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[Elisha-The-Cooper]

If people are interested ill make a proper guide once i have completed the dash.

interested xx

[Tomf]

Ok when i get it finished ill make sure i continue to take pics and ill put together a guide.

[wakkoboi]

very intrested, that would help me a lot at the moment

[Down&Out]

also interested

[kcchan]

How have I not hunted you down and stolen your Mini? Your only in Canterbury!! The dash looks mint.

Im also Interested.

[miniallsort]

looking good tom keep us updated

[Tomf]

haven't got any updates with the dash yet, but im trying to decide what interior to go for.

Either a pair of full leather MX6 seats that i already have in the garage, keep my buckets which i dont really like, or buy and fit some BINI seats.

Heres a pic of the MX 6 seats.




What do you lot think i should do?

Full leather MX 6 seats
BINI seats
My current buckets.

[mighty mini jack]

What are your current buckets Tom

[hoggy]

If you don't use the mx-6 seats would you sell them?

[Tomf]

Yea if im not using them they will be up for sale. the drivers seat is fully electric and the passenger is manual. (they way they were when i took them out the MX6)

I cant seem to find any pics of my current buckets, but they are fixed back corbeau clubmans (the old style ones) the whole seats plain black cloth then have a little corbeau name stitched in to the top.

[miniallsort]

hey tom get some pics up of your bucket seats that you have in

[kcchan]

I may nab these buckets depending on price.

[ninham]

Hi Tom

I have read from start to finish and i love your lime ball .

I have been wanting to get a mini and do it up and reading this has made me want to buy one even more.

I love the car keep up the good work

[Tomf]

Sorry kcchan i didnt manage to get out to the mini to take some pics of the buckets, ill try and take some tomorrow.


Cheers ninham its always nice to hear things like that.

Well today didnt start out to great, i went down to the garage and started putting the engine back together, i got the crank, then i wen to put the pistons in.

I put the ring compressor on, went to knock the through and i slipped as i tapped it and this moved the piston and i tapped the ring onto the face of the block and this snapped the bottom ring in half. So now iv got to try and sorce some new rings. NOT HAPPY.

I then got my dash out and put it back in place in the mini to make sure the fit was good and to see how the gauges would be exactly positioned and they came out exactly as i wanted.


















I then got one of the MX6 seats out to see how they would fit and they look like they will fit really well.

[Tomf]

Iv just brought five banded stielies . 10" x 6" dished stielis haha cant wait to re-furbish them.

Sorry about the C**p picture ill get some better pics up when i start to re-furbish them.


I also got a large box through the post with all the bits for my engine re-build, but i have to order another set of piston rings, because i broke one of my rings when fitting the rings.