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[mt2man]

Right i hope this makes sense, but im just going to copy and paste from a different forum, so bare with me haha

Hey this is my lil project/bit of fun

Bassically here is the cars story before I bought it!
http://retrorides.pr...?...1069&page=1

It was like a 300 mile round trip to buy it, but it done the 150 miles back no problem!

When I got it I decided to de bumper it and it later looked like this:

Got bored so added some evil eyes and a roof rack haha



Then I thought a colour change was in order, so started spraying it satin black


But got bored again, and decided to make it into a pickup as you do.

So heres a few pics of the build, its not finished yet! Only started it this morning lol
Stipped it out:



Added abit of bracing (the wood ontop is for later when the roof gets bent):


Chop chop chop:



Bend bend bend:





Its far from finished! But any tips or critisim would be appreciated, good or bad I don't care! I'm only 18 I'm just enjoying my self and having some fun haha, although it is a serious project and I will be making sure its safe!

Jack

[mt2man]

Anyway a little more progress, bear with me, its far from finished!

Had to cut the roof, it wasnt wide enough:


Made up a mdf template which I will use to make sure the metal is the right shape and size, ill probually use a car bonnet with some curves or shapes in it to add abit of rigidity to it:




Bit of cutting, grinding, couple of tack welding to get the rear c pillar part semi sorted:






Still a longggg way off, and needs alot of pannel beating and welding and what not, but its getting there

[mt2man]

But right heres some pictures I took earlier, and the photoshop I done.

I bassically put motorbike indicators on the front, some mini arches and blanked where the orignal hole was with a cut up icecream container . Oh and added some blue LED side light bulbs because my dad ordered to many by accident so had some left for me! haha

Anyway pictures speak a thousand words, soo:





Ignore the pen marks, I was lining them up, it will be painted later anyway

And this is the photoshop I done, before and after:




Pretty poor effort on the arches and everything, but I cba, it was just to get an idea.

Opinions?

[mt2man]

Fitted my wheel arches properly:




And was playing around with some 10" mini wheels I had hanging around:




Apart from the rediculous ride height and positive camber, I quite like them haha, but I will be going for wheels with more of a dish

[mt2man]

Another update, got the rear of the cab sorted well almost, picturessss:

My bike and the 99p bonnet



Masking off outline from template



It was an absoloute pig to cut, its pretty substantual and built up from mulitiple layers



In place




A couple of welds, its already solid! Alot of work to do yet, but its getting there

[mt2man]

Welded the rear of the cab up properly, it is actually better than the pictures let on:


View from inside:



General look:





Ground back the welds and gave it a quick spray to stop it rusting untill its finishedd:

[mt2man]

It has progressed a little more since this update, but my welder is knackered, so untill i get around to fixing it and finish the rear end, i will leave you with the pictures i have uploaded! haha

[scoticus]

I love it!!
Its the coolest thing i have seen in a long time!!

Good luck with the rest of the build!!
Is it staying pink?

[mt2man]

Haha cheers dude! Its going to be Satin Lilac when its finished, with black arches, and ive got a special idea for the bonnet

But i was thinking i may cut the front off and fit a fibreglass clubby front, but im not to sure yettt.

[E.L.M.O]

Very unique! I really like it! It will surely turn heads!

[scoticus]

Haha cheers dude! Its going to be Satin Lilac when its finished, with black arches, and ive got a special idea for the bonnet

But i was thinking i may cut the front off and fit a fibreglass clubby front, but im not to sure yettt.

NOOOOOOOOO!!!
leave it fiat! dont see many of these on the roads any more!

[minisilverbullet]

"I'm only 18"

god you must of had a tough 18 years! lol

looks like a fun project! Not sure on the colour though.

[mt2man]

Okay okay, i may just leave it fiat, its pretty cute in a kind of want to be agressive way
It defiatly got alot of attention as it was! Let alone now its a pickup lol
I was just thinking, i may have to sell my Clubman Estate when ive finished it, and im not sure if this would really be that welomed at mini shows haha

[mt2man]

Sorry i missed your comment! But haha nahh thats my dad hes been helping alot with it

Whats wrong with abit of pink?! It takes balls lol

[1977 Loud_Mini]

My dad used to have 3 of these little fiat 126's. Good to see you've got the 704cc i think watercooled engine opposed to the 650cc aircooled one.
Are you keeping the original engine because there are a few different engines you can fit into these with little modifications like a fiat uno engine and vw cirocco or something which would be pretty quick
Also if you like the 10" wheels i'm sure they use 10" really deep dish split rims on the race courses/sprints when they race these little beasts around with yamaha r1 engines etc.

Edit: Heres a link to a raced up fiat 126 which looks IMO damn good
http://www.informazi..... Gambarie.JPG

Edited by 1977 Loud_Mini, 09 November 2010 - 06:27 PM.