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Thank you for the comments.
It would not have been possible without this forum.
Paul, thank you for sharing the restauration of the original and for your help.
Thank you Rachel for your help too.
Thank you Fabian and Glen, my swiss helpers.
I am fighting right now with the new engine for the cooper and will go on with the engine rebuild of the arden replica as soon as I made some order in the garage. My friend is finishing the stickers. I will share when it’s so far.

It has been a very long time. But I finally found the time to go on with the build.
They kids are getting older, they need to move and I enjoy riding the mountains with them, on the skis or the mountain bike.
It was a great week for the car!
Engine is in!!!

I had a good helper! My big boy and 3 younger disturbers...

I lost some precious clearance so i had to get a few things off. Anti roll bar, and almostbeverything in the engine bay. But the engine is in and the paint is still ok.

It’s a tight fitt!
I had ti remove the anti roll bar and some other bits but the engine is in!!!

And it looks gorgeous!

Ou Yes!!! Waiting a long time to see some news of your build!!!

Looks great!

Lovely car & engine and the view out of your garage door is something else too!

JR

OOOooooo I can just imagine the sound when you get that started up

hi
i will have to get a picof the v8 in the mini and that is tight no inner wings it is a squeeze but the removable front helps pic soon in rover v8 in mini clubman
cheers roger mcnab

roger mcnab wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 8:19 am hi
i will have to get a picof the v8 in the mini and that is tight no inner wings it is a squeeze but the removable front helps pic soon in rover v8 in mini clubman
cheers roger mcnab

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Fanfaniracing wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:10 pm

roger mcnab wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 8:19 am hi
i will have to get a pic of the v8 in the mini and that is tight no inner wings it is a squeeze but the removable front helps pic soon in rover v8 in mini clubman
cheers roger mcnab

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Roger Mcnab - Rover V8 in Mini Clubman:-
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Hi Roger!
Almost the same color but not the same kind of tight!!!
It’s another level!!!

I fitted the remote extension and the exhaust today!!!
And only one thousand things left to do...
I am definitively not ready to finish the build.
it’s so good to see the progress and slowly see the finish line but I enjoy it so much that it shouldn’t stop...

hi mate well i forgot that i had put those pics up but that is only half of what has to go in the engine bay like 2 exhaust systems back one will be interesting then water pump oil filter oil cooler wind screen wipers brake master cyl clutch set up radiator some where altenator i think air con is out of the question also electric fan
this will squeeze in some where also i forgot the distributor sticking up in front of carb battery will have to go back in boot unless i find some room in the mudguard
having a lot of fun cheers roger mcnab

Interior is almost finished.

Fiddling around the admission pipes to have everything turning easily and finding space for all the pipes.

Checked the hydrolastic pressure. Everything fine here

Tight at the front

Thight at the back too