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[shorty]

are these road legal?

yep and as said above, an SVA and Q plating plus working lights etc etc will make it roadworthy, saw a nice one drive past me a couple of months ago.

there are chasis you can buy which are designed for donor parts such as frames that takes mini parts or that take fiat 126 parts

[rsroadkilla]

When I get mine SVA'd, i'l be using the donor cars registration due to a certain amount of the doner car being used!

Its all Mini running gear, and luckily the kit I bought came with a donor chassis number and V5

[shorty]

When I get mine SVA'd, i'l be using the donor cars registration due to a certain amount of the doner car being used!

Its all Mini running gear, and luckily the kit I bought came with a donor chassis number and V5

ohhh yeh its if its over 50% of the original parts or something isnt it you can do that?

and thats not bad then, will be a lot of fun once its all done though

[rsroadkilla]

Well I decided to stick with red as I like the black and red theme!

Bit of a rubbish update tonight!

I decided to go with Dannys idea and polish up the existing flooring with a wire brush as I dont fancy paying £170 for 2 new floors!

I started, then my battery gave up on my drill, and I left the charger and other battery on site! Doh!!

Anyways, heres a quick pic of how its coming up.....



Hopefully you can see where I started!!!

The other thing I finished was stripping the sub frame. After much searching, I finally found out how to get the top arm roller pins out. I wasnt clouting them hard enough!

Anyways, once fully stripped I gave it a good clean up with petrol and a rag, then gave it a light coat of red hammerite spray...



Thats all for tonight im affraid folks!

[Willy_sa]

I would love to see how the gear change mechanism works on this.

Cool project!

[slyoldfox2001]

Hi mate,

Good luck with the project........your hardest problem without doubt is the sva.
I didn't build mine and bought it fully done and sorted.

Check out mine in this thread

http://www.theminifo...howtopic=163733


It's great fun to drive however I have had to fit a poly carb screen just for a bit of driving comfort and safety.
Mines got a brand new 1293 engine fitted.
You will need a 4 core radiator or some other clever way of cooling it down.

[rsroadkilla]

Nothing major today, but definitly a step in the right direction!

First up this morning I went out to the garage and had a good clean up. Its amazing how quick a single garage gets messy!

After a bit of a re-shuffle, and a bit of precarious sweeping...



I was ready to work on the buggy!

First up was to clean the edges of the remaining floor panel. Once I had done this I fitted it onto the buggy.

Ready to be popped...



And all fitted nicely







Once this was done, I set about prepping the car so I can start building the front back up.

First of all I attacked it with a wire brush, then gave it a couple of good coats of black hammerite...





Im still not 100% happy with the finish, but think once its all built up it will look pretty good!

Thats all for today, and probably for a while now as the Mrs is due to drop any time soon!!!

[rsroadkilla]

Bit of a boring one today, and not expecially big but another job done!

When I bought the buggy, Malcolm told me that the steering rack was refurbished before he put it on. Its in excellent condition, although the rubber gators had all split. I bought a new pair on ebay last week, and set about giving the rack a quick clean and fitting the new boots

Heres a new one next to an old boot...



And here is the rack all booted up!



I also gave the rack a light coat of paint just to give the shine back, although I havent got any pics yet!

[Scallywag630]

Nice buggy, only just read the thread or would have offered to lend you my soda blaster.

[rsroadkilla]

Cheers for the reply Scally

I got over the rust problem in the end with a decent wire wheel so hopefully got that sorted!

Another small update today. Painted the front of the buggy black in preperation for fitting the steering rack. Will post some pics once shes all fitted up

[Scallywag630]

Keep up the good work. I'll follow the thread with interest and look forward to seeing the buggy completed.

[rsroadkilla]

Sprayed the front of the footwell earlier, and fitted the steering rack...



and heres the rack all fitted



More to come soon!

[rsroadkilla]

Not much of an exciting one today im afraid!

First up I painted the steering coloumn last week and it turned out like this...



Next I cleaned up the part it attaches to, and gave it a quick lick of paint!



I also fitted the steering wheel and coloumn, but forgot to take a pic!

[Pitcrew6464]

looks good

[marshallxx]

are these chassis still available and if so how much do they cost ?