My Car - 18th Nov 2013
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Good call but it's a fibreglass bonnet

Just drill the fucker carefully then

Bit more done this afternoon.

Welded in two mounting points for the rear bonnet pins. Please excuse my bad welding.

Trial fitted the bonnet, then took it all apart again so I could paint the metal bits, but it was too dark to take photos by then (and I'm going to do it again as red hammerite looks totally wank).

Also, there is a worrying amount of rust and cracking between the scuttle, a panel and frontend inner wing bits.. how should I sort that out?

-a

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Finished the bonnet fitting today.

I painted the brackets in the engine bay, fitted the bonnet pins, and then finished it all up by fitting the chrome strip thing. It's a bit wonky, but it'll do for now!

Can't believe how much effort that was just to fit a flippin' bonnet.

Few pics of the brackets, not really bothered about attaching them as they look crappy):
http://dorkish.com/albums/Cars/Red%2...3/IMG_5162.jpg
http://dorkish.com/albums/Cars/Red%2...3/IMG_5163.jpg
And with the Pins fitted:
http://dorkish.com/albums/Cars/Red%2...3/IMG_5169.jpg
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Edited by AlexB on 23rd Sep, 2012.

You know that you will be told your bonnets not shut at least 5 times a day now

Nice box of parts arrived today from Mr Paul S.

Hopefully I'll get a chance to paint the calipers and stick them on the car this weekend. :)

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looking good alex

Done now needs redoing lol

Wahey, couldnt wait in the end, and whilst I didn't paint the calipers (looked too fiddly with all the bolts and what-not, and I'd probably ruin them!) they are now fitted.

Only trouble I had was bleeding the brakes - I used to have no problem on the old Frog with the tiny Cooper S cylinder-pot thing, but on this car with the big 90's servo it seemed to do nothing at all, and now my pedal hits the floor. I'll start another thread about that, though. (here: http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...=vt&tid=495511)

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Schoolboy error of calipers on the wrong sides
The bleed nipples need to be at the top.

Glad you're happy with them :)

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Ha ha. Swapped the calipers over (yes, I am bored this evening) and re-bled, and now I have a nice solid pedal. Thanks for the tip - I won't forget that one in a hurry!

:)

You are quick :)

Pedro Silva

http://miniciados.blogspot.pt/

its all a learning curve mate im sure your not the only one

give em hell

Wheel nuts arrived from Minisport today, so I fitted the wheels. I need to give the car/wheels/tyres a good clean as everything is really mucky, but I couldn't resist taking some pics anyhow.

Oh, and the centre caps are not on as one is broken so I'm going to think of a way to re-fit. (the little tabs are all snapped off).

Fun fun. Next job is to sort out the ride height. The front's not too bad, but the rear needs to come down.

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Edited by AlexB on 27th Sep, 2012.

soo soooooo true!

Car looks much much better on those wheels alex

look good alex well done i like them in gold

Done now needs redoing lol

Looks good mate!

My build thread: http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=454802

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/85313398@N02/

Thanks lads!

it still surprises me how dramatic a change it can be to swap wheels

Really like that Alex.

That looks cool as hell man :)

Are you re-building the frog but in red?

Geezzz Clarke. She's a beaut!

On 10's as the master intended

HA ha, I was looking at pics of my old car today, and thought 'oh shit, I have copied it!' - same size wheels, same arches, same silly bonnet fitting, etc etc.

Still, 10's ftw.