1968 Austin Mini Super delux not as you know it

good grief. First time I spotted this thread. Its a great concept. Love it. Coming on nicely too. Like Mr Balderdash says its a Minisprint for the 21st century

Hi,

I have started to weld wing strengthener.
My friend Jimmy gave me stainless steel strips so I have used them.
As I posted before that my wing weren't very good fit. So I cut them up a lot to fit where I wanted to be. By doinh this, wings lost ridgidity. So I have welded in strip and I used 2 welded nuts to fasten to inner wing also.

This is a stainless steel strip positioned for welding.



This is welded up and extra material cut off.



This is from inside of wing photo. It might be difficult to see but 2 nut is welded onto a steel strip.





I will be doing same to the other side. Once I finish this, I will be fitting my engine and gearbox to start on a gearshift.

Then finalising my pedal box as I'm not very happy how it is at the moment!

Cheers
Atchi

This is a spectacular project, my hat is well off! You don't seem to be getting much encouragement though. Maybe when you get to the stickers and wheel rims bit folk will start to pay more attention

Hi,

Thank you for your encouragement xbo11ox.
As long as people like you looking at it, I'm happy. This is my Ultimate Mini project after all.
Anyway, I have worked on my Driver side today.

This is how I welded in first.


Then grind it smooth.


And passenger side also.


Then I welded in a mesh in the bonnet.



I will be fitting 2x Dzus fitting for each wing.

Then I shall start everything else!

Cheers
Atchi

Hi,

I was going to work on my gearshift but I needed to work on down pipe before it. So I needed to fit my engine in for me to work out a down pipe.

So here goes engine fitment again.



I started to weld a flange and pipes.



I will be working on full exhaust system and while it is in situ, I will be making my gearshift. I'm not sure which I will be using. It will be either shortened Swift or modified Mini.

Cheers
Atchi

Hi Hairnet,

That's vey good.
Did you use translation site or did you type it in yourself?
All I say is don't wish it. Just get on with it!

This is my ultimate toy and I didn't think I could managed to do most of it but... heyho. You don't know until you try.

Cheers
Atchi

babel fish is your friend ;D

arigatou gozimasu

What was wrong with Gloucester?

Excellent project btw ;D

Hi,

I had a half day today so I worked on my car until I picked girls up from the school.

I tried to finish off exhaust system so that I can start work on my gear shifts.

First of all, I built a middle pipe to complete the system.



When I measured, it is 100mm too short. This is because cut off from std Mini system and making a bespoke down pipe.

I need to shorten flange bit by 1" to make sure flange is not hitting the floor.



Then I need to add 6" between flange and middle pipe. This is for gearshift clearance and tail pipes are not long enough.



A you can see it is too short!



I think I will get CO poisoning with this setup!
Good job I bought a spare pipe for this purpose!

Cheers
Atchi