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[Noah]

I'm painting mine black with silver shiny bits :) Clean and subtle and when it leaks oil, no-one wil notice

[Artful Dodger]

Black engines with a load of DSN classics bits and goodridge airoquip oil lines look awsome!! Doo it! Doo it!

[Noah]

Black engines with a load of DSN classics bits and goodridge airoquip oil lines look awsome!! Doo it! Doo it!

Thats the idea, Anodised silver rather than shiny.

Edited by Noah, 17 January 2013 - 03:00 PM.

[Wise Old Elf]

LOL I have put over £2k in the car already with the panels, engine and car and its no where near looking like a car.
I am going to get it on the road before thinking about shiny bits.

[Artful Dodger]

Aw tell me about it.. 5K on the clubby and the most I got out of it ATM was being pushed down the road with the cibie lights on.. (was moving it from shed to shed:P)

Once I got my manifold and con Rods and diff.. We will be well away!

[Noah]

Does that mean I win then, Just under about £1500 and it looks like a car, drives like car?

Though another £2000 and it will be perfect... ish.

[Wise Old Elf]

I am prepared to spend £4k and have saved a few quid on the engine so it should be doable.

[Wise Old Elf]

Does that mean I win then, Just under about £1500 and it looks like a car, drives like car?

Though another £2000 and it will be perfect... ish.

You are nowhere near finished. Someone may nick your engine.

[Artful Dodger]

Does that mean I win then, Just under about £1500 and it looks like a car, drives like car?

Though another £2000 and it will be perfect... ish.

Not fair... Te clubman didnt even need any new panels.. Couple of repair panels and patches...

[Noah]

Does that mean I win then, Just under about £1500 and it looks like a car, drives like car?

Though another £2000 and it will be perfect... ish.

You are nowhere near finished. Someone may nick your engine.

And I'll offer them a Cup of tea whilst they take the engine out for me and then Call the police Have a go, please..... Saves me the effort

[Wise Old Elf]

Does that mean I win then, Just under about £1500 and it looks like a car, drives like car?

Though another £2000 and it will be perfect... ish.

You are nowhere near finished. Someone may nick your engine.

And I'll offer them a Cup of tea whilst they take the engine out for me and then Call the police Have a go, please..... Saves me the effort

Park it in Dagenham over night and your wish will come true. I lost x4 wheels from my Mini 1000 and that was 20 years ago.

[Wise Old Elf]

A few more bits got done:

Stripped blue anodising from engine parts.
Braced passenger door.
Repaired broken door stud.
Welded in door stiffener.
Chopped out Passenger side heel board end.


I ended up drilling about 20 holes in the flitch to plug weld the stiffener so that should not come out any time soon.

The blue bit of metal attached to the heelboard is a template I made out of scrap so I know the subframe will line up after the repair.


To do in the next few weeks:

Welding heel board end.
Weld in new inner sill.
Weld in sill stifener
Weld in door step.

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Edited by Wise Old Elf, 23 January 2013 - 02:03 PM.

[Noah]

Engine looks much less. Tacky. Now you've removed the andoising.

Have you tried lining up the doors yet?

[Wise Old Elf]

I tried the passenger door and it look good at the top of the frame. I want to weld in the inner sill before I put the door step on.

[Wise Old Elf]

Woohoo the heelboard repair and inner sill are in.

New metal is very exciting.

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