Irish Mini Owners Club

feck them stanley knifes they are a danger.
hope u recover soon and get stuck back into the mini
so what do you plan on bringing to the mtm
my mini going fine sure its minded like a baby.its tucked away
nice and snug in my brothers shed.i am in the process of building
a new shed for my own but the weather is not helping.

Tomini wrote:feck them stanley knifes they are a danger.
hope u recover soon and get stuck back into the mini
so what do you plan on bringing to the mtm
my mini going fine sure its minded like a baby.its tucked away
nice and snug in my brothers shed.i am in the process of building
a new shed for my own but the weather is not helping.

tucked away like a baby is right!!! dont remember the last time i seen that car of yours ..
not too sure which is coming to the mtm, id love to get nancy done for it but im thinking of throwing a daihatsu 1 litre turbo in her first so might not get that done by then....
anywho, hand has healed up nicely and after fixing other peoples cars for the last while i finally got stuck in to clubby for an hour or so today
had to fix the welder first, which is now working perfectly, soooooo happy with that
got one of the floorwells welded in and am about to start chopping out the other side now...
pics later...

didnt get chopping the other side... got distracted









il dig into the other footwell tomoro and if i get a chance clean the engine bay ready for paint...

steven

When do you hope to have this ready for painting then?

You won't be long driving it if your that far on with it! Just the red one to fix up and nancy to finish :p

Jozi wrote:When do you hope to have this ready for painting then?

You won't be long driving it if your that far on with it! Just the red one to fix up and nancy to finish :p

asap.
are you always on the net or sumn......2 secs later replies ya BIG noob!!!!

steven

when do ya plan to have her finished??? maybe mtm???

well before that paul.....
gonna really stick the head into the cars for the next few weeks, that means getting up early and not injuring myself anymore
i told one da lads id have both nancy and the clubby on the road by end of february that mite be dreaming but i should be able to get the clubby on the road by then if i stick to it for few weeks, as for nancy im gonna do that daihatsu conversion so i doubt il get it on the road by then ........

steven

february???? a little ambitious... but ya should make it.. cant wait to se it...

didnt get near the car yesterday....
but, got right side floorwell in today..




getting the engine bay ready for a good rub down..
taking the brake and clutch cylinders out is soooooo ballsy... stupid little pin.

mustard wrote:february???? a little ambitious... but ya should make it.. cant wait to se it...

pop up anytime man ya know where i live
and cheers for the floorwells, savage job..

steven

Nice job stephen..your a nice little welder..i may have bit of work for you if you interested??

D.M.G.T wrote:Nice job stephen..your a nice little welder..i may have bit of work for you if you interested??

cheers DMGT pm-d ya the other day...

got bit more done...

this is what engine bay looked like before





note that all the paint is gone on the left side of the engine bay.. surely the cause of that is clutch/brake fluid

rubbed down and then treated with kurust..... luckily it was only surface rust and nowhere needed patching..



and then put a few coats of primer on




i also started the rear valence and rear side valence thingys... gonna need a bit of patching there and the new panels can go on...
also finished of the floor of the spare wheel. This was where my welder decided to break on me few weeks ago and never got round to it cuz there was a pile of parts covering it..




spare wheel still fits in nicely

Im at the exact same job meself stephen..Nice Work!

nice job your doin

cheers for replies lads...
you doing the same on your clubman dmgt???

got most of the back patched before can put on rear valence and side ones... but lost interest in the back so jumped back into the bay and sprayed it panther black, and decided to give the petrol tank a good clean and fresh paint also..



its not the best paint job in the world but no runs so quite happy with it

Did you use the gun or tins for the engine bay? You can do the same on the inside while you at it. Ready for paint soon then?

Nice work Steven

Will it be ready for MTM2010?????



Tony

Coonos Cab wrote:Nice work Steven

Will it be ready for MTM2010?????



Tony

He should have it and Nancy done by then, a year and a half if long enough :p

You forgot to modify the bulkhead for the Turbo!!!!

Coonos Cab wrote:Nice work Steven

Will it be ready for MTM2010?????



Tony

should be yea, theres not a whole lot left to do on it and put on a bet with shane id have it done by end of fubruary so the finger shall be coming out....

Jozi wrote:Did you use the gun or tins for the engine bay? You can do the same on the inside while you at it. Ready for paint soon then?

used the gun... yea started taking all the stuff from the inside of it out, few bits still stuck to the car but shouldnt take long before its sprayed too..

The Marcos Graveyard wrote:You forgot to modify the bulkhead for the Turbo!!!!

no turbo for this Neil, its sticking with its original 1098 engine....
Nancy shall be receiving the turbo out of all of them and possibly wont have to modify the bulkhead if i can find the engine for it....

fantastic work steven it will look great in all black

peter

Nice work , I take my hat off to you , thats some job more so when you are up againsed it and its fighting you all the way,
fair play

clubman wrote:fantastic work steven it will look great in all black

peter

lets hope it does

CLUBMANGT wrote:Nice work , I take my hat off to you , thats some job more so when you are up againsed it and its fighting you all the way,
fair play

cheers for comments lads..
up against it?? im in two minds for engine conversion whther to put it into this one or the other mini...
but in back of my head im thinking ill keep it original for the sake of it.. i mean the car is 8 years older than me was thought well '' respect your elders'' so may stick to it
just out of curiousity, seeing as that the car will be tax exempt (50 peryear) would it be the same story if i put in a bigger modern engine??

had mustard out earlier on... talked more than anything, but wasnt such a bad thing as i wasnt in the mood for it at all today... we did however get a front subframe cleaned up and ready for some new paint....

QUOTE,,,,,had mustard out earlier on... talked more than anything,

I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT HA

just_st3v3n wrote:
just out of curiousity, seeing as that the car will be tax exempt (50 peryear) would it be the same story if i put in a bigger modern engine??

when i got my last insurance renewal quote i declared all the modifications to my car incuding a "bigger engine",
i was asked if it was a different engine, ie. civic or some other, so i asked why?
i was told that if the engine had been changed to that of a different manufacturer the car would have to be registered as a kit or custom car and would have to be reregistered to a new number plate!

i'd check all this out now before you start out on it, might save hassle down along the way

Kenneth Murphy wrote:QUOTE,,,,,had mustard out earlier on... talked more than anything,

I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT HA

LOl... nah wasnt a bad thing... knackered all day, he gave a bit of motivation to get it finished.
Anyone else wanna put on bets that il have it done by end of february