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that looks stunning mate fantastic job well done

italian job, lol. cheers mark. hold the congrats till she reaches the road! don't want to jinx anything!

All the hard work has almost paid off! Looks stunning matey, well done, somethin to be really proud of!

bought a new radiator from minspares. have a problem with the old heater matrix, so had to bypass it to the head. got her running again, she sounds even sweeter with the new exhaust on. due to hearing about a few people who have had people run into the back of them, and also due to the poor light out put of the rear lights, i have put a 3rd high level led brakelight on my car, to let the old dear behind me know when i am breaking. spent a few hours wiring in the electro luminescent dials and gauges, and have wired the wipers in. it will be like spagetti junction behind my dash when i'm finished.



this should be what my engine bay should finally look like bar the coolant hose going over the engine

making good progress matey - looks great.

Good idea with the 3rd brake light

looking good. Do all mini's have the radiator mountd side ways? will this be capable keeping the temperatures down?. Either way under the bonnet is looking really clean.

Yerh I wanted one of those high rear brake lights, its a good idea because 4x4's are so high up and our brake lights are so low! Mine are really bright tbh, helps with coloured lenses and colourbed bulbs

All is looking amazing

when is she goin to be on the road!!??

yep all minis upto 1997 had side mount radiators, which is also their weak spot. the standard radiator can just cope with the standard engine. hence the reason for this uprate 2core jobbie. i was thinking about getting a fan that could push more air through but the standard 11blade jobbie should do.

probabily won't be that clean for long! cheers all, otr soon......ish

Cool, will be great to see this baby finally on the road, all the hard work and time will then seem insignificant compared to the fun and pleasure ye will get out of it and the proudness ye will feel looking at it.

got the old beast running again today, thought i'd have a bash at fine tuning the carb again with thy trusty colourtune. still not right. its running way too rich than it should, and thats with it adjusted in to lean! so i'm going to have to find a rolling road very close to home! apart from appreciating the burbling sound from the exhaust, decied to crack on with fitting the brightwork to the car. looking more promising everyday! also got some ice white bulbs, they have a blue tint on the glass to help them shine white, along with the xenon gas. what i wasn't expecting was for them to give the headlamps a nice blue tint in day light, look pretty cool i think.

oh and if i leave the car running enough to get hot the lefthand headlamp steams up

That lamp may come in handy for Doggin lol

Amazing, it looks fantastic mate

Amazing progress.Love it! wish i could have one

Looking really good mate! Starting to make me wish i had one again lol!

apart from keeping it nice and shiny this weekend, i bodged up a washer bottle. the original was too big to fit in the wheel arch, so this substitute shall do nicely.