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[Jared Mk3]

I'd seen a few photos of your car before the rebuild and I must say that I sure am glad that another Mk3 is being rebuilt. I'm also from South Africa and also own one. I'm enjoying seeing all the things you've done to her.

[lourens]

Hi MUK / Jared

Its great to be back , the shell is in a state of contiuing change , as I am struggling on deciding to do a flip front or not.

Thanks for the kind words Jared , its great to have a brother in arms on the MK3 front.

Cheers.

[Jared Mk3]

Just out of interest, did your car have the full chrome surrounds around the windows on the doors? Also, did it have the large door pockets like the Elf/Hornet had? And lastly, did it have the Mk3 badge on the boot lid?

Again, great project.

[lourens]

Hi Jared
... no chrome but I do have the MK3 Badge on the boot.

Cheers.

[The Principal]

Looking at your pic's showing the vented Disc's mounted on the subframe it looks like you may have the discs on the wrong sides. You need to spin the brake dust away from the hub via the disc grooves as they drive forwards if that makes sense.

Edited by The Principal, 06 November 2012 - 05:31 PM.

[Willy_sa]

Looking at your pic's showing the vented Disc's mounted on the subframe it looks like you may have the discs on the wrong sides. You need to spin the brake dust away from the hub via the disc grooves as they drive forwards if that makes sense.

That is not entirly correct. The grooves in the disc has nothing to do with brake dust. Grooves are there to reduce pad glazing. What you said hold true for a vented disc that has a backwartd shaped vane in the center, but then that is for cooling. On these discs the vanes for cooling are prependicular to the center of the disc so these discs can be run in either direction. As the are now they will just "clean" the pad more aggresively than when they are the other way around.

I know Lourens probably just did this without even thinking about it or knowing the differance but I have done extensive research about it for my previous car and that is the short answer.

by the way Lourens your car is going to slow. I will probably be done with my supercharger kit before you even o to paint.

Otherwise it looks good, maybe a little gay.

[Jared Mk3]

... no chrome but I do have the MK3 Badge on the boot.

Thanks for that. Do the doors then have the inner "latch" like the later Mini's to lock and unlock the door?

[lourens]

Thx Willy, it mite go a Little faster if you stoped explaining everything and did some work ... otherwise I think she will be done when she's done.
Cheers.

[Willy_sa]

Jared, the doors Lourens has is like the 1275E orr more modern doors.

He doesn't have pockets or any other funny bits which is funny cause when he bought the car everything was original bar one door handle that looked like it came out of a mustang.

Do you want normal doors?

[Jared Mk3]

Jared, the doors Lourens has is like the 1275E orr more modern doors.

He doesn't have pockets or any other funny bits which is funny cause when he bought the car everything was original bar one door handle that looked like it came out of a mustang.

Do you want normal doors?

I'm just attempting to try and find a pattern with the doors. I have noticed that on the '69 and some '70 models, the doors are like mine. But at some stage the doors changed because of rattles etc. that were experienced. So I'm just trying see when the change over was. And no, I very much like and value the doors I have, they aren't so easy to find.

[lourens]

Hi All

Been busy over the weekend with the rear subby...

Did some assembly on it, but it looks like I will be taking everything apart again tonight.

Here are some pics...







I will update tomorrow on tonight's progress.

Cheers.

[Jared Mk3]

That's looking good there boet.

Just out of interest, what made you go with the coil springs?

[lourens]

Hi Jared

I don't really know why, I just love the way thy look. I think its something a bit more modern to do... Jury is still out on how well they will ride tho.

Cheers.

[Jared Mk3]

I was planning on using those coil springs on mine, but I decided that car came out with the rubber springs, so I just kept mine and got some Hi-Los.

I'd be interested in knowing the results of the handling and ride though.

[Risky]

Glad to see an update again on this project. Everything is looking good!