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Post by Matt~Attude on Jan 26, 2007 12:28:41 GMT
hi all, i thought id share my project with you all. last summer i saw a mini 30 sitting in a garden in brighton so i decided to recue it, it was on 2 wheels no engine, no glass, no interior, no front end, it was basicly a shell with a front subframe, brakes and drive shafts and a completely rottern rear subframe. here are a few pics:  2weeks in and its rolling with a freshly painted front subframe and a garage to live  1100 engine was covered in mud and alsorts.   off with its head for a good clean and rebuild and a lick of paint to make it look pretty.   starting to look like a mini now   i make it look like i enjoy prep work.. haha how wrong  strengh bars fitted for the flip front also painted green to match front subframe  new petrol tank fitted and painted green  new rear subframe painted green to match front and new minifin drums with hi-lo suspension  more priming, at this stage i decided i didnt like gloss black, and decide to go for satin black so more wet and drying to continue.  10 inch mini lights with 7.9 inch clubman gt brakes  engines in and looking very colourfall. more up to date pics to come later on today. matt |
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Post by Simon1275mpi on Jan 26, 2007 13:02:38 GMT
Looking great!!
BMC, Southsea motor club..... You do get around!
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Post by Matt~Attude on Jan 26, 2007 17:11:35 GMT
today i ripped out old melted wire loom, replaced with mini mayfair wire loom. all looks to be in order haven't tested it yet as the battery is sat next to me on a charger.  front of mini needs more sanding and more paint ;D  dash ripped out looking rather shelf like  fitted mk 3 lights    new wire loom fitted looking abit messy |
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Post by MiniGT5 on Jan 28, 2007 15:32:56 GMT
Looking good. Dont suppose you want a set of D10 alloys to match the ones on your old mini? I got some going cheep with 1/2 decent tyres... Neil  |
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Post by Matt~Attude on Oct 17, 2007 17:43:50 GMT
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Post by monkeyjim on Oct 17, 2007 20:25:53 GMT
Looks good Matt .
Charlie said he had seen a new one knocking around Seaford
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Post by AntMan on Oct 17, 2007 21:20:23 GMT
Wooo thats a pretty powerful green   but i like it though ;D!! Ant |
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Post by Miniböttcher on Oct 17, 2007 22:03:45 GMT
very nice fitting flip front it looks really good who did the paint job
is it properly back on the road yet or are you still bolting every thing back on
dean
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Post by monkeyjim on Oct 18, 2007 17:09:12 GMT
i reckon Colin or Darren at CJ Autos did it .
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Post by mrfandango on Oct 18, 2007 17:49:58 GMT
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Post by Matt~Attude on Oct 18, 2007 19:32:17 GMT
10 points to dave. colin at cj autos did the front and a good job he did too mainly cos of my help she was paint by a friend of colins on the cheap but hes don a good job for the money. as far as the lump goes she has a 1275 metro block mk3 cooper s head and twin 1 1/4 at the moment but iv partialy purchased a super charger kit from jonspeed racing i shud recieve next month once completely paid for lol. which will be goin on an mg 1275 lump which is currently still in the metro. so hopfully by next month she'll be quite on the rapid side hehehe ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2007 12:26:30 GMT
that looks amazing ;D
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2007 16:16:48 GMT
Innit gorgeous!
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Post by Matt~Attude on May 25, 2008 12:31:30 GMT
hi everyone might have noticed that the lean green boyracer eating machine hasn't been to the club meets for about 6 months well its had some serious cash spent in the engine department. i decided that after the rolling road session last year that 78bhp wasn't enough  and decided that supercharging was the way forward ;D so i bought a kit from jonspeed racing and bolted it to a mg metro lump to see how it would handly sure enough a couple of head gaskets later and some near enough blown piston rings i decided to upgrade and got jonspeed to build be a block and gearbox and stage 3 head anyway heres some pics  mg metro lump with charger bolted on   mg metro supecharged mini IMG]http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/matt-attude/DSC00076.jpg[/IMG]  after hours of hard work i decided to invest is some new wheels. shewas alive and kicking and of to the rolling road where she was hitting 95 bhp was alittle disapointed but she was geting 115 torque which was pretty fun ;D gerald dale said that the advance on the mg dizzy was letting me down. after i blow the head gasket a couple of times and upset the local boyracers i decided to go for a lower compression engine 1293 which i had jonspeed build with a sw5 cam twin duplex timing chain, i also brought a new gearbox with x pin diff and central oil pick up.   gearbox   1293 block out with the old in with the new   i decided to do away with the mg dizzy and got a 123 ignition dizzy which i must say was well worth the money  i decided to go for a 2 core mini spares rad and silicon hose kit new heater matrix and mechanical temp guage.    fired her up yesturday and left her running for a while went to drive her and couldn't get her in gear turns out my clutch master cylinder is in need of replacment so just need to wait till next week to order a new master and slave cylinder it will get there in the end. |
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Post by maverick on May 25, 2008 13:40:53 GMT
looks very nice there Matt. looks like were going to end up with supercharger races within the Club |
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but i like it though ;D!!
and decided that supercharging was the way forward ;D so i bought a kit from jonspeed racing and bolted it to a mg metro lump to see how it would handly sure enough a couple of head gaskets later and some near enough blown piston rings i decided to upgrade and got jonspeed to build be a block and gearbox and stage 3 head anyway heres some pics