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that's really, really nice... love to see it out and about or before then! i think i may have seen that pink mini around too.

Well a few more progress photos, finished the plumbing (water) and have fitted the rear brakes and plumbed them also (braided mmmm), now working on the electrics, wasn't happy with the first loom I made so I'm making another.

thats some realy nice plumbing where did you get those 45 degree fittings

like the cut-down fan...!! are all those copper plumbing parts available from stock? nice work

It took a while to track down the 45 deg fitting as they don't seem to be the norm over here, I actually got them off a crowd called Pulsar plumbing in Cork (http://www.pulsar.ie) - they packaged them all up and sent them to me at a reasonable rate. They are all presoldered joints which can be a pain in the butt as you have to do both sides of the joint in one hit, don't under estimate the time taken to do this either, i spent hours cutting and soldering the pipes to get them to look and fit right.

keith wrote:like the cut-down fan...!! are all those copper plumbing parts available from stock? nice work

The fan actually came with the engine, it's only there to cool the oil cooler so does not need to be full sized.

pulsar are good for unusual bits and are owned by chadwicks and being a plumber i prefer the pre filled solder type

Lovely work on the cooling pipes Andrew.Looking forward to seeing it in the plastic some day.

Is that brina's mini ?

BERT wrote:Is that brina's mini ?

Where?

I was doing some work on it for her but she has it now

kerryminigringo wrote:Lovely work on the cooling pipes Andrew.Looking forward to seeing it in the plastic some day.

The plan is to have it up and running for 11th June, the Irish Kitcar Club are holding a track day up at Mondello, on target at the mo

GTM Coupe wrote:

BERT wrote:Is that brina's mini ?

Where?

I was doing some work on it for her but she has it now

In your pic,Was talking to her the other day ,she was delighted to get it back after it was nicked

just curious GTM, whats the little wingnut on the themostat housing for?

It a bleed valve, it's the highest point on the cooling system so it will more than likely trap air, got the key from a local plumbing shop.

BERT wrote:

GTM Coupe wrote:

BERT wrote:Is that brina's mini ?

Where?

I was doing some work on it for her but she has it now

In your pic,Was talking to her the other day ,she was delighted to get it back after it was nicked

Didn't realise i had take a picture with her car in it, yes it was brina's mini I was working on, B@rst*rds made a real mess of things.

Right a few more pics, the progress continues, I have the handbrake painted and installed (nice new leather gaitors to be incorporated into my upholstrey), throttle cable installed (waiting on carb return from servcing), suspension on, fuel tank painted and ready for install, wiring complete tested and working. Upholstrey booked for Tuesday

Coming along nicely

A couple more photo's, have the front end near completion, tank and header/washer now in, battery box in, I've also been working on the dash again, I thought a glovebox of some sort was needed to store stuff as there is no other room for it, found a great little on out of a wreck, I'm using the front section and will make the rear up out of fibreglass.

cant wait to see that in the plastic!

lookin great gtm, your not too far now!!!

Back from upholster's, just a few pic's of the job - its looks great, now I'm really on the home stretch, there's a couple of wrinkles in the head lining but they should settle over time, the guy had a real headache with it.

Looks great, keep up the good work!

its really coming together now.....

All starting to come together now Andrew,you must be pleased with the way it is turning out.

im really loving this...fair play to ya!!