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[jagman.2003]

Looking good...great wheels..!

[liam-ds]

Looking good...great wheels..!

thanks jagman not be too long until yours will nearly be finished now

hi all car is booked in for its mot tomorrow so over the past few days just been doing the final checks undersealed the floor cleaned out the car etc.

Liam

[RichardBrown]

the one from the last looks realli well
shows up the mini realli well i think it has all came together very nicely,, keep it badgles it suits it so much,, thats what i did with mine but i think iam gona put my black grill on it again,, love the mk1 grill

by the way sweet capri

[liam-ds]

the one from the last looks realli well
shows up the mini realli well i think it has all came together very nicely,, keep it badgles it suits it so much,, thats what i did with mine but i think iam gona put my black grill on it again,, love the mk1 grill

by the way sweet capri

thanks was thinking about putting badges on the boot but Ive changed my mind again. you brought a smile to my dads face too about the Capri

hi all took the car for the mot Friday and it passed just need to sort out insurance tax and then wait until i turn 17 and learn to drive cant wait. also when we were coming home from the mot in it we saw what looked like a mk1 / mk2 red cooper heading towards town never seen it around before, Got a feeling when i get on the road i will see loads of mini's out and about.

Liam

[liam-ds]

hi all not really much of a update but turned 17 a few week back now learning to drive in the car. had a few little probs over the first week with the car alternator over charging the battery lack of power but got these fixed had to change the head to sort the power issue id modified the head but didn't have it skimmed to get compression ratio back so a dumb mistake really now running with another standard 998 head i had spare. at the moment me and my dad are just getting the final touches to the car before London to Brighton buying and fitting sun visors etc. hope to meet afew of you at london to brighton

liam

[liam-ds]

hi all took part in London to Brighton mini run over weekend car never missed a beat over the 550 mile journey found a few little niggly problems like rear arch catching wipers sometimes only have one speed. got a few parts while i was down there to fix these problems minght give car a wash and start sorting the wipers and rear ride height after exams tomorrow. after all my exams are over iam going to concentrate on passing my driving test so will be at some more shows once i have passed

pic of the car at London to Brighton



all opinions welcome Liam

[Nick Warwick]

very nice mate, was nice to meet you and your dad on the way back from L2B.

your on this video too at 2mins 50

Edited by Nick Warwick, 17 May 2011 - 08:05 PM.

[liam-ds]

very nice mate, was nice to meet you and your dad on the way back from L2B.

your on this video too at 2mins 50

thanks mate nice to meet you too

just thought they were taking pics at side of road would have waved still got my dad tooting horn though

Liam

[liam-ds]

Hi all been a bit since i updated passed my theory test a few week back. took the car to the local classic car show about a month ago had a great time in the rain with sheffield mini club and my friend jake driving home my indicators went really dimm sorted that out with a new fuse box and flasher units. had it runnig pretty much problem free apart form leaking in water which leaves a puddel under the carpet found out where it was coming in today and have hopefully sorted it. after that i went out for a drive in the car was drivng about for about 1 hour and a half i was going to pull up at some crossroads i tried to gear down from 3rd to 2nd and the selector was just wobbling about one of the pins in the selector has snapped or worked its way out so i was thinking the car was a box of neutrals but we where stuck in 3rd i tried to set off and stalled it so my dad took over it was interesting trying to get home in 3rd but he did it so a trip to p and l is needed as soon as now will post up some pics of the selector tomorrow ill get under the pit and have a look

Liam

p.s excuse my spelling spell check's not working

Edited by liam-ds, 12 July 2011 - 08:36 PM.

[liam-ds]

hi all got the car sorted the roller pin in the selector had dropped out or broke but i got a new one tried to fit it and found out it wasn't stuck in 3rd it was stuck in 4th haha but i got the new one in and it selects all gears also bought a halogen conversion kit and new rear drums so the handbrake works now here's a few pics

removing the broken sealed beam why does the new one always brake first the other was on the car when i bought it and that has been on since at least 1997



new halogens



new rear drums



Liam

[Mattster]

Looks nice, mate. Revo wheels are the dog's...

[liam-ds]

Looks nice, mate. Revo wheels are the dog's...

thanks mate

[izzy]

looking good keep up the good work.

[liam-ds]

looking good keep up the good work.

thanks , havnt really got much to do on the car now just wash and polish until i am allowed to build my 1275 up but that wont be for a while.

[drewsargent1980]

Love the build thread, great read..Good luck with your lessons and hope you pass your test soon.