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[Minidarren83]

Oh I see more chop chop in the cards lol. the engine steady idea is good

[Alburglar]

Finally grabbed another afternoon up the workshop.
A couple of little jobs ticked off.
Welded a brace in between the engine mount tubes.


And between the subframe part of the engine mount


Then added a piece to support where I've cut away the subframe to clear the diff.


Then I finished off the subframe part of the sump mount.

Edited by Alburglar, 25 May 2014 - 01:56 PM.

[Alburglar]

...The mount is triangulated behind, so it is much sturdier than it looks.

[pickleandrosie]

Hi odd question but you don't have a picture of how the back seat was attached do you?  I have recently bought a Phoenix and it's missing it's back seat.  I'm not planning on putting one back in as of yet, but one day one will go back in (however have to actually get some work done to it first). 

Edited by pickleandrosie, 16 May 2014 - 05:02 PM.

[Alburglar]

No but I have found some old pics of my one on the old owners Flickr account with the seat in place. It looks just the same as a standard clubby estate rear bench. I'll dig a pic out for you when I'm next at my computer.

[Alburglar]

Did you buy the grey primer one on eBay?

[Chance]

Hi I've had a quick look through your projects few times and it looks great

I really want a workshop like that...where did you find it?
I am trying to find somewhere to rent local to me that isn't commercial rent

I live near dudley in the West Midlands

[Alburglar]

I'm in Kent.
Just lucky to have a grimey industrial estate with a load of Nissen huts near by.

[pickleandrosie]

Hi no I bought a rather pinky one that was around a month or so ago. 

 

Luckily it's not so pink anymore.

Edited by pickleandrosie, 17 May 2014 - 07:05 PM.

[Alburglar]

Lucky you, if I remember correctly that went for very reasonable money.
The grey one recently was on eBay for £3500 and it's not even registered.
Went off after only a day or so, so someone must have bought it.

[pickleandrosie]

The grey one was still on, it finished today.  It's just been put back on this afternoon.

http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1423.l2649

 

 

Mine wasn't a bad price, But needs a lot of work, it was owned by a old guy that used it as a works van.  Needs completely respraying, and all of its interior sorting. 

[Alburglar]

Not mine actually, but I found the pic

 

But I also found a pic of a phoenix with a rounded more conventional looking mini roof (or is it just a sympathetic colour with the light bouncing off?), which is exactly what I planned on doing.

Compared to mine... which I actually think looked quite cool as it was... can't decide...

Edited by Alburglar, 19 May 2014 - 07:03 PM.

[Alburglar]

Edited by Alburglar, 19 May 2014 - 07:10 PM.

[Alburglar]

Got the bottom arm mounts done.


Pulled the steering rack off and have a lot of tidying up to do here.


Gonna modify the clutch pedal, something like this

[Alburglar]

I had tacked in 3 bars to brace the rear subframe/body mounts whilst I cut the frame about. I couldn't leave them though, or it would have got in the way of an exhaust. So Today I triangulated them and cut out the middle or removed the bars:

Looks like this from the other way up

Trouble is my gas ran out so most of the welding is awful and will need grinding back and re- doing, which is annoying.
Could possibly do with an extra brace here on the weak side:

And maybe something else here across the back: