Red went on mini s and light blue went on non s minis dont know about the others

Fitted the new wheels yesterday. Adjusted all the suspension so it sits flat and square and doesnt scrub.

Changed out the rod change housing. Now have a tighr gearshift again.

The ratvan is finally stating to feel like a real nice mini too drive.

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The best part of fixing your mini is the test drive

Minis..

1976 van daily drive
1975 van
1968 deluxe in the shed
1967 deluxe high strung 1310
1959 austin healey sprite

Got a brand new 29d dizzy cap for $5 at the blacktown swap meet at the fairfield showground this morning

The liverpool one is on the 20th july at the same place

drj Do you know what colour the light blue was, looking at giving mine a redo, want it to be original =D

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Nick

http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=86675

I used tamiya colour acrylic paint sky blue x-14 found at hobby shops

http://www.tamiyausa.com/items/paints-f ... blue-81014

Also went over the top with the clear x-22 and black x-1 for the mini letters and boarder lines

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=79946&hilit=leyland+grill+badge

Its good to have a busy garage.

Played with an alternator and some shaky shaky wiring

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Mick and I'm glad you like a busy garage - thanks again.

See you this arvo !

Went for a drive with Minis in the Gong.
20 cars and a perfect day

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1967 Mini Deluxe 1275 heaps of modifications
1969 Mini Matic 1100

Started cleaning up an old and very beaten up Twin SU Air Cleaner. It was twisted and pretty badly beaten up. Its been hacked at by some racer in time immemorial, so I won't feel bad about modding it. I want it to sit over the twin 1.5" SUs, so will take small scallops out of the lower front to suit the larger SU Dampers.



Also set about rebushing a set of Cooper S forged rockers. They've been sitting rusty for many years, so I figured they could stay rusty and worn out, or I could refurb them and add them to the cupboard. I'm yet to finish cleaning up the posts. For fun I've picked up a set of offset bushes from Jonspeed. It will be interesting to measure the lift against stock bushes and see what I get.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

@Mick,
S rockers are pretty poor even with offset bushes in. But they will help a bit.
With stock bushes, and a new RE13 cam, I measured them at only 1.16:1 ratio.

Don't believe the BS about these offset bushes giving 1.5:1 as some Mini parts sellers overseas have stated.
I made some bushes a while back with .044" offset, (is more than the bought ones) and fitted to Simon K's 1275 oval pad pressed steel rockers, I only got 1.35:1.
These same offset bushes in 850/998/1098 pressed steel rockers gave me 1.31:1.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Yeah, I was keen on seeing how they worked myself for a bit of fun. I'll let you know what I get.

Mick

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

1: Pushed finger through the passenger window channel rust.
2: Started searching for new sliding window channel

Today I had the joy of picking up a box of parts from the post office.

Now let the fun begin!

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1969 Mk1 Cooper S - "Madge" (the plastic surgeon is calling....)
1970 Mk2 Cooper S - "Vinnie" (Almost there....almost there...)

Some times I buy things I dont really need just so I can get that feeling...

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1975 Hairy Lime/White Clubby
Build Thread: http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=80657

Stripped down the rear trailing arms and sandblasted in prep for painting. Lost the cup washer,spring and retainer clip for the handbrake cable pivot.