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[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

looks good be a nice car when your finished

[Italianjoblofty]

looks good be a nice car when your finished

Cheers dude, cant wait to get it finished now :)

[Italianjoblofty]

Only a little update. I Decided to paint the outer chrome in black to match my bumpers and arches :) Should be able to fit them soon, but the rugby is on, so saturday is a write off and sunday is hangover/mothers day lol maybe monday :)

[Italianjoblofty]

Managed to fit the rear lights 2day. Pretty happy about the way they look :)

[Italianjoblofty]

Also had my passenger door back from paint 2day :)




Really happy with the door gaps as i've done alot of welding to the shell plus this door has been re-skined

[Italianjoblofty]

Ok so im waiting on the rest of my parts to be painted so i decided to plut my engine in while i waited :)

I had to undo the top ball joint so i could move the drive shafts out to drop the engine in





i didnt have an engine crane so it was a good old bit of man power (me and my mate) lol and alot of swearing
but its in now and thats the main thing :)

[rally515]

Hi italian job lofty , just followed & gone through your thread (great job).
Hope to do as well as you have with mine. Also were & how much did you get the coil overs for ?
Wish you and your project the best of luck.
Regards
clifford

[Italianjoblofty]

Hi italian job lofty , just followed & gone through your thread (great job).
Hope to do as well as you have with mine. Also were & how much did you get the coil overs for ?
Wish you and your project the best of luck.
Regards
clifford

Hi Clifford. Really sorry to be so late in getting back to you mate. I Bought my pro tech coilovers from hudderfield minis. They got a new name now but anyways here is the link http://www.minispare...&sub_cat_id=184 I did not buy the rear beam from them though as i didnt think it was strong enough for my rally aplication. I bought my rear beam from TDK Racing. Its a very strong and solid beam and david was very helpful with any queries i had. I would recomend you strengthen the mounting points of the coilovers though mate as the shell of a mini was never designed to take the impact, thats what the subframes where for so know that you will need to make modification if you want to be safe in you mini.

[Italianjoblofty]

Hi Guys its about time i updated this thread i think. I have been really busy on the car for the last few weeks but i dont really have much to show for it lol I think most of that is due to my arch nemesis "MR ELECTRICITY"!! lol I dont know why i just hate everything about electrics. Anyways thats my little rant over with and here are some pics of my progress so far

I made i nice little titanium bracket for my Brake Bia valve



Fitted my Poly Carb Window to the passenger side door


And fitted my new Maniflow Exhaust System

[Italianjoblofty]

Ok so thats not all, I've also Been sanding back my boot, Driver side door and my front end ready to be final painted. Dont have any pics of that though. I've Also Stripped down my webber 45 and changed all the gaskets, new jets and placed bigger chalks suitible for the engine. I dont really have anything to show for the wiring as i basically been patching up the old loom and making up some relayes for the fuel pump, air horn and electric fan. Another thing i hate about electrics lol u can spend hours and hours with naff all to show for it

Here are some pics of the progress









Hopefully i'll have some more pics and updates soon and wont leave it so long next time!

[warning634]

Your rally car is looking very nice, it's nice to look over what you have done and how you have done it, it gives me ideas :)

Have you competed in Tarmac rallies before? You should come over to jersey and compete in our local Tarmac rally, nice tight twisty roads with night stages, I can't wait.

Cheers

Kevin

[minisi35]

Lofty your doing well my friend, how did you secure the windows into the frames?

[Italianjoblofty]

Your rally car is looking very nice, it's nice to look over what you have done and how you have done it, it gives me ideas :)

Have you competed in Tarmac rallies before? You should come over to jersey and compete in our local Tarmac rally, nice tight twisty roads with night stages, I can't wait.

Cheers

Kevin

Hi Kevin,

No I've watched many tarmac rallies but never been fortunate to compete in one but that is my plan. Im hoping to get it finished in a few weeks but i cant see me being able to rally it this year I've gone and proposed to my girlfriend so there is bloody wedding talks all the time now haha. Im hoping to just have some fun this year and then maybe compete next year :) I've been keeping an eye on your thread too :) Its looking very nice!

[Italianjoblofty]

Lofty your doing well my friend, how did you secure the windows into the frames?

Hey dude thanks :) I made up some little bolts and washers to hold it in place. I dont have any photos of them though so next time i pop up i'll take a photo and post it for u ok mate :) I've just realised i thought i had send you a post a few weeks back but its not there so clearly i didnt. It was supposed to say " sorry to here about your family problems but im glad to see the mini is getting back on track :)"

[minisi35]

Thanks mate, will catch you back up!! lol