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Is that him takin a few thou off the whole body to lighten it further

Funny pic Ben lol.

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Lots has happen to the mk1 in the last weeks, I was away so the Internetwas on hand to keep me occupied, so I got back to lots of bits ready for the shell. As for the shell well lots has been chopped from it!

A new seat bace with now filler needed


As most of the back end was to cock the discussion was taken to get a full floor to make sure the new panels were aligned right.


I was happy how these turned out


Simon.

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Welcome back! Looking good! Is most that boot floor gonna get the chop anyway?

On 6th Sep, 2015 D4VE said:
Is that him takin a few thou off the whole body to lighten it further

75' Mini special deluxe.
1275 A+ engine with turbo on the way...

Rally cars just the same, thin enough before you start blowing holes then chuck a cage in...

Almost ready Brett 😉😉😉




Not a lot to update as I have been very sick after my last trip away

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Hope ya well soon buddy! I thought it was at a restorers having the bodywork done?

Blimey. That's one way to shed weight.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Spotted.. in minimags letter thingme jiggy..

What ?

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Yes, spotted it too. Its in the letters page

Lol I never sent that in lol, I was chatting to Stephen on and off on FB maybe that's where it came from lol.

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Maybe you got your address' muddled up when righting your list to santa..

so a bit of a big up date to end the year off sort of.

So I sent the mk1 off to get worked on, after the body work was started the bloke that was doing it went off long term sick, so I was left with 1/2 a shell, on wards and up wards I have someone who is going to do the work on the mk1 and I am very excited to see how it is going to turn out!

This year has been a very busy one! Work wise as Jo reminded me last week that I have been away 213 days this year, Falklands, Brunei, Malaysia, Kenya 2 times, New Zealand....

This was my last work trip more play than work 😜😜😜 14 days of fun in the sun!







So anyway I got in the man cave and got sorting the pile of car bits and so I can get the mk1 back in one piece as soon as I can get the shell back ASAP!

I had these on my todo list for some time but I am super happy with them!


I got all this cleaned up and made sure it's all good to back on.


Some mig shafts that I have had hanging about


Some more cake to fit this time around.


A box of bits that's been sat all over the place


New rebuilt turbo good to go,



Some more to come tomorrow 😄

Edited by madmk1 on 20th Dec, 2015.

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Man you go to some beautiful places!! Ur life rocks!

Mmmmmmm water injection....

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

Got it in one graham, stand by for lots of school boy questions lol

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Not now weve had the water injection thread the other day.. lol

Dave my life don't rock mate! Trust me it don't lol.

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Lol it's in the boot of my car and I will send you a pic in the daylight tomorrow on FB

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Yesterday's progress was ok, got a bot more done on the up hill task of the mk1.


I left all the bolts and nuts from the car -the engine in thinners over night so I could give them a good clean. And see what's what.


They all came out ok and after a little over most will go back on the car.



Then I got working on something that's been in my mind for a wile now. So what better way to get something out of our mind then to give it a go.

So this is where I want the denso to sit, I had it almost there with my last one, when I remade the blanking plate. But I made the last one on the fly.



So then I sat with some brain food (which helped with the cad)


Next it was over to the alloy for fine tunning before I go to Ti for the Finnished job.


To I did nothing as I was soooooooo hung over so I sorted out the last of the bits I will be getting remade in Ti at the end of this month.

Next on the list was to sit and look at steering wheels, and removed bosses it's a mine filed from what I have seen.....

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Is it just to tuck it up for more space? Suddenly have a craving for some fingers... yummm

Because I don't like doing anything the easy way Dave lol.

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