Bretts Clubman build
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well first of all i thought id start a new thread about my clubman, i bought as a commuter car in a condition where it needed work the first month of owning it i fitted group 6 arches, welded up 2 repair patches at the back end of the sills for the subframe mounts and welded up the front wings where they was incorrectly fitted by the previous owner,
its had 2 repair pannels welded into the rear quarters too
its had all new boots, balljoints, cv, disks, pads, shoes, drums, headgasket, water pump, radiator

its spent the last 6 months 3 different colours

on the to do list (so far)

*new vented sills
*new pass floor pan
*new doorsteps
*replace that fooking tape player!!!
*custom dash
*tidy up boot
*new dash
*new bucket seat
*engine refresh
*spray
*regap the doors
*general de rust and rust proof the underside
* debumper the rear ( sorry john :))+ new valance (as the current one looks like its been welded on with a hammer...)

my budget is zero... i want to spend as little as possible its got to remain the daily although i bike to work in the summer time scale is ongoing the outcome.... well we will see

in 3 weeks time im off so the main welding will start then i have some pictures to up load when i find them

i have done over 10'000 miles in it already which is good going considering the noise the gearbox used to make its 100 miles off going round the clock

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Edited by Brett on 3rd Feb, 2010.

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Looks good buddi

My 79 Clubman Build Thread - http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=451008

Jamie.

Good stuff.

If you need any bits of front valance let me know. I'll be replacing mine and allthough it's far from perfect it's not rotten and will hammer back into shape if I take it off carefully.

Have fun!

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

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love a good work horse

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Bleargh @ de-bumpered! lol

You better put a big engine in it to make up for this!

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

i love a bumperless rear on a modified mini

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

for the engine IF it needs a rebore it will be 1360, tbh ive had the head off twice and the bores looked best ive seen with a decent head id like to play with efi on this one so not be too exotic ,
i am temped to fit my turbo lump in na form to this for running in and to give me time to build this minis engine

my other mini was de bumpered it does clean up the lines and the front bumper was removed when i put the arches on, it just didnt look right

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bumper less looks good...

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Good work on the car above. however the standard mini lights now look out of place. Maybe some mk1 lights would fit in better.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Any progress Brett?

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

nope :) other than the purchase of 2x vented sills, 2x door step and passenger floor pan

im on holiday atm ( just off work) but ive got a bad cold and in this weather i gave it a miss its not urgent another 3 moths till mot

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still no progress but just pulled all my photos of my phone to find these

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well first mile stone :) 11 n half hours worth

new a panel, repaired door step and half floor, rebuilt outer sill, i have an original style (repro) sill for both sides but after inspection the current sills (original) are still solid minus the rear subframe mounts i did last year, during the removal of the door i found the reason it was abit stiff the hinge is solid (absolutely) and the frame under the a panel was bending good job i dont regularly carry passengers

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Edited by Brett on 10th Apr, 2010.

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got an apanel to fit a bit of fettling and the painting properly
im going to slap a nice big drain hole in the sill and then waxoil both the sills providing the drivers doorstep panel

so far

Edited by Brett on 10th Apr, 2010.

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good work matey.

thats a big hammer for repairing an inner sill

2012 Avon class c 2nd place 13.8 @98mph

no replacement for a BFH!! i use it as a weight to hammer against, gets the panels nice and flat :) there is 6 or 7 photos missing, my phone doesn't always save them correctly

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Good work Brett, coming along nicely!

a panel on and all red oxided, door refitted, and panel gaps spot on, cracking job if i do say so my self
bit more painting in the morning, i solved the constant leaking out the radiator over flow tube aswell the cap was bent and not clamping full force, well "solved" i bet it will still do it haha

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Edited by Brett on 11th Apr, 2010.

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couple more pics, had a good tidy up underneath today, i intend on cutting the red oxide primer back and spraying it vermilion at some point mot first though

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so is all the welding done on this one now ? what are your plans colour wise ?

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