Off to Shannons at OPH in Canberra. Looked at the mini again and vowed "You will be finished".

Hooroo

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Rob Forsyth
Miniot!!

Drove it to the Nostalgia festival at Kurri. Heaps of cool cars to drool over.
Threw on some L plates and gave my son his first drive in it on the way home until it pissed down rain

Big Day:

-New Handbrake cables
-Fitted Exhaust
-Fitted Petrol Tanks
-New Fuel lines and filter
-New Oil (got the wrong filter grr....)

Then started her for the first time in 4 months! Such a good
feeling hearing her roar to life after such a long time.
About 3 weeks till its back on the road

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'khana'd it - bloody Rod and his diff beat me again - grrrr

nice drive in the dandenongs
ending up at The Carraige Cafe at Seville
very nice lunch
5 minis and 1 porrerra
beautiful weather
nice people

finished strippin the crap out of the deluxe.
just got the covers underneath that hide the hydro lines, and the hydro lines themselves.
yay!!!!

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Chuck Norris is the only person alive who can kick you in the back of the face!!
mooo, I'm a pig!

Fixed the Wifes Driving Seat
But also put some Alloy Angle on Marcia. Bit of Bling on the Seam between the arches. Looks Good Ill also do it the wifes daily drive also

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

Used her Bonnet as a workbench for sunroof repairs on another car

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Master of the Moggie Army & Founder of Awesomestock2010

Painted various moke things, restored a steering wheel, did more wiring.

Then mocked up the moke, and it's looking fiiiiiiiiiine

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You're so square
Baby I don't care

Adjusted tappets
Fitted rocker cover and new gaskets
Fitted Fan, radiator and brackets.
Thermostat housing was a tight fit.
Fitted new temp sender in housing as no provision in head.
Fitted fanbelt, generator, coil bracket.
Fitted starter motor.
Refitted distributor with new O ring.
Fitted rebuilt carb to manifold.
Fitted the rubber universals.
Filled with oil, but rocker cover gasket gave way, tightened.
Topped up coolant and left drain tap part open, not too much lost.
Need to fabricate pipe from side cover down back of engine.
Ready to fit into car next weekend.
Will have to remember to fit speedo cable before fitting engine back in.

STARTED IT, first time in about 2 years too. Alot of crap blew out the back when it finally did turn over but pretty much straight afterwards it was smoke free. It was awesome hearing the rumble of it idling again. A quick squirt and the supercharger whine appeared too. Now to put the dash back in and give it a few cosmetic touch ups and ill be back in business.

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Collected little green car from Tony in Malta. Nice wiring, and everything works. Still waiting on drive train....GR! Today will take fuel sender unit and fuel gauge to be reconditioned and play with Recaro bases.

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No decision is incorrect when made - but it does become apparent in retrospect...

Marcia has Rego 6.4 Years
Plates on Sticker on and went for a spin...Well to the Bottle shop drive thru. First comment "You don't see Mini Vans Anymore"
Number Plates BK##FQ, BK (Brick) FQ..yep (F Quick) I was happy with that
And actually was looked after by someone at the RTA with a Smile on her face

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

Took the front left hi lo out of the car today to replace the rubber spring. The spring is stuck fast to the hi lo. No amount of prising, pulling, bashing or swearing would separate it. In the end I think the hilo got more damaged than the spring so I'm off to get some more of those Blinggggg Hilos from Matt Read.

At least the front will now match the rear. They look sweet.

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Cheers
Alec
1275LS - July 78 - XNFAD18Y/102918

Did a trial fit of the new alloy radiator onto the project engine. Measured the distance from the thermostat housing to the outside of the radiator and then checked the Cooper S measurement so I can confirm the engine will fit in the car with the Supercharger pulley and the wider alloy radiator.
Looks OK but pretty close fit, about 3mm clearance.

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S