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Post by Simon1275mpi on Oct 13, 2007 14:06:09 GMT
You said you checked them & they were definatly blown! I'm sure of it.  No  , I said I'll go and check...  after tiding up the garage and digging out the gearbox I was forced to sit down for some fine food and drink lovingly prepared by her in doors.   Hence I dug out the haynes manual with the wiring diagram and said there's no fuse....   I sure it is two blown bulbs after water ingress from the scuttle rust. |
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Post by joski on Oct 15, 2007 21:19:32 GMT
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Post by Rachel on Oct 15, 2007 21:21:29 GMT
There was nothing to laugh at ;D you looked like you knew exactly what you were doing ;D ;D All I did was hold things in place so you had both hands free  ;D |
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Post by joski on Mar 9, 2008 20:26:32 GMT
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Post by Rachel on Mar 9, 2008 20:28:52 GMT
Glad to see Matilda snug in her new home ;D It was a bit of a squeeze  |
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Post by monkeyjim on Aug 14, 2010 14:52:04 GMT
Matilda did get her new number plate when I mot'd her in 2008 but by 2009 she was so rusty a MOT pass was unlikely due to corrosion so she was taken off the road as a full body restoration was decided upon .
Work started in summer 2009 and today she passed her MOT.
Still got a few little bits to complete before we are happy to use her on the road .
Her first big outing is to the South of France in September .
Josie has details and loads of pics (some shocking) to follow .
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Post by katentel on Aug 14, 2010 18:49:29 GMT
well done both of you alot of hard wofk there
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Post by MiniGT5 on Aug 15, 2010 13:03:55 GMT
Well Done - Now show us all the pictures!
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Post by monkeyjim on Oct 2, 2010 17:30:38 GMT
From this []  To this .  [img src=" ![]() i81.photobucket.com/albums/j221/monkeyjim_photos/HPIM1125.jpg"]http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j221/monkeyjim_photos/HPIM1120.jpg[/IMG]     You can see the ground half way along the boot floor!     At the end of the day it was not that bad .......... thats if saying that the only part of the shell that was not welded was the roof that is All sections of the shell had welded repairs of some sort except the roof . New front end , scuttle , boot floor , rear quarter repairs , rear valance, main floor repairs , sill repairs , door steps, A panels , boot hinge panel , door hinge posts replaced , inner wing repairs , offside door skin . Remember , this was a bodyshell that apart from the rusty scuttle and small scabs around the wings looked apparantly ok . More pics to come .
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Post by Rachel on Oct 2, 2010 17:37:13 GMT
Poor Matilda  I remember what it was like having Bogey done. Glad she's all pretty now ;D |
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Post by Stephen on Oct 3, 2010 19:09:11 GMT
Heritage shells start to look good value if you had to pay for someone to do that lot!
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Post by monkeyjim on Oct 5, 2010 12:30:32 GMT
Heritage shells start to look good value if you had to pay for someone to do that lot! Thankfully even with the paintjob it did not cost as much as a new shell . After seeing the high mileage Equinox bags of poo for sale at Castle Combe for £3500 plus and full of rust and dodgy paint I am happy that Matilda was worth what Josie spent on her to get her in perfect condition . The genuine front suspension springs are already knackered and rubbing the arch . They have not been on there long , just a few thousand miles but as Keith Calver from Minimag says even the genuine springs from Rover do not last long and he is not wrong there . The things to fit are uprated Minispares items made by a company involved in Formula 1 . These uprated items last longer without giving a hard ride apparantly . I have a pair for Micramini which look like they may end up on Matilda . |
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Post by MiniHaven on Oct 11, 2010 22:11:40 GMT
blimey glad its back on the road now ,sourced the rover base coat from autopaints for the cills before good match too for a pearl .
thanks for the heads up on the springs i have a full set of rover dunlop springs waiting in the wings for the cooper when i do her up in the winter .
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Post by monkeyjim on Oct 19, 2010 12:32:02 GMT
Its the rover ones that have let go after a few thousand miles ?
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Post by monkeyjim on Oct 24, 2010 8:38:05 GMT
blimey glad its back on the road now ,sourced the rover base coat from autopaints for the cills before good match too for a pearl . thanks for the heads up on the springs i have a full set of rover dunlop springs waiting in the wings for the cooper when i do her up in the winter . Not sure what sills you put on but the car jack would not go in its locating hole in the sill because it was too small ? Not best pleased when I found that out on in the middle of France . |
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, I said I'll go and check... 
after tiding up the garage and digging out the gearbox I was forced to sit down for some fine food and drink lovingly prepared by her in doors. 
Hence I dug out the haynes manual with the wiring diagram and said there's no fuse.... 
I sure it is two blown bulbs after water ingress from the scuttle rust. 
;D )
