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Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 4:51 pm
by anis
Looking great!
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:26 pm
by Fanfaniracing
Started with the stripping today!
I‘m trying to work somr houres every day bevore Work...
Does somebody knows the colour code of the orange primer used pn
Mk 1 Minis?
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:54 pm
by Fanfaniracing
Finally got the front clean and ready for primer.
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2019 7:47 pm
by Fanfaniracing
Primer went a little bit to orange...
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 7:50 pm
by Fanfaniracing
Some update: just got the car back from dry ice cleaning.
Never expected such a grat result! All the tar underseal has gone!
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:00 pm
by anis
Wow! That’s very clean!
Wherebdid you do this and how much did it cost?
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:02 pm
by Fanfaniracing
A Guy next to Kerzers. I payd 400.- Chf for all four Wheelarches and Engine Bay. A very ok price in my opinion!
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:26 pm
by anis
Definetly ok. Looking great!
Freiburger Cooper!!!
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:50 pm
by Peter Laidler
Dry ice cleaning.......... what/how is it? It's certainly VERY effective.
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 8:04 am
by UHR850
Yes it was also done on an American car restoring programe at Discovery.
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 8:27 am
by Fanfaniracing
Dry Ice cleaning is in fact like Sandblasting but with frozen co2. It works fine to remove tar, fat, oil or all sort of organic dirt. It is a very gentle way to clean the underfloor or engine and so on...
The car can stay together as it is not abrasive and don‘t destroy rubber, plastic or paint. So Brake lines, gaiters, spark leads ect will just become clean.
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 10:33 pm
by Fanfaniracing
Put the brake booster in place with manufacuring some brackets and pipes. Will need the space in the engine room for air filter and auxilary radiator...
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:09 am
by Fanfaniracing
Test fit of the Subframe to make the last brake pipe.
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:15 am
by Simon776
Test fit of the Subframe to make the last brake pipe.
Nice pipework but you seem to have servo assisted back brakes and no connection to the front brakes?
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 11:20 am
by Fanfaniracing
Good Eyes Simon!
On this pic the Pipe from the servo to the subframe is not not built. I had to drill a hole and build the pipe. It was late when whe were finished and no pic was made...
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 1:12 pm
by nick@dunsdale
Fanfaniracing wrote:
Does somebody knows the colour code of the orange primer used pn
Mk 1 Minis?
Sorry bit late to be offering an answer, but it looks quite close to red lead primer, common for use as an anti corrosion primer
car is looking great
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:12 pm
by Fanfaniracing
Some little progress today...
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:45 am
by Fanfaniracing
Fitted the new overhault Speedo and Speedwell Rev counter
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 6:17 pm
by Fanfaniracing
So, after to less time and a too long to do list Whe finally get it done! The mini is MOT‘d and is proudly wearing now his Arden powered Engine! Hurra!
Got the engine in last night and could made it running and driving this morning.
Just crazy the noise it makes especially the Dog box.
Now i have to finetune these Amals to get the maximum out of this Setup and if then everything is working make the finish of the car.
Re: 62 Austin Seven Cooper
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:07 am
by Charlynsane
Fantastic work!
What's your calipers?
What sort of bonnet will you fit? could be better to keep the original bonnet with short stack?