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[big-jay]

Wonder what caused the flaking? looked pretty rusty under there   Hopefully it will be ok now!
 
Really coming together now though mate.
 
Ben

Cheers Ben,

It was fine until I first run the engine up to temperature, then the paint went soft and started flaking off. Probably just rubbish paint to be fair, it's only the cheap unbranded engine paint from my local motor factors.

I'm not too worried though Ben, it'll do for the show season. I'm going to drop it back out in the winter and build a bit of a fast road engine, bored out to 1293, head ported and flowed, new cam and a gearbox rebuild etc etc.

Jay.

[big-jay]

The attention to detail is unreal on this. Puts a lot of minis to shame. Mine included. Great motivation though to get it right first time round. Well done!

Cheers mate,

Looking forward to getting back on the road and doing a few shows this summer !

[big-jay]

Update,

Received my package from Optimise today, here are the contents -









Decided to do the sun visors first, here's what I started with -



Cut the vinyl covers off until I was left with the bare frame -



Fitted the new covers along with the hardboard strengtheners -



And then fitted them into the car -



Next we fitted the rear door cards, MPI plastic bin pockets and the burr wooden cappings -





Not the best pictures unfortunately, it's hard to get a decent one due to it being dark in the car and the light coming in through the window sends my camera crazy.

Then it was onto the doors, got most of the trim fitted but still need to get the screws to fit the door pulls and I also need to get the black plastic pieces that go around the door lock. Here they are -





Again, sorry about the quality of the pictures, my camera doesn't do them justice. Should have a new phone soon so the pictures will improve !

That's all the progress for today,

Jay.

[Jared Mk3]

I'd be very comfortable sitting in the back of this one 

[Ben_O]

Very nice indeed!

 

It looks even better than i imagined

 

Ben

[big-jay]

I'd be very comfortable sitting in the back of this one 

You must have extremely short legs then Jared !

[big-jay]

Very nice indeed!
 
It looks even better than i imagined
 
Ben

Thanks Ben

[Jared Mk3]

 

I'd be very comfortable sitting in the back of this one 

You must have extremely short legs then Jared !

 

 

I actually do 

[Guitardude124]

Ooh, will you be making the most of the 4 day weekend Jay?
Max

[big-jay]

Ooh, will you be making the most of the 4 day weekend Jay?
Max

I certainly will be, including next week which I also have off !

Jay.

[RossKnight]

big updates then ;)

[big-jay]

big updates then ;)

If all goes to plan Ross !

[big-jay]

Update,

Of sorts...

Life's a bit hectic at the moment so I've not had any time to spare for the Mini unfortunately .

That will hopefully be changing soon, I'm putting a list together for Minispares ready for Friday which will contain near enough everything I need to get her finished. I'm planning to have her done ready for the Mini show at Himley Hall next month, but that all depends on how long the garage I had it painted at take to do the cut back and polish. There's also a few areas I'm not overly pleased with so they're going to redo them, not sure how long that will take though.

In other news, I've purchased a new daily. It's a low mileage two owner MG ZR in really nice condition. Here it is next to the Mini -







And on its own -





Anyway, they'll be more progress made on the Mini this weekend so I'll update then .

[1590gilbert]

Minis looking great, zr looks sweet, you probably know allready but if you dont, the zr has a k series in which are prone for head gasket failure. Quick engines but not so relaible.

[big-jay]

Minis looking great, zr looks sweet, you probably know allready but if you dont, the zr has a k series in which are prone for head gasket failure. Quick engines but not so relaible.

Cheers bud,

We've had a fair share of K-Series powered cars in the family over the years, so I know only too well about the head gasket issue. This ZR has had the head gasket done January this year along with the water pump and cam belt so I shouldn't have any problems for the foreseeable future with a bit of luck !

Jay.