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Saw this mini in Nass yesterday. Very impressive work. The finish on the paint work was excellent. Have seen a lot of expensive work done in spray boots that was no better than this. Cant wait to see the completed project and hopefully chase it across the south of England next year.
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Dan,
The real test will be Lithuania in 2015!
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The real test will be Lithuania in 2015!
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Would it not have been more in keeping with the memory of the original owner to do it yellow? Don't get me wrong I love the colour, but seeing as you said you were restoring it in memory for your friends father would yellow not have been a better choice?
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Don't know what gave you that idea, Kenny. If I didn't rescue it, it would have rusted away to nothing. It's a car not a shrine.
My bobs, my choice of colour.
My bobs, my choice of colour.
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Ah I see, I picked it up wrong, as I said its a nice colour choice,
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So after 2 years and 3 months of walking past it, I finally got motivated again to restart work on the Clubby. The fact that it's got to bring me to IMM2016 in Belgium and back was a great incentive. So first thing was to open up all the boxes of bits I'd accumulated to see what was needed:
I then started ordering some bits from MiniSpares and MiniSport
I then started ordering some bits from MiniSpares and MiniSport
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Well done Billy, keep us updated with progress
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Looking good Billy.
Will you run back over and get me one of those fuel tank outlets please.
Will you run back over and get me one of those fuel tank outlets please.
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Anyone else want one before I go back to them?
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Thats the third one I've seen cracked, a warning to others not to over tighten the belt.
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The cracked one came off a scrapper '99 Cooper I bought last year. It had seized solid.
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That is looking very well billy
That would be a lot of MPI alternators i have see cracked right in the same spot to
That would be a lot of MPI alternators i have see cracked right in the same spot to
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Tick tock Billy Another Estate to add to the convoy hopefully.If you make it that will be 5 CE.Good to see you have finally got the finger out.
Real Clubmans have a square nose.Seriously.
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Looking good billy keep up the good work. Looking forward to seeing it in Belgium
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Front hubs & brakes have been completely rebuilt and fitted.
A new front rad and electric fan posed a problem as the front panel of a Clubman is higher than a roundnose and so partially blocks the flow of air to the rad. A conference call to Joe Whyte who has done a similar conversion confirmed that this wasn't a problem as his Mpi-converted Clubby sat for 50 minutes during the Carrick-on-Shannon parade last week and didn't overheat so we took a decision to go for it .
You can also make out that we had to modify location of one of the top radiator brackets (another Joe Whyte tip) which seems to do the job.
Thanks to Johnny & Alan, Cork Mini Centre for all their hard work.
A new front rad and electric fan posed a problem as the front panel of a Clubman is higher than a roundnose and so partially blocks the flow of air to the rad. A conference call to Joe Whyte who has done a similar conversion confirmed that this wasn't a problem as his Mpi-converted Clubby sat for 50 minutes during the Carrick-on-Shannon parade last week and didn't overheat so we took a decision to go for it .
You can also make out that we had to modify location of one of the top radiator brackets (another Joe Whyte tip) which seems to do the job.
Thanks to Johnny & Alan, Cork Mini Centre for all their hard work.
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Did not call Keith ,I thought he was the expert on Clubman front mounted rads
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Very bold, Ro. Keith's custom rad got us to Germany and back for IMM2010 (once he changed the thermostat on MTM2010!!!)woody wrote:Did not call Keith ,I thought he was the expert on Clubman front mounted rads
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