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Spag
05-05-2005, 03:08 PM
Ello,

Managed to cram in a few hours on the van over the long weekend... Didn't
complete any major tasks, but moved a lot of ongoing jobs in the right
direction :-)

Seems a bit 1/2 4r5ed but does allow for parallel planning and development
of different areas of the build - well, that's my excuse !

Cockpit looks like it should be quite comfy, with a nice pair of 1/2 leather
MR2 chairs and lashings of black carpet.

Engine bay still looks like it has enough room, and is now separated from
the cockpit by a steel bulkhead with meltable polycarb window ;-)

Rear swing arms have been modified to take Scorpio callipers (Mmm vented
rear disks), big beefy Lobro CV joints and nice fat driveshafts. Shock
mountings have had to move forwards so the 250lb springs need to be replaced
with summat a tad stronger, so 500s are going on.

Also used the ram out of the engine crane to push the shell back out where
the previous butcher had deseamed it badly...

www.v8mini.co.uk updated with more words & pics

shaggy
05-05-2005, 03:34 PM
Glad to hear it :P
You missed a good Riv run though :cry:
I'll go and check your site and see the roof repair cus I was very interested to see what you could do with it!
People that do repairs like that should be made to sell their cars and take public transport!! Wonder if it was the same to55er that tried to patch the sills on mine!
Keep up the hard work! :D

evolotion
05-05-2005, 03:56 PM
Keep up the hard work!

pffft, work harder! :lol: dying to see this thign done :)