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Re: 1963 Morris Mini Cooper 997 - Almond Green

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Progress!!!
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Update on the bulkhead- fixed the giant hole that had been cut in for the airbox. Lots of other extra holes being plugged up and corrected.
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You don't often see the original panels out like that - clearly great work being done there ;-)
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Noticed you had a complete rear end - are these now made with the correct size hole for rear window ?

Would be a great shame to find out after its been fitted :roll:
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JC T ONE wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2020 4:25 pm Noticed you had a complete rear end - are these now made with the correct size hole for rear window ?

Would be a great shame to find out after its been fitted :roll:
This panel does have the smaller back window, they have welded in the small panel to make the opening smaller.
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Nice to see things moving forward Cole ;)
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Yes, very excited on the progress! It’s all happening so fast now!
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Had some fun with my blasting cabinet today. I got these steel trumpets with a box of parts. Anyone have a set of 21A1031 trumpets they want to trade me for?
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some gr8 progress there keep it up
long time gone
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kevs 1961 mk1 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:35 pm some gr8 progress there keep it up
Thank you
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I really admire people with those skills!

I can do most mechanical bits, but not the welding side ;-(
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Coles Front end being spotweled together.
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Excellent work and not without a little comedy in the way you've filmed it - I particularly like the fast little bashes and fettling going on to one side ;-)
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The shell came back from the blasters today and it was a little worse off than I had expected.
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Found the proper intake manifold for my 997! Also have a solid lead on some NOS 997 liners and pistons, fingers crossed!
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Ive got a NOS set of forged Powermax 997 cc pistons I might part with !
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Rubber Sprung wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2020 8:59 pm Ive got a NOS set of forged Powermax 997 cc pistons I might part with !
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Looks like a mini to me.
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A few sets on ebay….

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-BMC- ... SwaZVecL0u

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Cooper- ... 0005.m1851
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Thanks for the lead on those pistons! My liners fell through so I’m back on the hunt for those.
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