Project Student Loan+ebay= Project Ermintrude
#1
Posted 23 September 2007 - 02:51 PM
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But when i picked up the car it looked like this
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The man even gave me all of his tools with the car.
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He claimed the car was rust and rott free but its amazing what filler and primer can cover up but i knew this anyway, after all it is a mini, lol
Right the plan is:-
1) Strip down completely
2) Abuse bodywork with wet and dry and grinder
3) Full rally spec including hopefully some big cibie oscars
4) front mounted radiator conversion
5) fully adjustable suspension
6) One off custom made firbreglass dash
Those are the fuzzy details at the mo, that and the fact that when i am home i work between 60 and 80 hours a week so time off is like gold dust.
#2
Posted 23 September 2007 - 08:51 PM
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out comes the grinder for the more stuborn bits.
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Decided to rip the homemade parcel shelf ou as it turned out to be nothing more than a couple of baked bean cans and alot of fibreglass and found some lovely speaker holes o joy.
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More grinding and sanding.
Time for primer.
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Decided to give the bootlid a good seeing to aswell.
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Ive been thinking about getting rid of the straight numberplate and switchin to the euro style square plate with a lucas each side. Any ideas as what i could do would be much appreciated.
#3
Posted 23 September 2007 - 09:06 PM
got some work there,stick with it sure it'l be nice
#4
Posted 23 September 2007 - 09:51 PM
just asking as the reg no's are different.
good look with the project, i didn't realise that's what student loans are for
I always assumed they were to help with your education expenses !
#5
Posted 23 September 2007 - 09:53 PM
#6
Posted 24 September 2007 - 08:39 AM
are you just doin a side at a time??lol
got some work there,stick with it sure it'l be nice
lol, Just working my way round at the mo getting all the rust and rott gone. The whole boot is finished now and made up a parcel shelf out of 3mm stainless ready for the italian job bar.cheers mate.
#7
Posted 24 September 2007 - 08:41 AM
are the photos of the same car??
just asking as the reg no's are different.
good look with the project, i didn't realise that's what student loans are for
I always assumed they were to help with your education expenses !
The origional photo is off a different vehicle because i dont have any of the origional photos which is a same but im looking into that. Well to me the student loan is my mini fund as i earn enough when im at home to cover all my uni expenses. should probably save up for the future but this is far more fun, lol
#8
Posted 24 September 2007 - 09:25 AM
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After much more investigation the decision has been made that the butchered loom is coming out and im gunna get another one and start from scratch.
Also the look of the homemade webber box really isnt good so thats the next task is to rip that out and see what lurks underneath!!
#9
Posted 24 September 2007 - 09:35 AM
#10
Posted 24 September 2007 - 12:20 PM
#11
Posted 26 September 2007 - 02:22 PM
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Got back and realised that after getting back from what was a social nite with one or two beers consumed id purchased these off ebay.
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Just gotta figure out where im gunna put them all now!!
#12
Posted 26 September 2007 - 02:30 PM
#13
Posted 27 September 2007 - 05:25 PM
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Also managed to persuade my neighbour to let me use his workshop and knock up some clamp collars for the door bars and italian job bar i am adding to the rollcage.
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Fit like a glove and do up with two allen key bolts. Just gotta phone my mate to see when he can perform the welding because when it comes to the rollcage i would rather have a qualified person do it than me.lol
I also took the steps as this is to be a rally car to cut off the numberplate mountings. Some rust and rott starting to creep in. Nextjob is angle grinder to the front valance then. o joy!!lol
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#14
Posted 27 September 2007 - 08:24 PM
#15
Posted 30 September 2007 - 10:59 PM
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The joys of wire mesh and fibreglass and alot of resin, lol
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Job done, just hoping my air filter arrives soon although gunna have to remove and refurb the carb first.
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