Rons Mini is also a very high quality job that I have had the pleasure of meeting up close. These two cars are without a doubt in the same league.

But I'm a "Blue Guy"!!!!

 

MD, you coming to the Mini50???? Thanks for the compliment, but my paint job is nowhere near as nice as yours, and I suspect his either.

 

Ron, won't be making the "50". I suppose I'm one of the lucky ones these days to have a job that demands my time. I just can't get away.

 

I hope to be there in August and with my mini and Mini Club Jersey..........

this is our club stand @ mini45 at Silverstone.................

 

Hi..everyone ....well I went and pickup My swiftune engine tonight........



just need to clean it and pop in some s/c drop gears and give it a coat of engine paint and install it in engine bay............

1380cc 107bhp @ wheels as tested on dyno by Nisk Swift.(Swiftune)..............

 

Hi..folks managed to stip down chutch..........







and found this ..............



i think its a cross-pin diff?????????????

all striped.............



ready for these s/c drops.............





Job done ..............will put diff casing back and try and find a Lightened fly/back plate for non-verto...........

 

Those white painted Mini Special wheels are a very nice touch. I like them a lot.

 

 

I was trying to ask what you are showing us here?

You think you have a cross pinned diff? and it's striped? do you mean stripped? How so?

What are S/C drop gears compared to regular drop gears?

Edit: I got it, straight cut gears vs helical, won't they be a lot noisier? I mean, these cars are hardly quiet as it is.........

What diff ratio will you wind up with? Are you going for acceleration or quiet cruising?

With 107 hp I'd think I'd go for a taller ratio...........

 

Hi..I think its a cross pin diff and I meant stripped as everything taken off ready for s/c drops and YES THEY will be NOISY just the sound of whinning commong down the road Yumyum
and I think I will stick with std 3.44 diff..................

 

After waiting 2 weeks for a light fly and backplate and a wallet short of £300........I decided to put the old verto back as the other entailed that I strip and send crank and fly back to UK to be rotationally balanced.......at more expence....................so I put engine back together and paint it..............





now will try and fit it in engine bay next week....................

 

I'm not sure wich color I like best, the red or the green. My current lump is yellow, if that means anything.....

 

Well MD-IN-UK as I'm going down the mk1 retro look I painted the engine BMC green as thats what all bmc motors were painted up to 1969............and I think it fits in with my theme................

 

Well Mr mk1leg I think your doing a fine job of it. Keep up the good work on this thread as well. Looks like your getting so much closer to road test time now.

Any ideas on the yellow motor color? Is there a thread that explains the colors and codes over the years?

 

Yellow motors are 1000cc units from 1970 onwards.........

 

Hi..Every body and since the sun was shining I put My mini back on its wheels for the first time in 4 years..............





and you can see the gold fleck in paint..............





and fitted engine back in as well.................





still a little way to go .....hey but getting there..............

 

beautiful.

 

Looks really great!!

 

The "Gold Fleck in the Paint" around these parts is usually pollen this time of year.

 

This is just awesome...make my head spin thinking of all the things that can be done to the car -when you have an end goal type of vision. Wow.

Thanks for posting all of the photos!

 

Man I have to post to this just so I can get email update on your restore. Awesome work!!

 

Looks amazing! always been a fan of the classics...should of bought one instead of my r53......what was i thinking?

 

Thanks for all the support guys will keep you updated.........

 

Well its been over a month since I last did work on my Jennifer, owing to work to pay for these parts ...............
and when parcel arrived I was not amused as they sent a KPH speedo and had to send it back..............



and wait another 2 weeks..............



what a game trying to get this pod to fit I had to remove old metal hole blanking plate and make a new one from fibre glass...






as new speedo was touching it.........................



and she start to come together............already missed 3 shows this year.........and only 7 weeks to IMM......doh...

 

done a little mor today ....................

Painted 2nd hand exhaust ...............



and fitted it to new large race LCB...................






...............just need 2x2.1/4" U-clamps as the ones from minispares were to small.............