Good news the subframe is in getting sand blasted and then painted on friday then its suspension on, motor in for the last time

Its then time to put it in the Van and then its down to the exaust man to do the headers and a few adjustments to the inlet

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57 Morris minor
88 Rover Mini

Excellent. Time frame to date?

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But he's thriving and striving and hugging the turns.

Started in early november 05

Hope to have the car back on the road in may 06

much much sooner if i had more money

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57 Morris minor
88 Rover Mini

Not so bad mate...well....its actually quite good. Got to remember you can't really do these things too quickly. Humans are prone to mistakes when rushed.

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geez...that's bloody awesome 6 months...i'll be lucky if i am done in 2yrs the way i am going

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Bling me up Scotty!
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1966 Morris Mini DeLuxe FOR SALE

i did most of the fabrication after work the only day i get stuff done is on a sunday for a couple of hours while my daughter is having a nap

the last three weeks has been good ive had the whole day to get things done

i think this conversion could be done in a solid week of work

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57 Morris minor
88 Rover Mini

wish i could say that too many questions still to answer with my conversion...need to fiddle a fair bit still before i even approach a solution that will work well for what i want...

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"wait till it grows into a plant...then bunny rabbit THE PLANT!"

1966 Morris Mini DeLuxe FOR SALE

Sorry i mean the subframe built to the stage i am

im sure the wiring will take a while i still havent got the plugs for the dash and the plug to power the computer up All the rest is complete on the loom, but there are bits my mate needs to make it work better using engine lights etc

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57 Morris minor
88 Rover Mini

Gzevan,

Go for it!!

It will be good to see something else other than a Starlet engined mini on the road.

Dont forget the pics.

Cheers,
Andrew

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Thanks
I will have some good pics of the subframe on the weekend all painted with suspension on

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57 Morris minor
88 Rover Mini

Still man good going with the subframe, you'll be wrapped up inside 12 months which is pretty good going for an full engien conversion

Cheers

matt

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i wanted to be done in 12 months...i probably could still do it...but i am considering options which kinda blow the crap out of my original budget...and...this could mean 2yrs worth of spare cash rather than 1

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Bling me up Scotty!
"wait till it grows into a plant...then bunny rabbit THE PLANT!"

1966 Morris Mini DeLuxe FOR SALE

Two years is pretty good, most of my other cars have taken around that long to do, im trying to keep this coversion rolling because my mini is still registered

Slow and steady wins the race

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57 Morris minor
88 Rover Mini

yeah mine hasnt been registered for YONKS...i know thats the cardinal rule with minis (ie. never let it get out of registration ) but i just couldnt be arsed by the end and just kept it up the back of the garage collecting dust with a grand plan floating around in the back of my head...sold the 'lude and cleared out the garage...thats more or less where i was 4months ago...

i am in no HUGE hurry i spose...i wanna get it right first time and given i have fairly little experience in this field this is gonna take alot of research and thinking and asking of stupid questions here

my main problem is that i HATE compromising...as soon as i find out there's something better i just cant be satisfied with what i've got...unless the better thing costs WAAAAY more...but anyway...this mentality tends to blow fairly well-laid, conservative budgets outta the water for example...this shocks issue...i COULD just go with Gaz or Spax or some crap like that...that prolly wouldnt be bad at all...but then i found out that for a bit more i could go Ohlins...and now...gaz and spax are like bad words

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Bling me up Scotty!
"wait till it grows into a plant...then bunny rabbit THE PLANT!"

1966 Morris Mini DeLuxe FOR SALE

Fortunately, shocks are one of the last things you will need to buy and prevent you from starting to cut!!!!

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But he's thriving and striving and hugging the turns.