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[Mart!]

looking good!!!! any update on the shell or are you still in shopping-spree-mode?

[blue blood]

looking good!!!! any update on the shell or are you still in shopping-spree-mode?

No update on the shell yet i'm afraid as i have been hard at work in uni, but i have managed to design my bonnet and boot stickers But i don't want to post the bonnet badge up on here as i don't want anyone else to use it But here is a preview for what i have in mind for the boot badge:-



The minus part is spread out and the text type is short and wide to replicate a lotus' bum

Regards Blue

[tieclubbyestate]

After a lot of time i have decided i should document the slow rebuild of my beloved mini. My ideas and plans have morphed so much even i have a vague idea of the final product i want to achieve. One thing i can say about the final thing is it will be perfect as i am an attention to detail kind of person.

So lets start at the very beginning Me and my brother went and bought a mini sky together with an MPI 1.3 engine in. It came with a K&N filter, Chrome wheels, Twin DTM , cobra monaco seats and was how we say boring and uninventive! There are so many to a similar standard/degree of dullness. I then bought my brother out but i wasn't happy with the mini after it kept having problems. Delving into the mini world i gained an acquired taste and began to go off the sky blue and constant battle with rust.
This is what my car looked like to begin with:-




The engine bay looked a site and the underneath was staring to rot through coupled with an overheating problem and dodgy electrics. I stripped her down to nothing and sold everything of apart from the engine front hubs and driveshafts.

Part way through strip down:

YUM

[blue blood]

Had a little tinker on the car today with fitting my rear beam and then a quick look at a radius arm and suspension in place but nothing is ever simple. With the beam i had to chop of two of the mounting tabs as they didn't follow the contour of the heal board and wouldn't allow me to mount it in properly. The i found that the rear arms have had to much material on so made the coil-overs rub on the body (manufacturing fault) so i will have to send them back to force-racing . Oh well. I am happy with the beams fit now anyway. Will have to make some big spreader plate me thinks.





Here is some work i did a while ago but haven't documented.
I had to re fiber glass the back window edges as the last owner was a numpty and had cut too much out to accept a MKIII rear window. It was a very long itchy job!






Also started to fibre glass fill the back seat back rest so i can have it flatted back smooth for painting. Also re enforced some of where the rotten ply wood rear seat base had been.




Last little bit is the door frame i started to do for me to have a raised part on my door (border for the door card) I had to sand out and build up fibre glass. It still needs work but you can see the basic beginnings




Regards Bllue

[jonny f]

Thats a real shame on the radius arms. They look really nice, looks like its quite a large angle on the coilovers! Wish i could trial fit my rear beam, can't wait for all the things that aren't going to line up!

I also need to modify the shell like you have done at the front edge of the door as my doors don't sit in far enough.

Nice to see you've been working on the shell. I haven't done anything lately!

[blue blood]

Thats a real shame on the radius arms. They look really nice, looks like its quite a large angle on the coilovers! Wish i could trial fit my rear beam, can't wait for all the things that aren't going to line up!

I also need to modify the shell like you have done at the front edge of the door as my doors don't sit in far enough.

Nice to see you've been working on the shell. I haven't done anything lately!

Yeah i'm a little peeved about the radius arms so i'm in the process of sorting out trying to send them back but the guy i'm dealing with is a bit reluctant to deal with me (both the arms are non identical) even though i've spent loads of money with him. I think i may just get some specialist component arms as they will be identical to each other and do all of what a standard arm does. Oh well you live and learn.
As for the doors i did that in the frame so that i can have the outcrop which goes round a door card to carry on meaning that when i put my door seal in it should make it water tight (if that makes any sense to you ).
Regard Blue

[blue blood]

Hi everyone not done to much so just a small update. Instead of having just a normal crappy looking zinc plated clutch cylinder i took it apart primed it and then sprayed it in a satin black(very nice and contrasting against the white fluid reservoir) :





And then something just to occupy me i made some stainless steel front top arm end pieces (not sure of their exact name):




(Standard zinc coated one on the left)

Regards Blue

[JR.]

Was this your Minus?
http://www.theminifo...x...0cage&st=15

Edited by JR., 21 March 2011 - 09:35 PM.

[blue blood]

Was this your Minus?
http://www.theminifo...x...0cage&st=15

Well it is my minus but it was it back then ha.

Yeah its come a long way since then!

Regards Blue

[blue blood]

Quick update. Have had no time recently as i've only got 4weeks left until i finish uni forever thank god! I have just rejuvenated some brake parts. Stripped them back with wet and dry paper then wire brush or vias versa, I then por15 them and then for the bias i primed and hammerite satin black and with lime green brush detailing. For the brake master cylinder por 15 then a coat of satin hammerite painted on and lime green accents







Attention to detail is everything!

Regards Blue

[misfit]

greart build mate keep up the good work

[blue blood]

greart build mate keep up the good work

cheers misfit Im glad your having fun reading

Regards Blue

[animammel]

I'm green with envy. loving the attention to detail, some sexy parts there. this one is gonna be pure sex on wheels.

Keep it up

[blue blood]

I'm green with envy. loving the attention to detail, some sexy parts there. this one is gonna be pure sex on wheels.

Keep it up

haha cheers dude. Yeah if your going to do something do it right. I can justify the stuff i buy as every part of the car will be exactly how i want it
Regards Blue

[blue blood]

Another mall update went and picked up a couple of brake arms i had made from a sheet of titanium i had. They weigh next to nothing and won't rot


Regards Blue

Edited by blue blood, 07 May 2011 - 05:51 AM.