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thank you, yes....... i can barely contain myself with excitement and anticipation.

i have not driven that car since xmas 1987. hoping for a first outing easter 2015......

subject to finding a few difficult to locate parts!

Looking great! Like that color.

Next will come the fun part of reassembly

updates will hopefully be coming thick and fast! these are the penultimate set of shots for the engine and gearbox / diff rebuild! next ones will the the finished job!

body is also moving forward with some internal and external trim being fitted. will hopefully have some subassemblies fitted this week and may even be a rolling shell.....

i am really chuffed, and very pleased with the workmanship by Cooper's garages, M and D, and Allitt Motorsport.

evonaut wrote:just the colours on your phone - its actually sandy beige and snowberry white!

it does look paler than photos of sandy beige but i have never seen one in the flesh. i'm sure its just the lighting.....

....very nice finish on the shell .. a great rare colour combo...that an mk 3 s Bedouin !!..I have had both !!! ..but then the door shuts on yours look perfect.. mine has has years of abuse with seat belts being trapped in door closures etc. !!! ( that pic taken about 2008 ??) oooopps !!....

i hope not! its supposed to be mk2 sandy beige and snowberry white!

as i said, thick and fast at least for the time being........ engine is done! thank you Allitt Motorsport. i could not recommend you highly enough! although he has forgotten to take the masking off my 1275 tag on the back!

a 'lightly dressed' engine, and the beginnings of some body trim. going old skool with a dynamo!......... hoping for an amalgamation within a week or so........

Great progress labour of love that.. Credit to yer patience...

now things are motoring! up to date shots from today and tomorrow engine and subframes should be back in the shell.......which may even be rolling! Cooper's Garages in Mildenhall have been fantastic!

and thanks to ricardo for the stencil - MOWOG looks fab!

Look's fantastic! but the brake hard line should be below the sub frame lip

have looked into the brake line location and cant find any definitive location for it........ some are above and some are below the subframe lip........

have agreed to keep it where it is and move it if there are any clashes during the rest of the rebuild.

In all the years I've been doing minis I've never come across one that has the brake pipe below the subframe . What's wrong with it ? .... Ken

This looks cracking. I'm just writing a feature on another Mini that Lukasz has done, and that's superb too!

Jeff R wrote:This looks cracking. I'm just writing a feature on another Mini that Lukasz has done, and that's superb too!

yes indeed - he is a whizz with the welding!

what is the article for?

swifty wrote:In all the years I've been doing minis I've never come across one that has the brake pipe below the subframe . What's wrong with it ? .... Ken

Just been looking at lots of pictures to check myself and it appears that early minis the pipe is tucked under the lip across the front of the frame but later cars it runs across the top?

subframes and engine went in yesterday...... not quite rolling but hopefully by the end of the week! seems like she is almost there..... upholstery, glass, final connections and commissioning, rolling road, MOT and home! blimey, can that really be all that is left to do?

and before anyone mentions that the brake callipers should be black, parnell says black or silver and my original ones were silver beneath all the grime! ;o)

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your missing the little rubber half moon seal that blocks the hole between the gearbox and the remote.

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you need it in otherwise the remote will fill with road grime and little stones!

thank you rich but is in hand........photo caption as below........

Gearchange extension - 'D' shaped rubber plug still to be fitted

;o)

smooth recovery!

she is rolling now!