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[minimk1]

well im very pleased with todays purchase with my door bars and mighty minis harness bar makes the car look so much like a track car i love it, should make such a difference with strength as well.

 

 

had to cut down the door bars and weld these up 

 

[minimk1]

been busy with the extra two door bars, i have cut triangular sections out of the bar and bent it to give it a nice kink which makes it stick out of the dash alot less than when it was straight i have also done the other door bar but have put this behind the seat to add further strength and to make it look more like a race car   also decided to solid mount my seats so i welded some steel tubing i got given to the car angling the edges and bolting it to the seat through the floor, pics

 

 

 

 

cheeky picture of my brother deciding he wants to drive my car 

 

 

thats it for this weekend, my work has invited me to proper go karting on the 25th at rye house should be good theres 8 of us going so were going to do teams of 4!!! god i love where i work, have ordered 6 cans of primmer as i keep needing to cover up bare metal but have nothing to do it with so they should turn up tomorrow. till next weekend.................

Edited by minimk1, 06 October 2013 - 02:17 PM.

[minimk1]

just brought these for £20 for all the running gear there only in dunstable 

 

[Archived4]

Nice work. Bargain with the seats! They look sweet! But I am a fan of tartan colours

[minimk1]

So is my dad :)

[minimk1]

been busy this weekend was at a huge classic jaguar autojumble today with work yesterday i received my air belt sander which is brilliant for grinding down welds in corners, and have been solid mounting my passenger seat also bolted the seats in on the front and found out that i am going to need some of the chrome seat adjusters that bolt onto where it mounts at the front these should give me enough movement to allow me to get it to sot perfect on my mounting bar.

 

did the passenger seat slightly further back

 

[Archived4]

Neat work!

[steven]

Nice work ! how much is insurance going to be with those mods ?

[minimk1]

Nice work ! how much is insurance going to be with those mods ?

 

not too sure but im not risking my safety because the insurance doesn't like anything that isn't factory hahaah and im sure ill find away around it ;) and thanks 

[ToM 2012]

looking good nice work 

[minimk1]

curiosity lead to this today 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so it started with this:

card template 

 

 

then the second template 

 

 

metal cut out 

 

and lead to the end of todays work with this before all of the rain and lightning 

 

 

 

 

i decided that i wanted some arches so i made a card template, then another, i taped and sprayed this one , until finally my dad cut it out onto steel sheet, i then bent the steel into shape forming it around a bucket with the same radius as the wheel arch, tacked it on, and welded it up, this is not finished as it will not look so stuck on, as i will be making it flow into the bodywork alot more however the basic design is there and is to be improved 

[Archived4]

Those wheels are yummy! And liking the arches mate! would you have a chrome strip on the edge of it?

[Daz1968]

Are those original Dunlop alloys I have a set of those on my mk2 cooper.

[minimk1]

Those wheels are yummy! And liking the arches mate! would you have a chrome strip on the edge of it?

 

funny you should say that, i was just thinking the same thing myself 

 

 

and no there not originals there jbw remakes 

[minimk1]

Decided against the arches, it's going to take to long and be too much work and I just want the car done so I shall be cutting it off tomorrow, oh well worth a try, today's work has been more prep for putting the car back on the jig for the bottom to be sprayed, so has involved grinding and welding up of holes etc, also found another bit of rust on the lower rear seat that I will chop out once the car is spun over, tomorrow wil be removal of boot bonnet and a section if the cage that obstructs the jig pole and also the cleaning up of the engine bay and repair of the shock mount bolts, mucky work but it has to be done in order to spray underneath pics tomorrow