dr.wylde

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Discus------------> Well I gone and done it again I bought another Mini. This time I wont be selling it! overview: its a mini the plates are on hold! it hasnt been on the road since 2003! and its got some rust! I bought from a fella down in the catlins, what you see here is all It has Im guessing it was used a a bit of a parts car. the front floor pan has had a dodgy repair in the past Its going to be a big job and its going to take forever to do it its got a 998 motor however its not the original donk! plan is to see if i can get it going and go from there on wether I tickle the motor up turbo 998s are what the poms are doing these days so that may be where I go with this cheers for now

Oh wow I've never had a page 2 on any of my threads before must be going up in the world!!!!! After I got the warrant I did a couple of tow missions even though I have yet to pay the rego. Now before I go on I wil say that things thing has always read a bit hot on the temp gauge and I always thought it was just wonky Holden thing (many of my previous Holdens were like this). so a Fortnight after the warrant I I went to Oamaru to pick up a fridge with trailer in tow, was an awesome drive there1 well going anywhere is awesome when your in a big old car. Temp was good Sitting just on the edge of the "normal Operating band" on the gauge. I then picked up my fridge and headed back through town. In Town i noticed the temp gauge rising when sitting idle in traffic it would stop rising when on the move. but it would not go down. On the outskirts of town I noticed that the rear was making a grinding sound and the engine was labouring to maintain speed. shit gets hotter again!! heaters on full noise!!! this helped got home 15km later and she blew the water pump hose. fucking coolant goes fucking everywhere! unloaded and parked the old bitch in the garage. By this stage I knew that it was time to sort out the cooling system. and investigate the rear brakes again as I had not long fixed the dragging issue it had after failing my warrant last June. I had a spare radiator out of an hq so I hoaried that in along with some spare radiator pipes I had laying around But That had a hole in it and didn't hold water!!. FUCK! so much for a temp fix on another note I got sick of the chrome shit under the bonnet so I dug out some spare rocker covers and repainted them along with the chrome air filter in wrinkle black. cos all the cool kids wrinkle shit these days moving on I sent my radiator Up to timaru to be cleaned out turns out it was 30% blocked according to the radiator shop. still yet to fit this right and finally the brakes finally got round to looking at this today (Always busy with other things hence why I dont do as much car work as I'd like to) one of the caliper bolts had decided to go AWOL so I pulled its mate out looks like I will have to take a trip to the engineering shop for another bolt also Scored some other goodies I have an 85A Alternator off a VP V6 that with a pulley change a few wiring mods will go on to the car as its exactly the same as the Factory alt. And some Twin AU thermo fans that will go in at a later date if shit continues to run hotter than I like. On another not I came across an Photo of my old Mini from 10 years ago had a very hot cam, exhaust and a Sidedraught Weber. It went that fuckin' hard it was

The tan interior isnt that bad! actually I quite like it!

Hey Neal! Nice score. at least the body is tidy as fuck mate. looking forward to seeing this progress rad

Cheers mate I'll be doing a more detailed update soon I hope

Warrant status achieved only took over 2.5 years!

By Fuck This is Sweet! The Colour! ( you now need a horn that yells BLIIIIING! when you hit it..) The Wheels! Well done! High five mate!

Yeah, Bug Braps!

Hey mate, Good score . I love these euro trash commies nice and light! interested to see your results with the edelbrock carb (contemplated one myself)

why not twin turbo it? do this

Crikey! Just brilliant!

phwoar! looking goodmayte

Well I have the car. Just not the LS I'm just dreaming at this stage

just came across this vid. Has given me ideas Haha

Airbags?

Right the Door this was just a simple Fill the hole type job Thats all I've got on that part right so I've sorted most of the other Wof issues but however due to work commitments I will have to pay the $50 again for another Warrant - Oh well also managed to get the Air con compressor working again. However wont be gassing it just yet as the Vacuum operated heater tap control isnt doing its thing properly ( I put a new tap on it but it still dont work right!

Ok so as my last post This failed its WOF. A few minor things it failed on and of course the big thing which was rust My neighbour down the road offered his services for rust repair so I took him up on his offer. we picked the scab on the C pillar and then found it had another rusty hole behind that one SO.. Open it right up and cut the nasty shit out and weld in some new steel Nice!!! Seal that shit up so it Dont rust Again! and repeat and the end result Neighbour charged me a Box of Beers and a Hundy for his time. next the door..

Mean collection That Plymouth yes I like that

If I may add my 2 cents here. once you have all the correct parts to run a column shift manual v8 in the car, you will not be able to run much in the way of aftermarket headers/extractors on the RH side as the shifter linkages will be in the way. without some cutting and welding of the pipes. That is of course if your going to chase a few more neddies out of said V8.

Nothing is more satisfying than hearing those 8 cylinders fire up for the first time after a rebuild Keep going your almost there

I used to have a minge very similar to this freaking excellent wee cars Would like to see some interior shots please!

Thanks Mate. I thought he was legit but wasnt quite sure (he is my new Wof guy since I moved region last year) C pillar rust is within that 300mm of seatbelt mount Oil leak is at the rear of the tappet covers (both) spits a little bit of oil down the back of the block which then drips onto the exhaust. Sounds worse than what it is. easy

Sorry for late reply (busy) Wof man pinged me on two spots of rust the size of a 20cent piece. first being on the left front door slightly pitted you could say. within 150mm of the door latch mechanism ( Apparantly thats a bit of a no-no. Maybe either Cletus or Alltorque could verify this) second being the very corner of where the C pillar meets the rest of the body where I have circled

Nope suspension is all good Fails on rust Oil leaks Rear brakes dragging Number plate light Windscreen washer