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i give joey 5 hours before saying about opening out the pot joint holes....

Is tehre much difference in weight on the subframes?

Looking good, keep it up :)

Lightweight racer coming soon.

Finished of the last of the frame work:







Welded up my steering column:



Made up the wheel arch brackets:





Welded up excess holes in scuttle:





Welded on some triangles for bonnet/boot pins:





Saved a bit more weight off the doors:





Due to the extent of the roof being caved in i had a hell of a time straightening it out, but it still wasn't 100% so i've been at it again to reshape it:

From this ...


To this ...


And now finaly a screen fits again ...

amazing build there...

COOOOOOOOOOL!

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

Well done, it looks like youve made a good job of the roof.

Rick

should have opened up the pot joint holes.....

sorry i took so long!

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

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

Bit more of an update:

Finaly got the rear bulkhead welded up, never want that job again:







Got the harness mounts welded into the cage, shoulder belts in pic above and lower monts in pic below:



Made a start on the gear linkage, bracket made up to hold it to the shell and lever shortened. Just need to get another couple of universal joints:





Finally got the upper steering column machined and the steering wheel hub boss welded on:



Going to shot blast the shell next week end, so not long to go till we see some paint :)

Edited by advantage998 on 21st Feb, 2009.

Looking good, new ud get those rear bulkhead bits sorted

Rick

Amazing build, great effort!

I've got one question. Where did you buy the fuse box?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b256/adv...98/PC250010.jpg

I need one that has got connectors on the back.

V Try Vehicle Wiring Products, I sure I got one like that from them a few years back.

Yeah pretty sure they list them in their catalogue, Mini actually came from durite.

Thanks for the comments guys.

This is costing me far too much money, but hey its starting to look like a mini again:

sweet

Really nice build mate. Keep the pics coming its great inspiration.

"So wat we gonna do tonight Brain?"
"Same thing we do evernight Pinky!"
"Try to take over the world!"

Bit of progress this weekend.
Got a bit of etch on the doors and some f/g bits:



Got the dashboard glassed up smoothed ready to be flocked:





Front end drilled for fastening, and bonnet drilled for pins:





Boot trimmed to size and holes drilled for pins:



Another mock up to keep me motivated:

This is looking very very very good indeed

Nice job.

Thats the nicest internal gear linkage bracket Ive seen

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

Really looking nice! Wish i could get hold of a shell in half decent nick to finish mine, love this!

What a fantastic build. I wish I had half the skills you have.

Makes me ashamed to show pic of my car off, tbh!

A lot of hard work has got into this. And it shows.

Top Job.

Si

I drill holes in everything..!

Thanks for all the comments guys, really keeps me motivated and helps me see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Love it...looking really good!

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

great work mate

Fantastic work and I'm amazed by your rate of progress, it's taken me all afternoon to do two bars on my cage.