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[AndyMiniMad.]

The north west coast is the place to be today!! A trip over to lochinver and then over the Kylesku bridge and on to Scourie. Or if your brave maybe a run round the old coast road from Lochinver to Dunbeg. Then out to Kylesku over the bridge and north to Scourie. Superb!!!

[hughJ]

Hello Trac thanks for the comments and advice. Graham likewise I have never been to Newquay but its a shame when nice places get spoiled. Good advice Andy and I know the runs you are talking of but I went north - I really enjoy coming back through Strath Halladale and over Glen Loth - http://www.hferrier....thcoast-12.html .

Still ducking and diving

I've painted the outside of the passenger door



And masked to go over the damage done to the drivers door



I did etch the bare areas and use high build primer. I got a paint reaction which I tried to photo but doesn't show. I've sanded that out and tried again.

Lazying along, Hugh

[Miniowner123]

long time since i commented hugh but i have been following, cant stop thinking that green looks like citroen bamboo green, definite head turner colour

nice to see you progressing

[M4tty]

Took me ages to read this from start to this point, car has come a long way and looks great. You've give me a lot more confidence to tackle my fabrication.

Keep up the good work

[hughJ]

Well I've been lazy, very lazy. Thanks pinhead it was good to hear from you. M4tty thanks for your comment. It's very rude of me not to reply sooner. Go for your fabrication - I'm pretty clumsy and managed in the end!!

I've redone my avatar to reflect the colour change my Mini Sky has undergone.

I have the doors fitted at last





The passenger door fitted up with new window channel



The eagle eyed will have noticed some damage. Had to shim it out further. I thought I had the door fit correct before painting. For some reason I can't get GIMP to rotate these two pictures





And I have glued in some foam rubber ready to fit the headlining - if I'm brave enough! Notice the non straight curve!



I am also getting the engine ready to work on - it has sat here on the garage floor for almost 2 years



Up on my wee table





And what a dirty rusty engine. As I've said already on these pages it runs well so I'm not touching it. I'll just clean it up a bit.









I'll try and work on it.

My sister in law, Jean and her husband Chris have been up for a wee holiday. Jean is the original owner and I was worried she would hate me changing the colour to green. She loves the green!!!! So that's approval for me.

Come the Spring I am going to have to go over a fair bit of the paint to repair damage. I'm getting used to it. I now understand why people have their resprays done with the doors, bonnet and boot fitted - it saves on damage to the paint.

Wearying along, Hugh

Edited by hughJ, 03 November 2012 - 08:11 PM.

[grahama]

Hugh,

getting very close now pal !! My doors are also catching on the A panels so more shims for me too !! You can't beat a good sturdy 1970's table to mend an engine on lol. Sure we used to go camping with some of those !!

Looking good now.

Graham

[minimuk]

Looking good there Hugh, on the right path,.....engine is a nice winter job, take your time and make piccies of whatever you do for you to go back to when re-assembling, will you be taking him completely apart?? what was the mileage?

Edited by minimuk, 04 November 2012 - 06:05 PM.

[Brams96]

Looking good Hugh, my only suggestion would be to put some more sound deadening on the roof before you fit the head lining. Take a look Screwfix for their Flashing tape, it's pretty cheap, even for a Scotsman ;) & works well. If you only have that foam then you are going to get lots of road noise reflected back into the cabin & it'll sound like driving in a tin can! I used similar stuff on mine & when you tapped it, it went from a 'tingggggg' sound to a 'thud' with a big improvement when driving.

Keep at it!

[AndyMiniMad.]

I agree with your if it aint broke dont fix it attitude to the engine Hugh!! A wee bit of a clean and some paint will work wonders. Check out the new IMOG. (Inverness mini owners group) on facebook...we are trying to organise some runs and events for next year and it wouild be great to see Kermit (sorry) in the flesh..

[hughJ]

Graham, it's a great table. I've done many an engine on it. I wouldn't use it for eating off now!
minimuk I don't like these winter jobs! A bit too cold in the garage.
Brams96 I had thought of putting sound deadening in the roof but I have heard it can drop down on a hot summer's day (not that we get many up here!)
Andy thanks that sounds interesting - I'm one of these people who is not a facebook man, don't have an account!!!

Well I have been going out in the cold, though its not quite so bad this week. I've been scraping, wire brushing and cleaning with paraffin! Removing some parts to get a better clean. I don't want to disturb seals too much. Still a long way to go. My nails look even more disgusting than usual - that's saying something.







Messing along, Hugh

Edited by hughJ, 10 November 2012 - 07:34 PM.

[Brams96]

Hugh - Try contacting Loudboy from the Talk Audio forum. He used to, don't know if he still does, sell some 4mm sound deadening he gets from america which sticks like brown stuff to a blanket! It's the same stuff Darren (UK's loudest mini @160dB) used in the roof of his blue clubby estate. I used 2/3 of 1sqm to do my roof & didn't have any trouble with hot days. The remaining 1/3 would be enough to put behind the dash/footwell area.

Edit: Heres a LINK to the Sound deadening thread he started a while ago about the stuff.

Edited by Brams96, 11 November 2012 - 10:53 AM.

[minimuk]

hugh, uderstood the coldy bit, get yrself and oil rad in the garage to keep the chill out...... I hope you are going to check the clutch before reassembling......paint can wait for now

[jagman.2003]

Hello Hugh, sorry for slow response. The double sided tape I used on the headlining was made by sellotape. It was one on a plastic dispenser. I cut 2"-3" lengths for around the screen & longer for door frames. Seems to be holding well. It allowed me to attach the lining on the edge until I got the position right & fixed it in final position. Alot less mess than glue. I clamped the edges for a while until I was ready to put the screen seal on. Hope that helps.

[JonnyBMX]

hugh, so good to see it back on 4 wheels! keep all the good work up m8 :)

your gunna have fun getting that flywheel off haha ;) a little tip....make some more heavy duty washers on a puller as i managed to pull through the cast ally on mine before it came off lol!

[Big Sam]

I've reached the end!

Read the thread from start to finish, took me about 300 years I think.

Absolutely inspirational and probably my favourite build thread.

Love the work, Hugh. I recommend re-reading your own thread, you'll see how far you've come and soon forget about the minor problems you create because when you first started they would have been daunting.

Can't way to see the finished car,

Sam.