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[Mini Waco]

Pete,

It's great to see her going back together now!

Can you let us know which options of the protech you end up going for? As I want to place my order soon and I'm delaying it as I have no idea what to get! :-/

Dido..glued with your progress

[Steve220]

I don't know if its of any help, Pete (and Mini Waco), i went to visit racingbob this afternoon and he has the lowered alloy version of the Protech shocks on his race mini and it sits almost exactly how i want my MPi to once complete. This is what I will be ordering this week :)

[Petrol]

I don't know if its of any help, Pete (and Mini Waco), i went to visit racingbob this afternoon and he has the lowered alloy version of the Protech shocks on his race mini and it sits almost exactly how i want my MPi to once complete. This is what I will be ordering this week :)

 

 

Thanks, I keep getting sidetracked with other jobs at the moment. Let me know how you get on

[maryquant]

Just caught up with your latest updates - fantastic work as usual! 

[Petrol]

Just caught up with your latest updates - fantastic work as usual! 

 

Thanks.

 

Bought these Osram Nightbreaker headlight bulbs

 

 

Extra engine stabilizer bracket fitted

 

 

 

 

Had a load of stuff blasted for the Nissan I'm refurbing so had these done as well

 

Brake servo bracket

 

 

 

Engine mount bracket

 

 

Pete

[Jared Mk3]

Looks to be the same headlight/bulb combo as me then. Hurry up so I can see how they look while working 

[evansisgreat]

Do those blasted parts have primer or something on them? I actually think it looks like a lovely colour.

[Petrol]

Looks to be the same headlight/bulb combo as me then. Hurry up so I can see how they look while working 

 

I have a stock bulb in one side.  Will fit one and see what the difference is

 

Do those blasted parts have primer or something on them? I actually think it looks like a lovely colour.

 

No, they were just blasted at that point. I'm going to paint them with epoxy black paint

 

With the windscreen rubber in place, I bolted the dash top rail in

 

 

I made these brackets to bolt the dashboard in when the shell was being built. Glad I did now as these late model dashboards don't have the best fasteners

 

 

 

Trial fitted. I need to have a think about it but full gloss black might be a bit much

 

 

I'm going for proper old skool gauges

 

 

 

I need to get some decals for the main gauges. I'm not keen on this mount either, it just looks too big and heavy

 

 

Bought some ply to try something a little bit more delicate

 

 

 

 

Pete

[Jared Mk3]

Crackle black or satin black for the dash maybe?

[evansisgreat]

I think body colour for the dash would be really nice. Paul Smith LE minis had this and I always thought it looked great.

Edited by evansisgreat, 27 July 2015 - 12:59 PM.

[bluemini17]

have you heard of hydographics?

 

I would suggest having a custom graphic made, perhaps a tartan pattern but very opaque, you would have to look closely to see the weave etc. light grey tartan weaves on a matt black surface done via hydrographics.

 

could be subtle but striking.

 

Dave

[Petrol]

Crackle black or satin black for the dash maybe?

 

That's what I'm thinking

 

I think body colour for the dash would be really nice. Paul Smith LE minis had this and I always thought it looked great.

 

Hmmm, that also sounds good

 

have you heard of hydographics?

 

I would suggest having a custom graphic made, perhaps a tartan pattern but very opaque, you would have to look closely to see the weave etc. light grey tartan weaves on a matt black surface done via hydrographics.

 

could be subtle but striking.

 

Dave

 

Nope, but had a look. WOW hydographics looks interesting.

 

Now I'm confused

 

 

On a more mundane front, I have sprayed the brake and engine bracket in 2K epoxy. As far as I know, this is the hardest / most durable paint there is

 

 

 

Pete

 

 

[Petrol]

Not done much recently, been busy working on the Nissan. Since the Mini is garaged, the plan is to finish the car over winter whilst the weather is bad. Cleaned the gearbox casing up though

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pete

[Ben_O]

How's the Nissan coming on?

 

Ben

[Petrol]

How's the Nissan coming on?

 

Ben

 

Mucho progress though I have my work cut out with 2 full on rebuilds

 

Back end is stripped to the shell, quite a bit done underneath

 

 

 

 

Needs some re fabrication at the back of the sills / arch areas

 

 

Loads of suspension parts painted though

 

 

 

Linky to the build is the last link in my sig

Edited by Petrol, 01 September 2015 - 10:06 PM.