i looked at my toy and trying to decide do i sell it or do i keep it and do stuff

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Don't sell

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Hit mine with a hammer to remove some dents. Made some new ones too it seems.........

Nothing

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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.

Washed off the coal dust, it gets everywhere

Wire wheeled the floor to find the rust and holes. Have been lucky, not many.
Also had to grind the front of the cross member as some had welded so plates in for some reason

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

At the Geelong Garage Day, I did,nt do much , just washed and re-oiled my K&N filter
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Marcia had the attention today. I also started the wireing for the engine bay, Everything hidden. then when my little man woke up it was back to the grinder/wire wheel and every bracket or what had crud on it got a turn
I was black by 5 this afternoon love it

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Put front n rear glass in my mini today. Went better than i expected ! Then thought i'd be real clever and had a crack at putting the 1/4 window rubbers/bits back together .
TURNS OUT THAT IT'S A REAL B!TCH OF A JOB ISN'T IT ! only got one done, lost patience after that! Tomorrows a new day and all !

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Cheers, Kim
**purple '68 deluxe!**


***FINALLY wearing number plates----yeaaaaaah baby! ***

I fanged the crap out of it at my dads race track

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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.

Went for a squirt with Lil-ute on some VERY fun roads (to run my engine in) . . . My brand new windscreen cracked (fitted last wednesday) straight down the middle (I should care but I dont) due to the smallest rock ever, took some video footage which if it loads I will post later as they may be part of the 2 headed tour

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDMkVq1jRGU

Have nearly got all the dents out of the roof in Hetty. Now the metallic paint that is going to go on will look liquidiously smooth..

Went for a squirt with ballistic on some VERY fun roads (to show the mainlander some real roads) . . . it's strange how people run engines in

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Started to strip the underside of my MkII shell. A previous owner had sprayed it some sort of rubber or bitumen based coating, which meant most of the 40 year old panels are in superb shape. Another bonus was that the coating came off pretty easily with a heat gun and a scraper.

One the less happy note is that it's become obvious I'll need the shell sandblasted. Although I did most of the floor, it took the a full day. There's too many nooks and crannies (interior as well as exterior) and I won't be able to do it myself. I did sand bast some parts, but the mess, effort and time involved in doing it myself means it's more logical to farm it out.

I cut the rear valance (beaver panel) off as it was rotten, the drivers side floor has some perforations as does the driver side sill. Probably will only cut & patch that side as the rest is fine and I'd like to keep the shell as original as possible.

I also used my new Rivnut tool to fasten the aftermarket door pulls securely in the wife's estate. What a fabulous tool. I can now replace self tappers and other fasteners with something a lot more secure. Plus it was only NZ$100 new including 50 rivnuts in 5mm and 6mm sizes - well worth getting one on eBay.

was lucky enough to spend the day putting the modified wireing harness in Marcia today. Fuse Box and Lights Relay under the passenger side parcel shelf and most of the wireing hidden. Just need to clean it all up and shorten a few and do all the earths. Will put pic's up once finished

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It