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Feb 17, 2010 20:35:01 GMT
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I spun the car round the other day to get on with the drivers side sill(s), then rembered it was cold and gave that up as a bad idea. So, I've decided to do the front instead. So I dug out the escort head lights and the triumph grille. ![](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3496/3250519935_59894f4cc3_o.jpg) ![](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/3250519933_9b451667f4_o.jpg) Neither are a perfect fit for each other or the car, so before I got the hammers out I turned to eMachineShop and their free drawing software. ![](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2726/4366201836_80d043a98a_o.jpg) With a little triming and welding the grille is good. The head light panels need a couple of notches out of each side and then the lights will go straight on. Should look pretty good when it's done.
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Feb 20, 2010 17:53:51 GMT
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Looks like my measurements where right. ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4372757299_704f00cde6_b.jpg) ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4372756413_d7213ca5ff_b.jpg) Should look pretty good with the grille finished and refurbed.
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Feb 20, 2010 23:56:34 GMT
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Nice job. if I remember correctly Wood & Pickett used the Vauxhall VX4/90 grille chopped down. Yours looks really good!
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Jun 28, 2010 17:08:17 GMT
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Sticking to my theme of doing one job at a time and getting the shell finished, I've bought an MPi block and sent it of to Carl at Force Racing for some work doing. ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4771201605_0680ca278f_b.jpg) ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4771838466_dabe1db75e_b.jpg) ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4771202809_63ffc06db5_b.jpg) ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4142/4771839812_bf23f3fa2f_b.jpg) ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4771841080_d832b46d16_b.jpg) ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4771837466_d66ea3a642_b.jpg) The rather long list of work: Supply and fit centre main strap. Drill/Tap oil galleries for threaded plugs. Oil fed thrust conversion. Drill/Tap head and block for 11 head studs. Drill/Tap for BMW under CROWN oil jets (they are quite sexual as far as little squirters go!) Supply and fit dry deck ports. Turn up and fit a cylinder head thermostat bypass port. Turn up a blank for the crank sensor hole. I'm going to have a go at dry decking the block and head myself, shouldn't be a problem ![:-/](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/undecided.png) Dry decking, oil jets, a metro thermostat sandwich plate plumbed back to the heater take off on the bottom hose with this in line should help keep everything nice and cool: ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4771870220_52cf73eeee_b.jpg) It will be wired with a timed relay so that it will run on a little after the ignition goes of, hopefully avoiding heat soak.
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Got the radiator alignment sorted, fitted a proper top bracket for it and and a panel to force the air up through the rad. Then stuck it to the car. ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4869457708_01eb2b575b_b.jpg)
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More progress. I've made up some brackets to hang the number plates at the bottom of the valance, added some more air holes for the radiator, enlarged and swagged the wiring holes for the side lights, cleaned up all the welds and put it back on it's wheels. ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4871752453_b214ca8190_b.jpg) It's only taken me 6 months to swap the front. At this rate, I'll have it finished for Avon 2020 I think it needs more speed holes in the lower part of the valance, behind the number plate.
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Last Edit: Aug 8, 2010 16:24:09 GMT by apbellamy
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Aug 21, 2010 17:17:25 GMT
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Aug 22, 2010 17:30:01 GMT
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Got some period bucket seats from ebay. ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4916342049_5e26bc9e49_b.jpg) ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4916341061_acd288d566_b.jpg) The body is fibreglass, so they are fairly light at 7.3KG each. Not sure how much a standard seat ways. Quite snug, but fairly comfy.
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Aug 22, 2010 19:23:12 GMT
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They seem to sit me in the right place to get a good view of all the gauges. ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/4916456023_189d4845c0_b.jpg) Obviously everything is just slung in place to give me an idea, but with a bit of fettle it should be OK. Going to put another gauge pod on the left of the main binnacle (shamelessly copied from Robert's car). Boost and AFR on the column and temp's/pressure on the left.
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Aug 22, 2010 20:34:07 GMT
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![:o](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/shocked.png) Nice work as always Andy , after seeing the car a while ago its nice to be able to watch the progess ..... top man ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png)
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Thanks Dikki. Getting there slowly but surely. Would like to have teh shell done for the new year....
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Aug 30, 2010 14:36:46 GMT
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For once Wifey listened to me and came up with some nice MED goodies for my birthday :-) ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4941346979_78e3d313ee_b.jpg) ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4941932118_f75087686e_b.jpg) Also spent a couple of hours in the garage making a nice big hole in the mini... ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4142/4941347745_b41d05927d_b.jpg) Had a look at the rear subframe while I was there. I built it up about 2 years ago with pretty much new everything. It's done about 30 miles being towed and all the rubber bits are perished and split.
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Sept 4, 2010 22:48:48 GMT
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hiya mate, loving the mini specilly as its a clubbie ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) i luv clubbies. Any more progress on it ?
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Nobody dies a virgin, because lifes curse word us ALL
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Sept 5, 2010 19:20:47 GMT
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Thanks. ;D During the week I got a bit more done on the rear arch and boot floor. ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4105/4961265602_a7ef540e7c_b.jpg) ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/4960669999_37c342858f_b.jpg) I decided to change the front of arch closing panel while I was at it, so added to my mini spares order first thing Tuesday morning. Unfortunately they didn't bother to dispatch it until Friday, so I had to find something else to do today. So I chopped of the driver's side A panel to get a repair I had done poorly in the past, and guess what I found... ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4961267770_3230fae51f_b.jpg) So I sorted that out and tidied up the repair on the A post. ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/4961269016_d0713c7b9b_b.jpg) I had hoped to get the original repair done, patch up the bottom of the inner wing where it meets the floor and fit the A panel again, but my virtually brand new grinder's motor burnt out. Typically, Wifey has thrown the receipt away. In B&Poo's favour they took my bank statement and searched on their computer until they found my receipt, then arranged for the grinder to be repaired. That's going to take 2 weeks, so I've had to buy the cheapest grinder they had. Safe to say I now have vibration white finger/arm/elbow... That just left me time for one final patch. ![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/4961264762_87045e4776_b.jpg)
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Last Edit: Sept 5, 2010 19:22:51 GMT by apbellamy
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craig1010cc
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Sept 5, 2010 19:28:06 GMT
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Some serious work going on there, looking good. Liking the grill, I looked at doing a quad conversion on my 2 clubby fronts in the past using a mk2 golf grill I had kicking about and never got very far with it ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png)
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Thanks, still plenty of work to do. Hoping to get the shell finished by christmas
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Sept 9, 2010 18:35:25 GMT
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nice grill mate , had one for my clubman years ago made from a mk1 golf grill
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Sept 9, 2010 19:52:44 GMT
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My you have been bizz Andy ;D, and its looking good , the grill is as you said when I was up ... btw would you like a W&P grill badge ? I got a new one for my W&P so you can have the old one
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