Oh, and just for a lark, I test fitted the pedal covers I have for El Gato. These pedal covers funningly enough were the first item I ever bought for the Mini after the actual front cut - way back when!! They match the Momo steering wheel that I bought as well:


I like them!!

Cheers,
Tricky

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Good lord!

Progress my good man!

Keep up the work Tricky. You are on the home straight now! Good luck with finding heaps of time over the Christmas period.

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Hey Nick,

Long time no hear!!! Thanks for the kind words.
Yes, will try and keep up the momentum and get it over the line this time.

Fingers crossed.

Cheers,
Tricky

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Good work buddy ,you have been a busy beaver havnt you



Cheers Hallsey

Yessir I have!! (Beaver, did someone say Beaver?)

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Hi Forumites,

Just a quick update. Been very hot here of late and I have a list of honey-do's as long as my arm, but I have been spending a wee bit of time in the shed trying to get the bodywork completed. Here is where I am with it all:

Front drivers side quarter - completed and ready for some hi-build primer and then wet sanding ready for paint. Has a coat of etch on it now just to stop the surface rust (what a crap photo, sorry guys):


Rear drivers side quarter - still needs a couple of sessions with the filler and sander before its right. Hopefully by next weekend this corner will be done:


Rear passenger side quarter - completed and ready for some hi-build primer and then wet sanding just like its diagonally opposite corner:


Front passenger side quarter - still needs one or two more goes with the filler and sander but about 80% there:


Roof - ready for a lick of hi-build primer after a quick sand:


Bonnet and boot - done!


Doors - done!


Next week is going to be a big week - Firstly it will be the yearly mega shed clean-up as it looks like shite at the moment and there is mess everywhere. Then I will take the engine out for the last time hopefully and fully strip the car down to its bare shell. Then its finish filling and sanding the bodywork and hopefully get a full coat of hi-build all over the shell and start blocking that down. Its going to be a messy weekend if I get that far as wet sanding is that sort of deal.

At this stage, I am planning on having the shell ready for paint prior to easter and then lay-down the final top coats and clear over the easter break. Still quite a few things to do before that date like the front spoiler and that will take quite a few weekends to get finished.

Cheers,
Tricky

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Hey Tricky, remind me what door handles they are.....the thought of looking back to find them is too much at the moment..

Great work as always..

Dicko.

Honda comes to mind....

hey tricky,,, you won`t believe what i just bought off e-bay

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Do tell!

Hey Dicko,

Honda Civic shuttle door handles - std fitment on most Honda Civics and other Honda models of the time - Gen 3 I think (Late 80's to late 90').

Matt - you didnt!! A Honda Civic Shuttle??

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blue civic 4x4 wagon

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Really??

Picsorban!

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Can I have your door handles?

hee hee, they`ll be available in a little while

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.