1360 turbo clubby van
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another small update, i cleaned, rust treated, primed and stone chipped the engine bay when i got home from work, and behind where the grill sits, as this wont be seen once the trim is all fitted up! think it looks pretty cool, and i quite like the textured finish it gives (and stone chip can be sanded slightly once dry if its a little too rough!)

some good progress being made - what stone chip did you use?

im not sure lol it came in unmarked tins, but they are the ones that you have to use a shultz gun and a compressor with, good stuff too! and cheap!

more progress today, finished the inside, vacummed it all out and stone chipped all the floors, the insides of the van panels, and part of the roof to try to reduce some of the 'tinny-ness' and made a start skimming where the van sides were welded in.. and got it back on all 4 wheels!....

with this morning being wet, i didnt get much done so went out with the missus and our daughter, this afternoon dried up so i thought id get some more done on the car, my daughter wanted to help too, shes nearly 3 but already has the mini bug!



she wants to learn to weld too, bless her



then having thought about it, having a beam instead of a full subframe i had no where to hang my exhaust from at the back, so did this...




once bolted up ill have somewhere to hang my exhaust from!

i also did some more prep work on the shell, but wont bore you with endless pics of sanding lol

been doing some more work on the clubVAN again today while the weather is perfect! repaired and fitted all the doors, drilled the holes for the wing mirrors, trial fitted my carbon fibre bonnet and generally standing back with a cup of tea admiring my work (good job its outside, my big head wouldnt fit in a garage lol)

anyway heres some pics...

rear doors repaired and fitted, nice fit too, the drivers one I repaired myself, the passenger one was already half repaired by the guy I got them off, and I finished it off, but the fit along the bottom isnt as good in my opinion



wing mirrors fitted, took me half hour to decide where I wanted them and to fit them, I think I got them just right



the blue electrical tape was used to mark out where I want the black line to cross the bonnet and wings


got my paint guy coming round later to give it a once over, and to give me a price and hopefully get it up the unit to slap on its new coat

coming together nicely

cheers mate, my paint guy didnt come round today, too busy at work, fingers crossed he comes tomorrow to price up the new paint job! soooo close to finishing it now, cant wait!

Looking good, looks nice and solid now. Are you able to fix the pictures that aren't working on page 1 and 2?

fixed!

I can vouch for this and say that it looks epic!

nice one Vader, been worth all the hard work to get to this stage, next stage paint on tuesday

the van is now at the paint shop waiting its turn for a new coat, which should be happening next week! cant wait!

Fuck yeah!
Not so 1360 turbo anymore though.

Great job, im impressed you did it all outside your neighbours must love you lol. cant wait to see it finished

1972 998 TURBO SLEEPER

whenever im working on the mini i always have neighbours and randoms stopping and chatting to me about it, gonna be even more of a talking point when its back in its fresh coat of paint! gonna be awsome! ive never had a garage to work in my entire life, the last 12years of mini ownership have always seen me building/repairing/painting minis on the front garden lol

Pleased to hear i'm not the only one that has to work outside lol, i wish i had a garage sometimes though, especially in the winter! :)

i hate working on my mini, or any car really in winter, had to change a wheel bearing on my focus last year in 8" of snow! a nice warm garage would be a god send! even a cold garage would be better than working on a gravel drive lol

as you know the engine looked like this when i bought it...



so tday i have spent a few hours degreasing it, pressure washing it, painting and detailing it... think it turned out pretty well! just need my orange ht leads, and orange rad hoses and its ready to drop in! what do you think?

wow steaming along lewis you just gave me an idea i think im going to stone chip the inside of my mini lol

its a good move, means you can get rid of the factory applied sound deadening, and gives a tough waterproof coating that can be painted directly over as well as stop the larger panels from sounding 'tinny'

few pics of the mini up the paint shop... my group 6 wheel arches that i put inside it seemed to have grown somewhat though...






not much has been done yet, bit of filler work has been done though, but once they get on it, they will hammer through it and get it all done (hopefully in the next few days)

Getting there..

small update... no paint yet! :( but got these in the post...



also picked up a good 2nd hand tank

will hopefully get some pics of the van in paint sunday, as its being blitzed then!

anyways been up the paint shop just to check progress, not as much as id hope to be done, but heres pics anyways... more prep work done and should be in paint by friday..