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pad4
1275 Cooper S
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by pad4 » Sun Jun 22, 2014 4:35 pm
Well it finally here , year of my birth 1969 and its got those hingy things on the doors - all these years of MK3s and at last ive broken away
Well the wife didnt know, so i tried to camoflage it in the garden
didnt work !!
Plus many boxes of stuff , its really in good fettle for a project car
time to get the welder out of retirement again
pad
tedmcedd
1275 Cooper S
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by tedmcedd » Sun Jun 22, 2014 5:43 pm
Looks like a good solid project! Good luck with it!
wantafaster1
1275 Cooper S
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by wantafaster1 » Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:48 pm
Hope she saw the funny side of the joke!
pad4
1275 Cooper S
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by pad4 » Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:51 am
I knew i was in trouble , there i was washing the pots, had tea on etc etc , she was milling around and then all I heard was
PAUL (long pause) ANTHONY (nother long pause) Davenport
Just come booming through the house , was like getting a bollocking of my mam when i was young
"whats that in the garden ?"
its a plant pot holder I says
the blank expression said it all really
ah well
steve1071
1275 Cooper S
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by steve1071 » Mon Jun 23, 2014 8:33 pm
Looks a cracking project. What's the plan?
pad4
1275 Cooper S
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Location: Darwen, Lancashireee
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by pad4 » Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:23 am
Im stripping this down
and building it all into the mk2 with the intentions of doing some road rallies and classic tours (plus it then gives ne chance to restore the mk3 shell)
Pad
Ollie78
850 Super
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by Ollie78 » Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:19 pm
That looks like a fairly decent shell Pad, wish my mk2 project had started out like that. Does it need much welding?
Looking forward to seeing more.
pad4
1275 Cooper S
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Location: Darwen, Lancashireee
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by pad4 » Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:30 am
Floors the worst part but im going to put a full floor pan in as it way easier than repairing all the sections , other than that it can pas for being totally suitable for a rally project - dam site easier to do 4 cuts and the old pans out - 1/2 day getting the rest of the floorpan spotwelds drilled out the remaining bits pulled off and i think a couple of days to get the new pan in .
ive borrowed a rollover spit to make things easier
mk1
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by mk1 » Thu Jul 03, 2014 10:19 am
Looks like a very nice shell pad!
It'll make a great "Works style" rally car.
steve1071
1275 Cooper S
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by steve1071 » Thu Jul 03, 2014 10:40 am
Just needs an ORX registration!