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Re: Rebuild of my 1000 GT

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Slow steps ,but it is on the way now :D


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around engine bay if that ok . thanks alot .
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The car is in primer at the moment, so that might take a while :roll:
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Paint update :D
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Bout time!! Looks well dude, you'll surely be ready for mtm next year!
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Good man! :D
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Wow! :shock:

I didn't know that Max Bygraves had passed away!









































































Looks great Tony! :D
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:lol: nice one Macker . Cheers lads still a long way to go but MTM might well be on the cards Kenny :D
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Small update.

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Now I just need to get off me ass and finish it :lol:
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I am in the process of selling my other toy and when I only have one classic to play with I will get back into the mini :D
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Sorry but old Fords always have a place in my heart :mrgreen:
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lovely Tony...
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:D
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Looking great Tony!
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Getting there Richey, getting there :lol:
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Well the big black brute is now gone :( so its been onwards and upwards with the mini . New headliner is now in as is the cage. Had some trouble with the front hubs . The wheelnuts started to spin on the studs. :roll: Well the long and short of it is the stud holes in the hubs were drilled oversize , so they went off to Lloyd to be sent back to the UK . Next on the list is to get the interior in and sort out an engine :D
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Engine is now in :wink:
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I will say i cant find some of the parts I stored, so the rebuild is going very slow :roll:
The rear wheel cylinder on the drivers side is nackered :x and as you can see I had to fit a new clutch slave cylinder :roll: well two years off the road will do that to rubber parts :roll:
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what engine went in in the end?
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The 1380 would of looked better than the 1 litre
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now now bert leave him alone that 1380 would look so nice in mine if only the other mini would sell
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Yes Bert it would! but what can I say :cry: I need a chat with you about that :oops: To answer your question Armo its the 998 I got off molly the mini , the one I had up for sale . I said I would put my money where my mouth is and stick it in :lol:
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its coming along nicely ....i wouldnt take that engine back out ye might scrach somthing :roll: just leave it as is lol .....no seriously its lookggood at long loooooooooooong long last
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Re: Rebuild of my 1000 GT

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Yea man, I hear ya on that one :roll: Fitted the rear wheel cylinder tonight. The old one was only on the car for a couple of months before I took the car off the road and it is locked solid.I will change the other one tomorrow to be on the safe side.
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better safe than sorry ....cant wait to see it in the flesh been a long time since i seen it and it wasnt a bad car then but the improvements are paying off by the looks of things
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Re: Rebuild of my 1000 GT

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Well it wont be getting a 1380 now will it A! :cry: :lol: Nice little motor best of luck with it Armo :wink:
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Re: Rebuild of my 1000 GT

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Well I now have working brakes and a clutch and that snail on the back wall of the workshop has now made it all the way to the door :roll: Signed her of the road for another few months :oops:
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