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I've owned this car for 5 years and all along I thought it was a German export model - left hand drive, the lic plate surround had the name of a...
So, I've made a patch and started welding it in.....just a few tacks to hold it in place. The metal is pretty thin even tho I cut back to good...
A while back I bought a pair of Subaru WRX seats, the Mini seats just aren't comfortable for the long drives that I frequently do in this car, and...
Well, this one wasn't on BaT, but OMFG! [ATTACH]
I like the ones that are on it now, so I doubt I'll be changing them.
So, I made a hole! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Still have to clean off all the paint and sealer around the edges so I can weld in the patch. I also need...
Just about ready to drop the vanilla ice cream engine in the green Mini, got it all stripped down so I could put it in from the top when I found...
And.......................she's out! The leveler def made the job easier for a one man band to get it out - no cussing, smashed fingers or...
The engine I've been building in my engine rebuild videos is for this car, I got a good start on getting old smoky out of the car. All I have left...
Nest up I'll drop the motor out of the green Mini and put this one in, I'm also going to do some brake work - rebuild the calipers and replace the...
Final chapter on this build - at least for me......today we loaded it into the trailer for the trip to Boston. My friend Clancy will leave next...
The next chapter - does it run? Well, of course it does! [IMG] I warmed it up and retorqued the head, then fired it up again and ran for 20 min...
And.......she's done! Just waiting to get picked up sometime next week to go to her new home. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It's coming along, but he still has a mammoth project ahead, it needs paint and body work, a full wiring harness, lights, trim, interior, dash,...
Motor all buttoned up, re-arranged everything in the bed for the trip. All I have left is to install the axles and tighten everything in the front...
I wasn't sure it was going to fit, especially from the top - the factory puts them in from the bottom.... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] But after some...
The Pup in the title of this thread showed up today, tomorrow I'll get the green engine out of the stand and the cream one in, then get started...
DHL dropped a few days early so I had the parts I needed to finish this build, coming along nicely now. [MEDIA]
[MEDIA] Today I drop the motor onto the gearbox.....my Spares order now says it will be here Friday (which probably means Thursday given the way...
In tonight's installment I put the block together with the cranks, rods and pistons and cam. [MEDIA] I also installed the new thrust washers and...