
Ex-Rally Car
#376
Posted 18 April 2011 - 07:00 PM
#377
Posted 18 April 2011 - 08:27 PM

as nice as its going to be in the end, theres bugger all left i bought it for really

#378
Posted 12 June 2011 - 03:12 PM

anyway, means i havent got as much as id have liked done to the mini... iv done a little more last weekend but this weekend halted due to weather...lame!
so its not loads done... but hey, wet sunday i may well do something

spot welds all done, bit of a pain in the arse but its all done now!

almost placed up, just want to spend a touch more time prepping

bit narrow inside isnt it... still... it allows me to work
#379
Posted 13 June 2011 - 10:59 PM
#380
Posted 14 June 2011 - 07:55 AM

Nice one!

#381
Posted 14 June 2011 - 08:02 AM
#382
Posted 14 June 2011 - 04:48 PM




considing just having a complete year off this year from the mini shows n such and just nail away with the car... meaning yeah theres more pannels id like to delete/replace
the rear bulkhead need chopping up, with the amount of cage in there erasing that will be all fine and peachy, replace with aluminium and there it be, fuel spill proof enough as it needs to be
and of course, with all the lightening i still want more power anyway
Thanks guys!
Edited by mini93, 14 June 2011 - 04:49 PM.
#383
Posted 03 December 2011 - 05:13 PM


Thats what it looks like at the moment. Both sides are on now, ground down and just a few pin holes and gaps to re-weld.
People might have also noticed, once i got both sides welded on, i chopped out the rear firewall! Oh nooo i hear some cry

One thing did become apparant when i had the N/S pannel off and also now i have the fire wall out, i need to borrow the porta-power from work as at some point in its rallying career its had a bash (or the trainee made this side of my rollcage


The rear leg has been pushed back, some bird came and shat weld onto the leg and its not on the mount correctly.
Bit of jigging should see that pushed back and welded into correct place im sure... just to show what it should be like...

and i found a good excuse to fit new perspex windows


It never had a perspex rear window for some reason... i was going to get one anyway as the old windows are past their use by date... The rear window was sat on the roof and me chissling welds away i hear something slide off and BOOM!!!

#384
Posted 04 December 2011 - 12:55 PM

Edited by kcchan, 04 December 2011 - 12:55 PM.
#385
Posted 05 December 2011 - 06:34 PM


#386
Posted 05 December 2011 - 11:04 PM

#387
Posted 05 December 2011 - 11:18 PM

Now i had the 1/4's welded in i feel better about working on it anyway... when that was all i had to look forward to when working on the car i couldnt be bothered to do it. Im not a body work guy by any means. Still a pain tho, the rear seat belt holes and its ajoining strengthening took me bloomin hours to remove as they were seam welded in too rather than just spotted... thats how it is i guess!!
#388
Posted 20 December 2011 - 04:29 PM
#389
Posted 24 December 2011 - 04:02 PM

Engine side- the bulkhead will be pushed even further back too as i have loads of room behind the dash and still wiring still wants a bit of TLC, just straightening and wrapping nicly
so yes... thats right, even tho this restoration isnt over with, im already planning the next one... how mentals that!
#390
Posted 07 January 2012 - 05:50 PM

Guess whats happening here?
yep... all coming apart!

Also im rather disapointed, my steel doors have had a load cut out of them and they still feel heavy now iv got round to taking them off the car... good thing im planning fibreglass ones then!
Mostly today iv been having...FUN... with wiring though. When me and a friend built the loom we were in somewhat of a rush, this meant instead of wrapping it nicely behind the dash, its like a snakes orgy back there

as you can see!
so now im going to be spending a heap of time making it spankingly nice and wrapped. More than anything it will make it easier in the future to add/modify and should anything go wrong for any reason, fault find. im thinking some odd wires will need to be lengthened too from where iv previously moved the engine side loom slightly
Updates soon i hope!

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