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[minimk1]

Pm's please ......

Thanks jpw1275 it is coming on now I'll upload a video later on, will be watching your thread carefully so glad I'm past the stage of tearing it apart

[jpw1275]

Yea sorry buddy.... Didn't mean to chat about mine on your thread but I was hambushed hehe..... It's always nice to have other builds to watch and get ideas from....:0)..... Keep up the good work and I bet it won't be long before it's on the road.....;0)

Cheers james

[minimk1]

No worries things just get cluttered hahaha, and yeah many people have inspired me with there builds, and I cannot wait for it to be on the road only 5 months 8 days till my first drive on the road :) cannot wait

[jpw1275]

Cool...... Il give mine a couple of years lol

Cheers james

[minimk1]

Update to come tonight have a lot to update so may take a while.....

Edited by minimk1, 25 April 2014 - 06:27 AM.

[minimk1]

 

 

 

now for the 1275 my dad brought me for a sum of £100 bargin, will have fun rebuilding this to 1310 twin carb 80bhp monster maybe even a sneaky supercharger build to aim for 120bhp 

 

callipers on just need new nipples and a good bleeding

 

12g940 head and double valve springs

 

girl at halfords couldn't find the barcode and so only charged me £6 for a 5kg roll of 0.8mm welding wire, should have been £25 but I'm not complaining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

last pic is a smiths clock and volts gauge in a pod, that and the sump guard where collected last night.

 

thats all until tomorrow, exams are in may so progress will be slow and will be mainly buying things so that i have everything, that way once the car is painted in summer holidays, it can then all be put on and the car will be finished. list of things is growing ever smaller........

[Rocket.]

Looking good I like the mk1 door conversion

[minimk1]

haha thanks feels good to be updating my page again 

[rally515]

Lovely little conversion you're doing on the doors there :), what are you doing with the windows ? sorry if i've missed an update mentioning that

[minimk1]

Well I have made the top of the door flat and the mk1 sliding window runner sits on that, have tested this and it works. So I will be putting the mk1 sliding window rubbers in the door and then cutting my own windows out of Perspex/polycarbonate. Basically making a bespoke mk1 window to fit my car. I could get glass made but that's just added weight hahah

[Archived4]

Damn this car just keeps getting better and better!

[minimk1]

Damn this car just keeps getting better and better!

 

why thank you  only have 4 months left for it to be done 

[minimk1]

with 3 months 13 days left everything mechanical is sorted and I'm onto the bodywork, just had my a level exams and i now have 3 weeks off in which i am hoping to get the mini completely painted. this means extensive bodywork prep each day for as long as i can. 

 

also wired up my tim rev counter, 12v socket, volt meter and mk1 cooper 100mph speedo, also changed the head for another 998 one and did the head gasket which has put a stop to the extensive clouds my exhaust loved making, soundproofing has been fitted to the floor. sterio mount.

 

 

all of that ends with a result like this:

very happy and it works well at charging my phone!

 

the red wire is now also hidden

 

 

was out all night changing the head gasket and head, had to take the head i put on off because half of the studs would spin under any torque, so 3rd time lucky i managed to salvage a good head from the depths of my shed.

 

also got some car ramps which stops my back aching or having to put stuff under the car to keep it up 

 

more to come tomorrow

[minimk1]

front end is in primer and is ready for top coat, going to do the sides next, then the back and finally the roof then once i am happy with all of these give it a inca yellow topcoat and a gloss black roof, also i am going to be running my dunlop d1's and because of this i am going to run group 2 arches which are the wood and picket style with the chrome finishing strip on the edge, i have also ordered roll cage padding and a 7" electric fan, which should be good when the engine is getting hot.

 

keeping a look out for a mg metro dizzy and an uprated 998 head such as a 12g295 or similar, however i would like to use my bad boy 12a185 but had running problems when it was on the engine, any suggestions to how i could sort it would be appreciated. also i have brought my front bumper and overiders and a tim rev gauge.

 

took me just over 2 days to do the front, the only thing stopping me from getting in sprayed before the 9th of june is the weather

 

 

 

fix any imperfections 

 

 

give a 2nd coat 

 

 

guide coat and flat back to show low spots 

 

 

fill in low spots

 

 

3rd coat 

 

 

again sand imperfections

 

 

4th coat finished with a wet and dry of 800 grit ready for top coat 

 

 

 

just have the bonnet to do and then the front end is done 

 

 

 

I'm very happy with the results and should look awesome with yellow paint on it, cannot wait 

[ToM 2012]

looking very nice will look alot better with the yellow paint on it. keep up the good work