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

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More work done on it toda with the help of Greig again!  

First up, windscreen in. Took a while and a bit of haridryer heat required but we got there! Didnt get the locking strip in as it was far too cold and the rubber was very stiff. Try again tomorrow if weathers nicer!



He was very happy with our achievement...



Then we wired up the radio, and it doesnt work. Time to upgrade then.......

We built up the passenger door and then got the drivers door fitted. Fits ok but needs a shim on the bottom hinge I think to bring it up perfectly in line with the shoulder line. Good to get it on though!

Again Greig was enjoying himself fondling the inner wing.....



Finish = epic!





Inside looks not too bad either though



And then got this too!  Some light bedtime reading ahead......

5-26-2013

See below for how I got on..... 

Once the wires for the speakers are run opn the floor and the carpets are in, we can get the seats back in again!  We shall see what happens at Tain!  I cant wait!

Forgot to update this last night so here it is before I get todays work done! It was a REALLY hot and sunny day so the toys all got out to play! Went about fitting the windscreen fillet.  The tool for this is around £15 so instead of that i modded an old coat hanger onto an old hand file.  Worked a treat! It went in eventually after leaving it in the sun and plenty of car shampoo water! and that meant I could get my heavy duty wipers on!  I did adjust the drivers side after I took this, dont worry... And whoever said Minis are low......mine doesnt seem to be at the moment! Two great engines but totally different beasts! I got some rear dor bin liners from my parents as an early birthday gift.  Will wait until the door cards are in before fitting as they are going to need a bit of modifying around the arch due to them being tubbed. Got my new plates delivered too!  I already had the Trig ones for shows but fancied some pressed metal 100% legal ones for day to day running!  For the price of them they are great quality! But me being me.......I didnt want to drill any holes in the front one for a cleaner look.  So I took my old front plate, scuffed it up and painted it satin black.... I had already drilled some counter sunk holes to fit a couple of counter sunk allen head bolts.... and then with the paint dry, it was fitted to the car and then the metal plate fitted with number plate pads on the back. Clean look thats still removable if need be.  Devils in the detail! Got my rear view mirror fitted after I had broken it down for cleaning and polishing. its as shiny on the back metal plate as it is on the glass. Painted up my sun visor brackets before I get them fitted today with their new alcantara covers....satin black to be low key until i source some chrome replacements. Given i have sportspack arches i need shorter bumpers.  They are £50 each so Im going to try and cut mine down to fit for now. I also got my internal boot release cable fitted up.  Looks a bit rough but it will be getting carpeted over with a boot board so you wont see it in the end! We waved off Iona and driver on their journey to the Thistle Run. Wish i was going too but it wasnt meant to be! And with that days work done, we finished off with a BBQ before I went out for the evening.  Good progress of little jobs, that seem to take an age to complete! Today its wiring up the aux gauges, radio and possibly even get this dash fitted!!!

I routed it along the line of the wiring loom.  Through the bulkhead brace plate and then over the top of the bonnet stay bracket and then to the front panel.

Little bit more done today.

With some modifying and fabrication, got the number plate mounted. Drilling the new plate was not something I was looking forward to doing but thankfully it went well. The bumper would have gone on but one of the brackets had rusted through so its now in the bin and I need two new bumpers!



Got the sun visors on after poking around with a pin looking for the screw holes.



and thats about it! I got some radio loom wiring done but spent the afternoon watching the looooong Monaco GP this afternoon!  Off tomorrow so will get more done then hopefully.  Got a pretty big shopping list again so time to bash the credit card again.