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Hi, I fit both rear wheels and lower it down to the ground. It will be making a trip to Gary's house (aka Mini the Kid) during my house extension build. I will be carrying on working on my ali doors and other stuff I can work with in my sheds. But here are 2 photos! From front.  From back... std wheels with 145 tyre looks so wrong!  Cheers Atchi |
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Building roof chopped, screen raked '68 Mini with G13B 1.3 16v Gti engine with LSD, Yamaha R1 carbs. As well as mk1 Suzuki Swift Gti AWD with a turbo.
Drives PHEV Outlander but wishing my mk1 Swift Gti or mk2 CRX Vt were still with me!
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Jul 20, 2012 20:38:27 GMT
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Hi, Today, my Mini has left me again for the House extension project phase3! This is on it's way to Gary aka "Mini the Kid''s house.  I was following it behind and my suspension looks very stiff and it hardly moved! My next step is to make radius arms with g13B disc brakes for the rear. My back end looks so wrong with steel wheels with 145/12. My front looks so mean so I have to carry all the way from front to the back! Cheers Atchi |
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Building roof chopped, screen raked '68 Mini with G13B 1.3 16v Gti engine with LSD, Yamaha R1 carbs. As well as mk1 Suzuki Swift Gti AWD with a turbo.
Drives PHEV Outlander but wishing my mk1 Swift Gti or mk2 CRX Vt were still with me!
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Oct 19, 2012 21:28:36 GMT
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got any more done with this??? i love your inspiration!
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if in doubt get the  out!! or you could go flat out  |
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kieram
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Oct 21, 2012 10:56:48 GMT
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Hope this continues, was a good read.
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OK people,
I got my Mini back home.
I have to say thanks to Gary for keeping it until now, Beefy & Jimmy for help getting it back to my house safely.
I shall start by drying it! then rust treatment. This winter snow was bit more than my sheet could take but it was better condition than I expected!
Cheers
Atch
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Building roof chopped, screen raked '68 Mini with G13B 1.3 16v Gti engine with LSD, Yamaha R1 carbs. As well as mk1 Suzuki Swift Gti AWD with a turbo.
Drives PHEV Outlander but wishing my mk1 Swift Gti or mk2 CRX Vt were still with me!
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Feb 10, 2013 22:28:34 GMT
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Hi Peeps! I started back on it. My tools are everywhere and I don't know where is my spares are but... I have now put my Mini back on stands!  Then you can see water damage... just surface rust I hope!  I got industrial shelves. 1 in my shed and this one in my garage!  These bad boys can take 300kg per shelf! I have to bring my tool cabinets from shed to my garage then tidy up a little.... Well, start is start. Cheers Atchi |
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Building roof chopped, screen raked '68 Mini with G13B 1.3 16v Gti engine with LSD, Yamaha R1 carbs. As well as mk1 Suzuki Swift Gti AWD with a turbo.
Drives PHEV Outlander but wishing my mk1 Swift Gti or mk2 CRX Vt were still with me!
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Nov 24, 2013 17:05:36 GMT
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Hi, It's been a while for me to update! Today, Imanaged to spend more than 2 hrs in my garage. I thought I should start on wiring and what will be the best place to start other than a custom board from CBS!  I also rust proofed some of the inside after last year's water damage. I have painted black for now. Cheers Atchi |
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Building roof chopped, screen raked '68 Mini with G13B 1.3 16v Gti engine with LSD, Yamaha R1 carbs. As well as mk1 Suzuki Swift Gti AWD with a turbo.
Drives PHEV Outlander but wishing my mk1 Swift Gti or mk2 CRX Vt were still with me!
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Awesome work Atchi.
I'm glad to see you're still cracking on with the work. I honestly believe you deserve a medal for managing to get this far, the engineering is astounding.
Keep up the good work.
Ian
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1980 Derby GLS
1992 Rover 216 Gti - Sold
2006 Hilux - Sold (boo hoo) need a 2wd pickup. Anyone?
2009 Avensis Tourer - Gone
1993 Mk1 Golf Cabby
1983 mk1 golf. Project rust bucket
1998 Toyota Corolla. Project crash repair
2007 Volvo V70. Daily for sale!
Looking for a winter project - any suggestions?
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Dec 22, 2013 17:13:28 GMT
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Hi, Thank for that Ian, very kind of you. I was in my garage doing wiring today. After 2 hours, I managed to un-tangled and starting to make sense of What I got!  I hope all of wires are in good condition as I last saw 4 years ago! Cheers Atchi |
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Last Edit: Dec 22, 2013 21:01:42 GMT by miniswift
Building roof chopped, screen raked '68 Mini with G13B 1.3 16v Gti engine with LSD, Yamaha R1 carbs. As well as mk1 Suzuki Swift Gti AWD with a turbo.
Drives PHEV Outlander but wishing my mk1 Swift Gti or mk2 CRX Vt were still with me!
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May 10, 2014 19:55:11 GMT
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Hi, I'm still working on wiring harness but I have to assemble my gearbox with new diff ratio. I got 3.78:1 instead of 4.1:1 of Gti ratio. I need to assemble this gearbox and fit it into my engine bay so that I can start up my engine..... Anyway, I managed to find bit of extra I always wanted to have in my garage!  As you can see, it is a table lift and it goes up almost 3' (875mm)! I shall get on with my gearbox... Cheers Atchi |
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Building roof chopped, screen raked '68 Mini with G13B 1.3 16v Gti engine with LSD, Yamaha R1 carbs. As well as mk1 Suzuki Swift Gti AWD with a turbo.
Drives PHEV Outlander but wishing my mk1 Swift Gti or mk2 CRX Vt were still with me!
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v8ian
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Love the Mini, gotta love a quick small car,  Can you tell me about the Table, I was considering using a bike lift for my Austin, |
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Last Edit: May 11, 2014 12:29:36 GMT by v8ian
Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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May 13, 2014 21:00:59 GMT
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Hi v8ian,
This table I got is 1500Kg 1mx1.2m and 100mm thick.
The table top is solid and I will need to make a spacer between table and body to work on my exhaust.
I have enough steel sections to make such frame so I can make space under the car on this table.
I think bike one is not heavy duty enough to lift a car. These days small hatch weigh more than 1 tonn!
Cheers
Atchi
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Building roof chopped, screen raked '68 Mini with G13B 1.3 16v Gti engine with LSD, Yamaha R1 carbs. As well as mk1 Suzuki Swift Gti AWD with a turbo.
Drives PHEV Outlander but wishing my mk1 Swift Gti or mk2 CRX Vt were still with me!
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v8ian
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May 15, 2014 19:38:42 GMT
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This is the sort of thing I was thinking about, 1000lb lift, my car with full running gear is 370kg which is 813lbs so the weight of my little Austin hopefully will be about 325kg fully wet,  |
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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Jun 27, 2014 19:39:15 GMT
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Hi, So I did managed to get a gearbox rebuilt with 3.78:1 diff ratio counter shaft.  This photo shows what shaft is looks like. The right one is 4.1:1 standard Gti and the one in the gearbox is 3.78:1 with all of gears fitted.  Only problem was that part of spline was longer that Gti setup. So I have sent it to get it machined to my trusted machinist. One month later, I got it back as he is very good machinist. He only does cash job when he has spare time. I managed to pick up machined shaft yesterday. It is ready for me to fit!  I hope I can work on my car this weekend as I will be away on a business trip next week to Japan... Cheers Atchi |
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Building roof chopped, screen raked '68 Mini with G13B 1.3 16v Gti engine with LSD, Yamaha R1 carbs. As well as mk1 Suzuki Swift Gti AWD with a turbo.
Drives PHEV Outlander but wishing my mk1 Swift Gti or mk2 CRX Vt were still with me!
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Sept 19, 2014 21:46:07 GMT
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Hi, I managed to work on my car for a but today. I dug out my head lights and fit them so that I know what I need to do for wirings.  Yes it is HID system and it will be in P700 copy. This is what it looks like.  It has HID already fitted and just checking to see where I can fit controller and so on. Cheers Atchi |
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Building roof chopped, screen raked '68 Mini with G13B 1.3 16v Gti engine with LSD, Yamaha R1 carbs. As well as mk1 Suzuki Swift Gti AWD with a turbo.
Drives PHEV Outlander but wishing my mk1 Swift Gti or mk2 CRX Vt were still with me!
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Sept 19, 2014 23:05:00 GMT
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Good to see an update and know work is continuing!
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Oct 12, 2014 18:10:51 GMT
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Hi, So I have managed to rebuild a gearbox with 3.78:1 ratio now. While I got gearbox out, I may as well mod my subframe a little as I wanted to change few points.  I made mods for diff clearance and under an oil pan mod. I think it's good job that G13B is light, I just man handled engine out of there myself! All I need to do is now fit a gearbox with LSD my engine.  It is bit heavy for me to carry with gearbox so I might ask my friend to come and help or use my engine crane. Cheers Atchi |
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Building roof chopped, screen raked '68 Mini with G13B 1.3 16v Gti engine with LSD, Yamaha R1 carbs. As well as mk1 Suzuki Swift Gti AWD with a turbo.
Drives PHEV Outlander but wishing my mk1 Swift Gti or mk2 CRX Vt were still with me!
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 I will be paiting it winkle effect paint black or powder coating it. I hope it works OK and I will be adding 3 more gauges. I think Fuel and Amp will be good but not sure 30amp gauge will do the job or not. Cheers Atchi |
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Last Edit: Nov 8, 2014 15:50:14 GMT by miniswift
Building roof chopped, screen raked '68 Mini with G13B 1.3 16v Gti engine with LSD, Yamaha R1 carbs. As well as mk1 Suzuki Swift Gti AWD with a turbo.
Drives PHEV Outlander but wishing my mk1 Swift Gti or mk2 CRX Vt were still with me!
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Stig
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Nov 11, 2014 16:37:06 GMT
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Last Edit: Nov 11, 2014 16:42:47 GMT by Stig
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craig1010cc
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Nov 11, 2014 16:44:03 GMT
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Good to see the project is still moving on Atchi |
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