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RE: Rooistes - Vinay-RS - 07-23-2017
Great progress on the rebuild, Gregory. The engine and suspension components from earlier looked awesome and now the shell is going to look lovely too.
RE: Rooistes - Jared Mk3 - 07-23-2017
Nice job!
I need to get the 1275GT on its side as well at some point.
RE: Rooistes - gweir - 08-09-2017
Progress report
Body Work:
Nearly completed painting the underbelly with Durabak and started the bodywork over the left rear wheel arch
Surgically removed some cancer
Cut a suitable metal sheet to size (metal recycled from severely damaged back barn door)
Welded the metal sheet into place. Well done Dad!!
Closed hole in the roof. I assume there was a CB aerial in there at some stage.
Attempted to straighten the valance. Will have to reinforce this somehow.
Interior:
Cleaned Momo steering wheel that I bought from Sean Brennan and had my dash board re-covered with leather. I had the speedometer and rev counter serviced and recalibrated
Cut a piece of marine ply to size and had the word "MINI" laser cut into it. This is a cover for the spare in the cargo bay of the Estate.
Exterior:
Clubman Grill v 2.0
After 2 previous attempts at designing a suitable replacement grill, I finally have a contender. I don't think it is perfect but it is considerably better than the grill I had. It cost me R441.37 (ex vat)! If you are interested contact Louis Koekemoer at Kare Sheet Metal Products 0123792768. Use my name as reference.
NEXT:
1. Body work
2. Body work
3. Body work...
RE: Rooistes - DomMINIque - 08-10-2017
A nice update there Greg! Looking good so far.
RE: Rooistes - gweir - 11-15-2017
September in pictures
Polished hand brake
New wiper blades
Sticky stuff (Durabak)
Incredible amount of hard work and patience to sort out the damage from the crash
Massive improvement
Smoother than.... before
Subframe sandblasted...
.....and sprayed with primer
Bought a bonnet from Rui, sanded it down....
... and sprayed it with primer
October in pictures
Built a frame for the shell to stand on for even more body work
Applied heat to the custom grill to bend it to conform to the shape of the car
Sanded and polished parts
Turned grey(er) while sorting out the wiring. That is my Dad in the picture
Moved Rooistes (aka 50 shaded of beige) into the garage
Started reassembling the front subframe and fully refurbished suspension
November in Pictures
Rear subframe spray painted
Rack an pinion refurbished and spray painted
Custom grill sanded and polished
...and polished some more
Chromed some more parts
Bought some (apparently decent) 25 mm grommets
Cleaned the rear suspension parts
Reassembled the rear suspension and brakes
And attached the brake and petrol lines before attaching the rear subframe!
Something has actually been attached to the shell. Hallelujah!!
RE: Rooistes - wheerden - 11-16-2017
Nice job , would like to see the end product
RE: Rooistes - gweir - 11-16-2017
(11-16-2017, 07:17 AM)wheerden Wrote: Nice job , would like to see the end product
Nou praat jy!
Sanded and polished the light surrounds
Chromed the grill
RE: Rooistes - DomMINIque - 11-16-2017
Some seriously good progress there Greg!
RE: Rooistes - gweir - 11-16-2017
(11-16-2017, 12:12 PM)DomMINIque Wrote: Some seriously good progress there Greg!
Thanks Dom. Lots of hard work ahead, but hopefully lots of fun as well.
RE: Rooistes - jimmyjamjar - 11-16-2017
As I struggle to get my little Jemima Puddleduck put together it's seeing rebuilds like this that give me the impetus to keep going, sadly I don't think mine will be to the same standard. Great job you are doing, going to be lovely to see it finished