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[blue blood]

I'll be painting my underneath and stuff myself too along with the boot and under the bonnet but I think the few places (like my rear seats back rest and the top/lower dash rail)i'm going to have done for me as they will be on show permanently. I was reading an old mini magazine earlier (it was from 2002 i think) with a guy who had built his and he paid someone £800 for a headlining !!! I want to know why it was that much because I might have to start making some custom ones up for order!!! :)

Regards Blue

[jonny f]

That's a rediculous price!? I would never pay that much for a headlining. In fact I can't think of much mini wise I would pay that much for!

Sounds like a good plan blue. I was just going to try my hardest with some rattle cans. Probably going to get the bay done by my painter as that will be a bit special.

Been working on my rear lights this evening got all the bits I needed ordered :).

[yousmeg]

Great project, will be following this one

[jonny f]

Thanks its finally starting to pick up the pace.

Been slowly refurbishing my wheels to.

[jonny f]

More work removing the crazing cracks. Need to go over one more time to ensure i got them all then its good to go.

I've also prepared almost all the little damaged areas from 20+ years of sitting around.

Waiting on some gelcoat and i can begin to sort all the mess out :/.

Edited by jonny f, 12 July 2014 - 10:58 PM.

[blue blood]

God has yours really got this much crazing? I've only got a bit which is below my rear window and thats it (there is the bonnet but i'm getting a new one anyway). I really don't envy you doing those repairs but keep up the good work. Have you had anything else done to your roll cage?

Regards Blue

[jonny f]

Sure has! Probably would have been easier to chop the whole roof off and try and match up a replacement roof skin.

I think its because it was never painted or looked after and probably left outside for the last 30 years!

I have ordered a few little things...
Windscreen Wiper Motor Inner Drive Cable (WCAB) CBS Wiring Module Cover (WMCOV) CBS 12 Circuit Wiring Module (WRMOD) Windscreen Wiper Motor Bundy Tube 1100mm (WTUBE)

Wiring module will be the heart of my wiring and the bundy tube is to move my wiper motor.

I also have a box of stuff from CFS (fibreglass shop) with a few kilos of topcoat to sort out my shell.

[blue blood]

Why are you going to move your wiper motor? I didn't think the bulge that is there for it threw it out of wack that much?

I may buy a wiring module for when I convert to a 2.0l 8v engine but for now its a custom spaghetti loom for me :)

Regards Blue

[kcchan]

Where are you planning on moving the wiper too? It's very possible to move it inside the cabin if you minus guys are short of space.




It uses the original mounting points, albeit on the inside and only needs a little tweaking of the tube. The hole needs neatening up but that is a picture to show it is doable.

[jonny f]

Mainly because it will be in the way of my suspension braces and secondly to make the engine bay cleaner.

Yea it's going inside the car but where I wanted it the bundy tube would not reach. It's going under the bottom dash rail.

[jonny f]

I got these through in the post recently. Going to use them to make my rear lights, will bolt these to the shell then fit my inocenti light covers over the top. Should save a considerable amount of weight over the standard ones.

Wiper motors new location. Will go either black or body colour to hide it a little better.


All sorted. This was a pain to do. Quite hard to ge the bundy tube the correct shape etc.

Had some nice cracks down the side along a seam, both sides. Have taken them back and filled it up with fg filler.

Working on the rear valance. Has lots of damage where it has been lifted from it. Crazing cracks and actual cracks in the fg.

Edited by jonny f, 12 July 2014 - 10:58 PM.

[jonny f]

Got an electric fan kit recently. Hopefully will be able to cool my engine along with an oil cooler. The rad will be sitting flush against the inner wing with the fan inside the arch basically.

Some pictures.....



Cut out all the bits i no longer need, i will be building this back up again so the rad sits well against it. Making sure all air sucked out the bay by the fan travels through the rad, not around it!



Trial fitted in place.



Some clearance issues, will have to re drill brake line hole and i have cut a little of the subframe.

Edited by jonny f, 14 April 2013 - 01:50 PM.

[jonny f]

Couple more pictures. Adding some strength to this area and building it back up so my rad wont have any gaps around it.





I have added more fibreglass behind it also.

Edited by jonny f, 14 April 2013 - 01:51 PM.

[blue blood]

Hey Jonny looking good. I see you are using all the room you can under the bonnet :)

What coil-overs are using in the front? Would you mind taking a few pictures under the wing of where you have mounted the suspension bracket for me please? Mine hasn't even had holes for mounting a shock bracket let alone coil-over!!

I think when I change my engine after my MPI one dies i'll use an oil cooler :)
I'll be cutting out bits on my passengers side wing to make it flat to fit stuff on.

I have also thought I will definitely fit my wiper motor in the ******* pit behind the dash. Are there any hints or tips you could give me or anything I need to change on my original wiper motor?

Keep it up mate.
Regards Blue

[jonny f]

Hi blue,

Yea i sure am, the rad cap is going to be a little tricky to do up!

I'm using gaz ones. I have really struggled to fit them on the front its very strange, i fitted up one side how i thought it should go making sure the coilover was striaght and it went in fine so i measured from various points to get it the same place on the other side. It looked right but i had a bit of trouble getting the bolt through at the top and it doesnt look the same as the other side!
I will be having another crack at it though, think a few holes might need to be moved a little.
I would also say try and mount the top bracket as low as possible as my car sits quite low and it doesnt even have an engine in it yet.
I shall get some pictures when i am next working on it.



As for the wiper motor, there was a lot of trial and error involved. I had an old wiper i just took the bundy tube off and used that to get the shape correct as i had to bend it around a lot. Then for the finished one i just copied the shape i had.

I got the motor itself in position before drilling a hole in the bulkhead so i could get a rough idea of where i would need the hole for the tube.

You'll need to shorten the wire bit inside but thats self explanatory really as it will poke out the end when you are finished so just chop it off.

I'm not really sure what else apart from it being quite fiddley. I'm not sure if your front screen is in but it would definately be easier with it out.