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Post by byron101 on Mar 18, 2008 22:05:38 GMT 1
she looking well cool now  |
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Post by gar1380 on Mar 18, 2008 22:49:43 GMT 1
well done cant fault it, most would have taken one look at all that rot and scraped the car
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Post by dai9fxey on Mar 18, 2008 23:23:54 GMT 1
That's a well cool resto. You must be chuffed to bits.  |
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Post by valetboy on Mar 18, 2008 23:27:24 GMT 1
wow thats nice ! i like the exhaust
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Post by coedy on Mar 18, 2008 23:58:28 GMT 1
thanks everyone  Gar, the guy who did the work did call me off to the side at one point to have a word about if i actually wanted to continue...  buuut its my first Mini, its looked after me once or twice so i owe it a favour cheers valetboy. its a Titanium back box off a superbike that used to race down pembrey! its a straight through system aswell......its an aquired taste but i love it because its quite quiet compared to most mini's exhausts (suprisingly) |
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Post by TAFF on Mar 19, 2008 6:16:59 GMT 1
hmmm thats nice
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Post by minichick on Mar 19, 2008 7:25:21 GMT 1
What a lovely looking mini you have there now, hope to see you in it soon  ;D |
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Post by quiff on Mar 19, 2008 12:09:52 GMT 1
fair play mate, thats a hell of a transformation!
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Post by irishstick on May 5, 2008 22:01:05 GMT 1
real NICE mini, real nice,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Post by coedy on May 5, 2008 22:03:25 GMT 1
Thanks guys! phil, some guy i kind of know through swansea mini club did it. he doesnt normally do full on restorations! but im really glad he made an exception! |
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Post by dohboy78 on May 15, 2008 12:24:56 GMT 1
Fantastic! One of the coolest looking mini's I have seen in a long time. Good work fella!
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Post by jc1380s on Jul 26, 2008 16:02:52 GMT 1
Like we said yesterday, thats one of those jobs that looks so easy before you start but then snowballs out of control before you know it!!!  Take it one step at a time and make sure you remove all the white spirit residue before painting just in case there is a reraction with the new paint!  Throw the weathershield away ! ;D ;D ;D Good luck! jc
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Post by coedy on Jul 26, 2008 16:11:01 GMT 1
i wont throw it away... but ill definately keep it off  makes the easiest jobs a pain like changing points etc... going to try the waxoyl recomendation biker gave me aswell as a 'modified' marigold washing up glove! about to go out and paint the bits i can get to now! wish me luck! |
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Post by dai9fxey on Jul 28, 2008 20:41:50 GMT 1
Making good progress there Coedy. Tis not an easy task with the engine and bits n bobs in situ. |
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Post by coedy on Jul 28, 2008 20:59:22 GMT 1
im going to try and do the verticle sections of the subframe if i can manage it tomorrow. its a bit of a let down though because even when im done i know deep down that its not really done..if you know what i mean... but id rather not take the engine out and be able to drive it if i fall behind than be stuck without a car. Thanks though it doesnt look like much but its a start i hope! |
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Post by coedy on Aug 6, 2008 12:04:01 GMT 1
Im currently cuddling a package from the mail man... MEGAJOLT V4!!!!! its smaller than a big box of matches... it sits on the software cd without even going over the edges.... im in wuv... |
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Post by ljonez on Aug 10, 2008 22:42:45 GMT 1
god i knew V4 was smaller but thats tiny! got to agree trigger wheels are very good. your slacking tho! with in a few hours of me getting mine i had it pluged into my desktop with a spare car battery on the floor to power it ;D couldnt do any thing with it mind  was just happy to see that it worked
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Post by ljonez on Aug 10, 2008 22:47:01 GMT 1
also im going to see about getting some window stickers made up only a 2/3 inch for the rear quarter. they will look something like this  if i can get that a cheap/reasonable price would you want some? |
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Post by ljonez on Aug 11, 2008 11:39:51 GMT 1
yeah i'll have a look at it, i might (i think i used the last but i'll check) have some alloy which u could have. the heat sink idea sounds good i just mounted mine on some alloy and used some heat sink paste between the two which seems to work ok, well it hasnt fryed itself and its been there 2 years i'll go measure the edis later as i cant get in the garage because my father has gone out and taken the key with him  |
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Post by ljonez on Aug 11, 2008 19:56:16 GMT 1
measured the edis and its 110mm by 60mm
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buuut its my first Mini, its looked after me once or twice so i owe it a favour 
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was just happy to see that it worked
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