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trailer build

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 5:44 pm
by spud1979
i recently finished my trailer and i thought its a good idea to share it on here as when i was coming uo with ideas for mine i couldnt find and projects on this. i bought a british open 1993 mini which was rotten and i didnt believe it would be worth repairing. it was stripped and the engine was placed into my own mini. alot of the work on this was done by another club member ger71 (ger Egan). he has done a fantasic job on the welding. the one small thing i did notice when the trailer was finished is that it is at least 3 inches widen than my mini. should have checked really in the first place. didnt think there would be such a difference in shell size. im looking for to next years camping trip and planning to do a show or two in england next year. let me know your thoughts.
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i seem to be having problems bringing over photos to finish this off. ill try again later

Re: trailer build

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:27 pm
by CLUBMANGT
Looking good :wink:

Re: trailer build

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:47 pm
by spud1979
the rest, hope to have alot more after halloween run on sunday
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Re: trailer build

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:05 pm
by maverick
Excellent! I'd love one of these for my mini.

Re: trailer build

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:14 pm
by spud1979
thanks, just need to find two bars to finish off the roof, had to get rid of the one laid on it, no longer produced. if i was doing it again i think i would be getting the one off p&l minis. here is the link
http://www.plminishop.com/Trailers/Towi ... _Lid*.html

Re: trailer build

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:25 am
by maverick
Yeah there good money those and much lighter. I'd be tempted once I get SSI on the road.

Re: trailer build

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:29 pm
by spud1979
had this out for its first test drive today. delighted with handling.
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sorry about the hands, part of the run tomorrow

Re: trailer build

Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:06 am
by maverick
Looks fantastic! Jealous lol

Re: trailer build

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 12:08 am
by johnner
have to get me one of them,its cool lookin

Re: trailer build

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:39 pm
by GSmall
Looking great, ya made a fantastic job of it. Can't wait to get me one of these :)

Re: trailer build

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:48 pm
by spud1979
cheers for the comments, i still think if ye are thinking about it look at this link, prob work out cheaper

http://www.absmotorsport.net/mini/comme ... d-lid.html

Re: trailer build

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 10:39 pm
by Kenneth Murphy
Me poor mini lol, as I've said all along looks cool dude,

Re: trailer build

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 1:51 pm
by CLUBMANGT
Was that Stans old car kenny :roll:

Re: trailer build

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:04 pm
by spud1979
What was left of it ya. :(

Re: trailer build

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:23 pm
by macker
needs a belt of the lowering stick,
take out the rear trumpets a cut a little off them to bring it down to the same as the mini, I think the ratio is 1 for 3

Re: trailer build

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:25 pm
by Billy
Or throw a few gold bars into it.

Re: trailer build

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:30 pm
by spud1979
Well def won't be gold bars on my wage. Ya I may lower it down a little bit. Will look into that, cheers macker