victor

[katentel]

ok here we go victor is 998 1983 mayfair. had him for a week and a half and still havnt a chance to look at him properly, however as only 998 im looking to source a 1275/1300ish for him.one thing im not to sure on is that he has drums all round and hes on 10inch wheels.nice set of ggold alloys which i would like to keep but from what i can gather converting 10"drums to discs is pretty expensive! so my first dilema is do i keep 10s or go to 12s wich is alot cheaper? of course i would also have to source new wheels. swings and roundabouts.there is also the issue of driveshafts etc what exactly would be entailed in doing this conversion?anyway all ideas on this welcome

[MiniHaven]

Your problem can be answered by buying the new alloys which are ten inch but allow the use of the 8.5 inch disk setup should be quite a stright forward conversion and cheaper than sourcing the illusve good set of ancient 7.5 setup.
i think theres adequate info for conversion in the online mini encyclopedia or on the miniforum website .

[katentel]

thanks s-t-i-g- however if anyone has the illusive set up they might want to get rid ov i would be interested still looking for an engine

[katentel]

so ive managed to get the elusive coopers disc setup but what a task getting 165/70 10s luckilly i eas at arlington speedway last night and there was a trader with a van load so i had to have 2 yokos theyre now fitted so i can at least move victor around and get our trailer out ready for imm

[katentel]

made a start on victor over the weekend,got him in my new garage ,after carefully labeling all the wiring etc ive removed engine and subframe and started to strip the engine the head is remarkably clean for 70 odd thou but as leaded looking for unleaded head keeping him 998 as this will be our daughters car in a couple of years. had a brief look underneath and looks like just a drivers floorpan but not looked at the back propally as the front is jacked right up so now looking for a spit if anyone can give any info on where to get one and how much

[katentel]

done a little dismantaling on the engine today looks like its maybe had a bit of water problem as water punp rusted right up ,took clutch off and timing cover etc undonee gearbox bolts ,hmmm stuck solid, so ive given up for today

[katentel]

oh my god !!!! what have you done to my car!!!!obviouslyy these words came from holly can you put it back together? well of course i can ,said i, dont worry love itll be just like a new car when ive finished!!! as you may have gathered victor is now lying around in 20 different boxes and apart from the dashboard and lights is now just a shell .just waiting for my spit and ill be able to make a start cleaning him up and have a proper look at what needs doing.just got to work out how to stop holly having nightmares about her car.already know rear subframe needed,ive got a complete set of floorpans,just in case will be on lookout for complete interior at some point.already got cooper s 10"disc conversion which i have mostly built up,i will be replacing all brake and clutch pipes if anyone has any pointers as the best way to do that,biggest problem at the mo is every nut and bolt seem to be rotten and are snaping of .thats it for now

[delly]

don,t worry holly it will be great when it,s finished
need some pic,s tel

[Miniböttcher]

come on tel we need photos from what its like at the beginning and when it get worst, then gets better, i am at the "get worst stage" but its starting to get better

where you getting your spit from if you need a hand making one give use a shout.

i made mine out of alot of scaffolding parts, quite easy and simple,

[katentel]

having it made by swift engineering in albourne.hopefully it will be done this week.i am taking pics but being a computer div havent got round to putting them on

[katentel]

[MiniGT5]

Eek, That looks grim

N

[katentel]

im sure thers worse lurking in there somewhere!!! got my stit yesterday so victor is already turned over. hmmm where do i begin?drivers floor already had repair the rest of that pan needs doing. passenger pan exactly the same rear drivers pan small repair needed rear subframe repair pannels needed both sides as both sets of captive nuts have gone rerair pannels in both boot corners or maybe whole new boot floor as it feels a bit flimsy both a pannels probably get away with drivers scuttle repair and both flitch pannels apart from that new sub frame needed for rear front ones good, as always needs new engine!!!!!! but hey its a mini its worth saving!

[paul1275s]

should keep you busy!! good luck.. ;D

[paul30 AKA Badger]

Holey steam cars Tel,
was that made by PG tips? it seems to have a lot of perforations