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[Ethel]

Great work,

One minor concern, could the rain run into the carb via the scuttle vents?

[superman]

Great work,

One minor concern, could the rain run into the carb via the scuttle vents?

rain what rain? i live in sunny bournemouth, on a more serious note this point has been mentioned before, but not the fact that i have no roof!!!!!!!

[superman]

sunday morning update, after a bit of tinkering the shortie burst into life, proving the wiring all ok, and best of all the untested/unknow engine works, first time in two and a half years. talk about chuffed

[RetroRay]

How far are we away from getting it on the road??

[superman]

How far are we away from getting it on the road??

Not far now, i taking it to newquay for the show and shine, so i've got to get a move on

[superman]

Just a small up date, been doing all the boring bits like bleeding the brakes still trying to over come problems with the handbrake just tiny things but need to be done

Whats left to do list

1 fit bonnet
2 fix handbrake
3 fit grille
4 wire horn
5 make and fit carpet
6 fit seatbelts
7 respray boot and one wheelarc
8 flat and polish paint work
9 sort out fuel line
10 final sort out on indicators
11 exhaust blow
12 suspension set up

i think thats it

[1994alex]

How did you make the trailer it looks really good

alex

[superman]

How did you make the trailer it looks really good

alex

good question, the short answer two back ends welded together, lid made from mini roofs, the rest just made it up how i wanted it to look

[1994alex]

Any Wip pics?
alex

[superman]

Any Wip pics?
alex

if only can't seem to find any, trailer now sold to ''minimadjonesy'' drop im a PM he respraying and making it his own

[superman]

Quick update, the shortie is coming along nicely, almost finished, engine running,brakes working, all electric's working, carpet fitted, dash liners fitted,new steering wheel , handbrake fixed, fitted grille, horn wired, even seatbelts nearly fitted

No pictures because the next time anyone will see the shortie will be at the Riv Run

[superman]

Bank holiday update, Shortie all but finished all the little niggly bits are done, tomorrow is a big day, off to slarks to have the megajolt mapped and the engine setup

just need to sort out the MOT

[DaveJH]

Sweet! So close

[superman]

Well what a good day Tuesday was, my mate got a message from mini world asking about his clubman, wow a feature great news

Shortie got mapped and set up on the rollers, really pleased with 86bhp 90lb torque should really fly

end of the day turned out to be rubbish, picked up my mates mini from the paint shop, not good, i noticed a small dent in the door and pointed this out the painter said "well you can never get them all" after more inspection the minis paint job was shocking runs, dings and paint reaction all over

what do they say " 2 outta 3 aint bad"

[superman]

small update, been for a MOT it passed, hurrah, still a few little niggles still to sort out, but well chuffed