cleaned all the window, bonnet trim, and exterior chome bit ready to put back on the car once the paint is on it.

[gregh55]

fitted some 7.5s! and did some sanding! yay what fun

Edited by gregh55, 24 April 2010 - 09:57 PM.

[lawrence]

started to dismantle the cylinder head after the oil/water cloud of awesomness and made the rocket cover all shiny too

[minidan]

replaced the clutch with the engine in the car! took 10 hours , including fixing my passenger seat in,and fixing the fuel tank in.

Edited by minidan, 24 April 2010 - 06:00 PM.

[Carlzilla]

finished my audio sort out

installed 2 10cm alpine speakers in self made mountings in the dash (temporary untill i buy a new dash, but still looks alright )
helped a mate change his drive belt and went to fill up my mini with motion lotion

[Minigirlracer]

Went for a drive around town and began searching for decent insurance quotes....

Love it now its back on the road - tis awesome

[DaveVader]

Fitted my bonnet straps I got from Lincoln.

One of them is a little wonkey but I couldn't wait to put them on.
Looks shweeeet!
Really tempted to get pins for the back corners now! Baaaa

[Cooperman]

Re-set the clutch stop, set the mixture, adjusted the timing slightly and then took my newly on-the-road Innocenti Cooper 1300 out for a good test drive and to settle it all down a boit before the Huntingdon to Hunstanton run tomorrow. I'm very pleased with it and it goes better than I thought it might as it's more-or-less standard but 1330 cc.
Then I polished my 1310 cc 1964 Cooper 'S' rally car, checked it all over and took my friend out in it as he is going to drive that one on the run tomorrow. He then drove me in it to get used to the engine characteristics as it's very 'cammy'.

[adam_mini]

De-Volcano-Ashed mine today - even though she was in the garage she still had a layer of dust. (Oh and the Jag was Covered Too!!)

She's all Ready now for the Hunstanton Charity Rally tomorrow

Please stay Sunny so we can have Fish and Chips at the Beach

Both them cars look great....

I'm not jealous honest

Edited by adam_mini, 24 April 2010 - 06:28 PM.

[brian1975]

Change the wheels to super star alloys and cut the front arches to fit the wheels, will been spraying the arch'es tomorrow.

[project mini chris]

Went to wolverhampton to pick up a mint door we won off ebay for £40

[chipster196]

washed and polished it in the week...

today i changed m spark plugs, ht leads, coil (now lucas sport:)) oil and filter. tomorrow im going to change the fan belt, check tappets and change rocker cover gasket then off for a cruise

[millermilla]

Took my ERA on the Brighton Mini Club rolling road day at Gerald Dale Motorsport where it made 102.7 bhp and 117.4 lb ft of torque! Not bad for a standard car bar a Maniflow exhaust.

[Sam Walters]

Well last night, went out for a run in the newest blue Mini.

After replacing the exhaust manifold
Replacing the engine (Previous owner hadn't changed the oil probably in about a year, oil pump was starting to go)
Replacing the choke cable
Replacing the throttle cable
Replacing the o/s window and mechanism
Replaced the n/s rear brake back plate
Freed off the adjusters on both sides that were seized (Had new shoes in but they hadn't been adjusted one bit)
Cleared both washer jets
Screwed the instrument panel onto the back of the dash (Previous owner had used sellotape to hold it on...)
Welded the bulkhead bracket that the previous owner had snapped from ragging the car.

Had the realism that the 11 Months Mot was as bent as a roundabout!

Then Managed to melt the positive battery cable to the lambda boss on the exhaust. Ive never seen a negative battery cable on fire before!
Got recovered.

Drove the purple mini to work. Destroyed a Chav in a lime green nova off the lights, Then proceeded to sit at thirty with him about three inches away from my bottom..well i wouldn't want to be naughty and break the speed limit now would i...

[samsfern]

tried to sort my blowing exhaust, after removing, sealing and refitting, started the engine and it still blew, only to discover this



it happened when the engine steady bracket tore away from the bulkhead, all fun and games though!

so went to storage to pick up some bits, and picked up my spare exhaust manifold and maniflow centre exit system, should be fitting tommorow!