The Wifes Worst Nightmare 83 Full Resto by Minidarren83

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Bored of sanding already so.

Gear linkage mk3 ish

Made up this little bracket





That fits on the gear change like this



It will bolt directly to the tunnel so it solid mounted and on the front to control the front lift ill use this with a couple of spacers in a hole drilled into the change mech



Il get it bolted in in the next few days so more to come

7-2-2014

Bolted all the linkage in today looks much better than my first attempts





The only problem now with bringing inside the car and turning left slightly is the gear stick in center sits like this



So on that note does anyone know if this can be moved?



Failing that if I was to drill and tap in a grub screw in this possition would it still operate the same?

7-3-2014

I went a different route in the end just ground a new slot into the gearstick end



And it sits just where I want it now

8-18-2014

We'll it's been a few weeks with no real update but the mini is now fully prepped for paint weeks of filling sand and repeating but it's done just need to clean out the garage and paint it

8-24-2014

Managed to get the inside and the boot painted today

In primer





And tape removed in paint









Really pleased with it good gloss and just the right shade I was after just the outside to go

9-6-2014

Got the car all masked up again this morning





Then on with the primer









Had quite a few problems with the first two coats I just couldn't get it on without it running or shelving turns out I was mixing it wrong so I've got plenty of flating to do