Mhuffy The Traveller.

[docka]

Looking good there, mine needs new wood too
What did you use to seal between wood and panels?
More pics would be great!
Cheers

[36inter]

That woody is looking GOOD.

Pete

[InimiaD]

Thank you for the encouraging comments guys.

@ docka. I used single sided foam tape which is supposed to be water and dust proof. It compresses quite easily and is sticky on one side. It's 4.5 mm thick.

Here's some pics of the back of the frame with the foam sealer already applied.





If you need any more pics PM me your details and I'll email them to you.

[docka]

that looks really nifty, thanks.
Can you see much of the foam when the wood is fitted to the car and compressed against the panel?
Mine is it's original colour, surf blue so I may try what you've done but perhaps using a black foam tape...

[GraemeC]

I'm sure you can get the tape in shades of brown too.

[InimiaD]

Managed to get most of the dash sorted over the weekend. Still got a few mods to do to the wiring and bits n bobs, but it's mostly done.
Had a major panic on yesterday when the battery was connected for the first time. We sort of had power to some circuits, but what power was available was very weak. There were no dead shorts so it was all a bit puzzling.
We were just about to do a complete circuit by circuit test when I found a hot capacitor on the cut off switch. Took that off and everything worked fine apart from a few minor niggles. PHEW.

The dash ready to be bolted / screwed / glued in.



The nearside timber was attached last weekend. That's one major hurdle out of the way.



It's touch and go if it will be finished for the IMM though. Still no V5C.

[InimiaD]

Well, I didn't make it to the IMM. The V5C turned up on Friday, 7 weeks after it was sent away.

The rear end blinged up and just about finished.



To get the Maniflow exhaust to fit tidily this is what I had to do. Very drastic alterations were required including cutting a chunk out of the rear box itself and extending the tube by about 5".
At least it exits the rear of the Woody neatly and I've gained some ground clearance.



The engine has been started, but only to check for leaks etc.

[InimiaD]

My take on the Portugese IMA estate back door is just about done. It's been a bit of a fiddle and was working reasonably well until I added the gas struts.
Some fine tuning is now necessary to get the hinge mechanism (botch) working smoothly again.

Door closed.



Door open.

[minitravellerman]

Only one word for this - AWESOME!!!

I'm loving the personal touches you're putting to the Traveller and this to me is the pure icing on the cake. The dash is something else as well. Well done. Hope to get a look round it in the tin at a show sometime - hopefully will have mine finished in the not too distant future either.

[rich@minispares.com]

its nearly done!

cannot wait to see the finished result!

[surfblue63]

I did a double take looking at the rear door. It makes the car look wider without the central pillar. I did a bit of photoshopping to see how it would look without the central wood piece on the door, but I think it looks better they way you have done it.
I can not wait to see it in the flesh.

[InimiaD]

Cheers guys. I can't wait to see it finished either. It's taken long enough.

@ Ian. It'll be good to meet up to "compare notes" and have a natter.

@ Surf. Took a quick glance at your shopped pic and thought, my bit of timber has fallen off.
It does, IMHO, look a lot better in the flesh and yes, when you look at it from behind you know that something isn't quite right until you get a closer look. Something just a little bit different.

[36inter]

That is bloody awesome, brilliant. Can't believe its the same car, amazing. 12 out of 10 that man.

Pete

[JC T ONE]

Looks great

[InimiaD]

Thanks for the compliments guys.

@ Pete, it's okay, but it certainly isn't a Carling.

Apart from the carpet set, which came from Newtons the rest of the interior trim has been an adventure.
I've been buying the trim pieces at Auto jumbles, ebay and other pieces from members on here. Knowing an associate with a couple of scrap Clubby estates which were raped of various trim pieces, clips and screws was also useful.

What I started with. What can only be described as a mongrel collection.



I sent a swatch piece of vinyl to Gliptone and they sent me a Vinyl coloring kit back after i gave them some money.

It's taken a fair helping of elbow grease to get the main panels looking like this.







The result is quite presentable. The powder blue 3/4 panel was a pain to do and took many coats of colour.
I should have used a brush for the first couple of coats to lay it on thickly, instead of a sponge. Ah well, live and learn.

[InimiaD]

Well, Mhuffy is finally road legal. Not surprisingly the MOT test was probably the easiest I've ever encountered. Only the headlights needed adjusting.
The snagging list is getting shorter by the day. I need to finish the small trim, tidy the dash surround and sort the suspension out.
Time to get some mileage on it now so I can get it on the rollers.

[JC T ONE]

Well, Mhuffy is finally road legal.
Time to get some mileage on it now so I can get it on the rollers.

Soo nice that one piece tailgate is the icing on the cake

The powder blue 3/4 panel was a pain to do and took many coats of colour.
I should have used a brush for the first couple of coats to lay it on thickly, instead of a sponge. Ah well, live and learn.

My friend Thomas used a water based plastic primer, on the Black Recaro headrest I found.

With that on the Gliptone colour covered the Black in first go.

[morris-miner]

I like that a lot, congratulations on all that hard work.

[surfblue63]

Looking good. I hope to get a closer look in the future.

[rich@minispares.com]

that looks ace!

enjoyed following this project from the start!