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[mini_sam]

soooooooo have you made any more progress on your pick up Pete?

[pete]

Fitted the seats/seat belts and all the chrome work. The only main jobs left are running the wireing and fitting the header tank(when I get one).
Got 2 weeks holiday soon and convinced the misses not to go away so car should be finished by 20th August. Then just the MOT and insurance :sad:
Will post a couple of pics over the weekend.

[Ade]

Are you sure I can't tempt you to some keys and working on a slightly different mini with your time off....... :cheese: :grin:

[R1minimagic]

Pete

Why dont you tell Ade to sod off and do his own car?? lol!!

[Ade]

Because he's not a nasty man!! :tongue: and god knows I need the help!!! :nugget:

[Jammy]

and god knows I need the help!!! :nugget:

To get in and out?!

[Ade]

Whats you point? :tongue:

[R1minimagic]

But you need to learn how to do it yourself!!

[Ade]

Yeah because toddle off into the house am leave him doing all the work!!

Of course I help as much as I can and I am learning alot! Once something has gone into place once then I'm more than happy to take it apart and refit it! It's just Pete knows mini's very well and trying to build one from a bare bodyshell when you've never even worked on one isn't that straight forward!!! :tongue:

[R1minimagic]

fair enough, make sure you give him plenty of bedding/straw etc and dont let him out till the morning..

Will you have a drive tommorow??

[Ade]

No won't be driving it just yet. Have to sort the chain and sprocket first. Also both cars have a leaking passenger side brake caliper so will need to sort those out first aswell.

[pete]

Latest pic. Not a good pic because of limited space in the lean-to. Can't get it outside at the moment because the makeshift garage door fell off the other day so had to fix it shut.

[Mincento]

What an ace project ive onlt just noticed it defo one off the best bike engined minis ive seen purely because it stands out from all the normal salloons being a pick up

Should be fun to drive as well being rear wheel drive

Good luck getting it finnished

[pete]

Latest pics now i've managed to get it out of the garage. All the wireing is done, interior fitted and engine fully plumbed in(except for the header tank). Waiting for delivery of wipers/washers, bumper and couple of other little bits to finish it. Should be tomorrow hopefully.
Goob news is that it has now moved forwards and backwards under its own power. Couldn't resist but try it :grin: . Can't run it too much as the water keeps spurting out of the hose where the header tank should be .

Edited by pete, 10 December 2006 - 07:00 PM.

[pete]

Close up of door panel. Pure carbon sheet the same as Ade's courtesy of a certain F1 team :erm:

Edited by pete, 10 December 2006 - 07:01 PM.