Project Trig - After 18 Months Away, Is Back In Town! by Mini 360

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Well there has been no update since the last post other than disconnecting everything from the engine bay and removing the ancillaries.  Delay was due to waiting for birthday monies which meant I could buy myself a powdercoating kit.  It arrived the other day and had a quick bash at it.  Quick lessons learned are I need to use more powder to even out the finish and get the oven installed so it gets cured more evenly and for longer (used a heat gun on this as a test as I I'm impatient and couldn't wait to use the kit )

Test part is this carburetor heat shield with integrated throttle cable bracket.  Sandwiches between the intake manifold and the carb.  

Super simple to use though and with it going from rusty part, to cooled coated part ready to fit in under an hour, its a massive time saver over paint.  Currently stripping the coating off now so I can redo when the oven is installed.

8-11-2016

Well due to a spur of the moment purchase at a fair price, I now own these....

7&8x13 Mad-Ins in Mini fitment. Freshly refurbished by Mike the Polisher with new tyres hardware throughout. Wanted splits for ages but didn't want to go down the usual route of fitting Force Racings like most seem to do. Should arrive next week but will be hidden away for a while.  Not convinced I like the black centre details so I may blast and coat them silver to match the bonnet stripes/roof but we shall see :)

Fitted to previous owners car...