The Greenie

[clambod]

Hi all,
I'm a newbie on this forum.
I'm currently about halfway through a 1976 round nose bare shell restoration.
The engine is out and head removed. I delivered it to SC on Wednesday for the full K1100LT 16V DOHC conversion. Engine should be back mid to late May. It would be sooner but I'm on holiday then.

[clambod]

Here is the Greenie as it was delivered. It was a non running rust bucket

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq327/clambert81/The%20Greenie/Arrival1.jpg

this was what the dash looked like
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq327/clambert81/The%20Greenie/Arrival2.jpg

this gives some idea what the body was like
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq327/clambert81/The%20Greenie/oldoswing.jpg

And here someone had filled a hole through the flitch panel to the sill with a huge ball of bath sealer. I reckon they must have used almost a full tube.
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq327/clambert81/The%20Greenie/oldoswing.jpg

Here is what the wiring looked like behind that dash
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq327/clambert81/The%20Greenie/strippedinterior.jpg

http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq327/clambert81/The%20Greenie/wiringloomnearlyout.jpg

Here's the loom now
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq327/clambert81/The%20Greenie/Wiringloomout.jpg

[clambod]

Some bright spark had filled the sill with bathroom sealant. The lump was as big as my fist, when I finally pulled it out and it bounced when dropped on the floor.
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq327/clambert81/The%20Greenie/ossillhole.jpg

Here's a piccie of the N/S front footwell and flitch panel.
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq327/clambert81/The%20Greenie/NSwheelarchsill.jpg

Here's a piccie of the Ramp I made. Gets the mini to the perfect working height.
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq327/clambert81/The%20Greenie/Bumperremoved.jpg

Then the rear quarter panel had to go as it had corroded through beneath the side window and through the bottom of the rear bin. Made repairing the bottom of the bin dead easy to repair.
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq327/clambert81/The%20Greenie/readyfornewpanels.jpg

I'll postsome more later.

[philster]

this was what the dash looked like
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq327/clambert81/The%20Greenie/Arrival2.jpg



ewwww that's the ugliest dash i've ever seen :-|

[Mr Hatt]

I nearly bought one of those dash boards when Ikea first released them but not very good with flatpack stuff
Steve

[clambod]

That's why it went in the bin. Although someone did say they thought it looked cool?

[clambod]

I took the block and gearbox to SC last week. This is what it will look like when it comes back.
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq327/clambert81/The%20Greenie/sconline.jpg

[philster]

That's why it went in the bin. Although someone did say they thought it looked cool?


you should have sold it to them :lol:

The 'K' conversions do look very nice, bit too pricey for me though not enough bang per £££ to justify it!