Mini Pickup Rebuild by mini-man-dan

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Yeah, loads . Hasn't been finished yet, still needs flatting back and polishing as some areas are quite orange peely as you can see in the close-ups of the rear bumper & exhaust. But my Brother didn't have the time when he painted the shell, so left it and said he'd do it when it's finished (just remove the headlamp rings, rear light lenses etc to get into all the corners).

4-15-2010

I have faith! Just, umm, little I'm sure we'll get there!   I will be picking the doors, bonnet, fuel filler neck and door hinges up tomorrow at 5pm. If they aren't ready, I'm not going to be a happy bunny! I think they will be though...

And yes, as far as I know I have everything essential. Only 1 thing I'm missing is that little rubber gromet that goes around the throttle cable, through the bulkhead. I'm not too sure what they are called or what they look like...

Ah, one other thing... no door handles... Umm... Will have to search out the old ones for now until I can actually afford to get some new ones!

And just been told my bonnet catch isn't going to be coming till mid next week. Not helpful...

4-19-2010

Ok, so we didn't quite drive it home, but I did drive it off the truck!

All of the wiring now works, so I have lights, horn, hazards, and sometimes indictors Think it;s a dodgy hazard switch though, surprise surprise!

I'm back to plan A with the wheels though, going to buy a set of 10x6 Ultralites, as Sam (summs116) put his set on my car to do the tracking, camber etc etc and I had a wobbly knees moment when I first saw it. Looked amazing! So if anyone's after a set of 10x6 Cossies have a look in the for sale section!

Anyways, here's some pictures

Door cards from Retro Retrims

Repainted under rear arches

Interior now

With the Ultralites

Will be needing some arches I think!

Dial now working!

Engine running properly...
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Exhaust is blowing from Y-Piece quite a bit, will get round to sorting that!