Rebuild of my 1000 GT

[CLUBMANGT]

Now I know I have been saying it for a sometime now but my car is now up on stands and off the road for its long awaited rebuild .

I did overhaul the front calipers
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Then I changed them for KAD four pots with vented turned down disc's

I wanted these to fit under ten inch wheels (if I ever get the wheel nuts ) To that end I may sell on my 12,s at some point .

I was also going to fit a twin exit stainless w/p exhaust

But I dont think it will suit the look I am after ? so I may push that on to .The engine will be a 1380 I have a fresh block , performance head ect .

This will all take some time , so I will keep this thread updated as I go

[keith]

looking good...

[macker]

Nice one Tony, Best of luck with it

[CLUBMANGT]

Thanks lads , hope to put up a load of pic,s as I go for something of interest to follow over the next while (twelve to fourteen months) well thats what the last one took me .

[StevenR]

Looking forward to the updates Tony. Should be a little cracker when its done

[CLUBMANGT]

Yea thanks , hope to make a real good job of the paint . Red again but not whats on it now, have a few ideas on that one . Watch this space .

[CLUBMANGT]

Now I did say this would take forever , but I have made a small ammount of progress . The block and head are now cleaned and painted and the old motor is ready to haul out

[macker]

that's a nice blue Tony, well done!

[armo]

and what may i ask is happning withe the old engine

[CLUBMANGT]

Well the plan was to keep my hot 998(yellow) rebuild the 1275 (red) and run the 1380(blue) I have two spare 998 blocks . I am having to rethink that plan due to costs I plan to have a big clearout soon . I have a complete 998 engine if you are still stuck for a motor .

[armo]

i bought another mini the other day 2 of us went in on it its a 92 and we will need an engine there is a 1275 that i could have got with the car but we didnt want to spend the money as it was out of the car and it didnt look like a normal mini engine it could be a metro 1 but what would i no ha...... if while your sorting your pats to sell you come across a brake servo let me no please

[CLUBMANGT]

No worries

[CLUBMANGT]

I have a servo Armo

[armo]

good stuf .pm me a price .it will be next week befor i can get it off you

[CLUBMANGT]

I will give you a look at it and see what you think ok

[CLUBMANGT]

Got some work done yesterday . Yanked out the 1275 and lowered the front frame






Hope to drain the tank and drop the rear frame tomorrow night

[CLUBMANGT]

Did plan to go to the AGM today but sick kids got in the way So when they went off to sleep , off I went to the workshop and hauled out the rear frame .




Then I cleaned up a few bits ready for painting . Still not sure on the exhaust the Maniflow

or the W amp P twin exit stainless

I will start to strip the body next .

[Kenneth Murphy]

W&P stainless. theres a mental rasp outta mine!!!!

[CLUBMANGT]

Not much to report on the rebuild this week , but did get the tyres mounted on the wheels .

Stuck then under the car to see what they will look like .


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Stripped the front frame and picked up some paint ,thats about it

Ooh ! did a little work on the new dash

But that now a bit of a long term project as funds allow .

[D.M.G.T]

dash looks cool tony!

[DaveC]

Liking the wheels too!

[CLUBMANGT]

Thanks lads , I have a few more detail changes to make, always looking for things that make the car stand out without spending heaps of money

[The Marcos Graveyard]

Here is something similar on a Marcos dash,



looks good against the carbon fibre

[CLUBMANGT]

In the shape of the mini wings aswell nice one so much for me new idea a

[The Marcos Graveyard]

Yep, the Mini wings and the ST(Special Tuning) Flag.