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Ollie

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12th May, 2007 at 12:21:18am

This is how it first started after being being stored under cover since 1991









As you can see it needed one hell of a clean.....



Note: massive arial

Edited by Ollie on 26th Jun, 2009.

On 2nd Mar, 2008 joeybaby83 said:
neil_g, with all due respect, your the worse salesman on TM since rob_h tried to sell his own ass

Ollie

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12th May, 2007 at 12:23:20am











Then it was stripping time..........









On 2nd Mar, 2008 joeybaby83 said:
neil_g, with all due respect, your the worse salesman on TM since rob_h tried to sell his own ass

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12th May, 2007 at 12:25:41am

Hi,
Nice looking car, not so sure about the undecover storage though!
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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12th May, 2007 at 12:32:13am










relocated the fuse block inside





still alot to do, thanks to wolfie who has helped me with bits and bobs along the way :)

On 2nd Mar, 2008 joeybaby83 said:
neil_g, with all due respect, your the worse salesman on TM since rob_h tried to sell his own ass

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12th May, 2007 at 01:53:41am

that subfram was a shaed ! ROTTEN

you have a heart like a lion ..Greerrrr!

done it times many

get the turbo engine in now

keep us posted






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12th May, 2007 at 08:39:30am

The car cleans up well. Nice project ollie :)

On 19th Jan, 2010 wil_h said:
I would start the furthest place from the finish.


On 24th Mar, 2012 apbellamy said:
I feel all special knowing that I've given your mum my wood.


Been neglecting Turbo'd 'A' series..............

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Basingstoke

12th May, 2007 at 09:46:21am

can't believe how good the paint was under there. Good work ollie, keep us posted. :)

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12th May, 2007 at 10:15:09am

yeah looks like a respray rather than a good clean, what a find! keep us posted.

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Sold the turbo and seeing what the C20XE can do!

Near Lincoln

12th May, 2007 at 10:17:51am

i was going to say, the shell looks in very good nick!

shame about the subby! ha ha!

still want a clubby some day...

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12th May, 2007 at 10:29:29am

nice clubby mate keep it up

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12th May, 2007 at 11:41:53am

That cleaned up so well with a bit of elbow grease!!!

What are the plans for the car?

Ollie

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Swindon

12th May, 2007 at 12:06:48pm

thanks for the comments all.

it did clean up fairly well, although i think the picture makes the paint look better than it actually is.

my plans are to get some minor welding done to it and get the bulkhead box put in (thanks to butter poppy for sending me his modified one). after welding has taken place it is going in for a respray.

i plan to have the inside all stripped out and have 2 bucket seats ready to go in.
Also have a turbo engine which i brought off wolfie a while ago.

and the intercooler is off a bmw 320d, i plan to have custom end caps put on it as it fits perfectly behind the clubman grill. does anyone know if this intercooler will do its job well?

Ollie

On 2nd Mar, 2008 joeybaby83 said:
neil_g, with all due respect, your the worse salesman on TM since rob_h tried to sell his own ass

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12th May, 2007 at 12:08:56pm

Wow cleaned up really nice and looks pretty solid.
Although id have probably just cleaned the windscreen and then turbo'd it just to see the faces of the local units in thier chavmobiles.

Nice colour by the way.

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Carlos Fandango

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12th May, 2007 at 12:57:54pm


Bit of a barn find there!!

If it were mine i'd leave the interior as it is, seem a shame to rip out such an original interior.

Thats the same Bimmer intercooler i'm going to be using,

have a look at my endcaps, and the inside of the core.

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=152603

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=146748

On 28th Aug, 2011 Kean said:
At the risk of being sigged...

Joe, do you have a photo of your tool?



http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...9064&lastpost=1

https://joe1977.imgbb.com/



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12th May, 2007 at 01:10:51pm

The car looks great! Keep the arial as well and buy a remote control, works well with the girls...*tongue*

What wheels are on the car? I think I've never seen them before..

Edited by MrTurbo on 12th May, 2007.


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12th May, 2007 at 01:52:24pm

On 12th of May, 2007 at 12:57pm mini13 said:
Bit of a barn find there!!

If it were mine i'd leave the interior as it is, seem a shame to rip out such an original interior.

Thats the same Bimmer intercooler i'm going to be using,

have a look at my endcaps, and the inside of the core.

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=152603

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=146748


thanks for the links, could come in handy. glad someone else has used this intercooler. i was worried about the airflow with the new end caps that would have to be made.

as regards to the alloys, they are KN wheels. I hadn't seen them before this either. I'm not planning on keeping them though as i brought some 10's of wolfie not so long ago.

the ariel is off, i do want to strap it to a remote control car for the hell of it, haha

On 2nd Mar, 2008 joeybaby83 said:
neil_g, with all due respect, your the worse salesman on TM since rob_h tried to sell his own ass

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12th May, 2007 at 02:48:59pm

looks wicked, when i saw the first pictures i was going to offer to come and wash it for you! lol
but i can see you have done a wicked job anyway!
have fun with it!
Dan :)

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12th May, 2007 at 04:55:59pm

Looks nice Ollie - keep us updated.

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12th May, 2007 at 08:31:13pm

looks good in the flesh too help here if you need it bud

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12th May, 2007 at 08:33:19pm

I love minis in just uncovered 'barn' condition, looks like a clean shell.

Good luck with it

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yeah I gave it all a good prodding

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12th May, 2007 at 08:56:55pm

is a very clean shell only 3 owners from new too all in ollies family aswell

lucky bugger

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12th May, 2007 at 09:01:42pm

That is good to see 1275GT roll on the CLUBMANS

1293 Turbo mini


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uranus

13th May, 2007 at 11:06:13am

really really worthwhile!

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

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13th May, 2007 at 11:47:11am

get some more pics up buddy

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25th Aug, 2008 at 08:05:53pm

got this back from the first part of welding today. Here's a few pics















bonnet just resting on top, need to work out how to fix it :S



pictures arn't great, but im just happy its getting somewhere :)*happy*

On 2nd Mar, 2008 joeybaby83 said:
neil_g, with all due respect, your the worse salesman on TM since rob_h tried to sell his own ass
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