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#61 ad53ggz

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Posted 19 December 2010 - 11:23 AM

looks really nice well done

#62 obiwan riley

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Posted 19 December 2010 - 03:35 PM

sweet project, inspiring!

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Posted 19 December 2010 - 06:25 PM

Nice one Mate been looking forward to the Mag Feature.
Just bought it and its awsome man
Well Done

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Posted 19 December 2010 - 10:30 PM

Very nice car matey, very impressive!!!

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Posted 27 December 2010 - 01:53 PM

thankyou all very much, very pleased with the feature and the pictures.

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my last car made the cover too, my mk2 mexico

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ive lifted the car up a good bit for winter, so it wont just sit on top of snow!!

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ive started to make a new dashboard, ive made it from steel for now, just so i can get the right shape.
ive fitted it for now, so i can see if it needs work on it.

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Posted 27 December 2010 - 03:23 PM

awesome mini :thumbsup:

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Posted 28 December 2010 - 07:04 PM

Absolutly brilliant mate well done to yourself and your brother on the feature, Just sat down with the mag and read every word :thumbsup: Top work

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Posted 03 January 2011 - 01:02 AM

got a bit more done on the dash.........
i decided to put five small clocks in, and i made a pod to mount them in, angled towards the driver ( me:-D )
its taken me ages to get it all shaped up and mounted, but its all done now. got it all skimmed up tonight.

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ive put a slight angle on the two outside main clocks too, just to give it some shape, i didn't want it all to look flat.

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Posted 03 January 2011 - 01:03 AM

wow! brilliant work, id love to be able to make this sort of stuff myself. might have to try making some of those side skirts mind ;)

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Posted 03 January 2011 - 11:33 AM

i never reaslised you had made a rear splitter for it??? do you have anymore pictures of that?

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Posted 03 January 2011 - 11:21 PM

wow! brilliant work, id love to be able to make this sort of stuff myself. might have to try making some of those side skirts mind :)


thanks.
i love making stuff, especially from stuff i have laying around.
the main part of the dash is made from an old sign i had, its like alloy but has plastic in the middle, which is a pain because i had to cut along the back to get it to bend, and the rest is steel sheet that i have left from welding.
so far its cost now't!


CaptainBland08 Posted Today, 11:33 AM
i never reaslised you had made a rear splitter for it??? do you have anymore pictures of that?

Chris

i dont have any pictures of me making it, i wasn't sure it was going to work.
also you cant see it until you get up close!
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Posted 04 January 2011 - 01:17 AM

i must say i have just sat here reading the whole of this thread and u have done some bloddy amazing work and amazing manufacturing skills there too . especially like the exhausts that has got to be a first but everything just works well together . top marks and keep it up

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Posted 04 January 2011 - 01:38 AM

an amazing build, so much creativity, given me alot of inspiration to my own project, keep up the good work :)

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Posted 08 January 2011 - 09:35 PM

Jaswalker24 Posted Jan 4 2011, 01:38 AM
an amazing build, so much creativity, given me alot of inspiration to my own project, keep up the good work

i'm glad my project gives people like yourself inspiration.
i think the creativity comes from not being able too spend that much money on my car, but still wanting to do things, so having to think about what i could do with things i have laying about.
things like the exhaust, thats made from one i bought, and an old one off of a friends mini that was blowing, so i used the second tale pipe, the tubes for the exhaust on the car are from the srap bin at a local metal show ( i did ask )
the rear beam is an old 40mmx60mm fence post from work.
the dash is made from an old sign i had.
so my car really is proof that you dont have to spend alot to make a nice car.
i think if i had loads of money to spend on it, it wouldnt have been half as individual as it is.

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Posted 08 January 2011 - 10:01 PM

Jaswalker24 Posted Jan 4 2011, 01:38 AM
an amazing build, so much creativity, given me alot of inspiration to my own project, keep up the good work

i'm glad my project gives people like yourself inspiration.
i think the creativity comes from not being able too spend that much money on my car, but still wanting to do things, so having to think about what i could do with things i have laying about.
things like the exhaust, thats made from one i bought, and an old one off of a friends mini that was blowing, so i used the second tale pipe, the tubes for the exhaust on the car are from the srap bin at a local metal show ( i did ask )
the rear beam is an old 40mmx60mm fence post from work.
the dash is made from an old sign i had.
so my car really is proof that you dont have to spend alot to make a nice car.
i think if i had loads of money to spend on it, it wouldnt have been half as individual as it is.




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