Volcano Orange Redtop cooper(trial fitting front)

[cooper_mark]

hi guys thought i might get a few pics of my mini up
also a few pics of the engine
i have also been making a subframe post up some pics of the frame soon[img][/img][img][/img][img]

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here's a couple of pics when i first got the mini

[cooper_mark]

a couple of shots of my subframe so far hopefully start chopping the old frame out in the next couple of days need some more welding wire

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[cooper_mark]

made alittle more progress on my frame today
just some cutting out to do and tidying up on the frame

[Miniwidow]

Originally Posted by cooper_mark

here's a couple of pics when i first got the mini

Had it been left under the Tyne Bridge? My sister in laws Cavalier looked like that when someone dropped a sandbag from it

[cooper_mark]

it was attacked by some 1 with a baseball bat

[Dowz]

Subframes looking good, think i'll start mine the same way, adding tube and cutting the original away after instead of making a frame to hold the mounting points. Good work.

Are you keeping it the same colour? one of my favorites

[cooper_mark]

yeh will be keeping the colour cas i love the volcano orange thats 1 of the reasons i had it

[cooper_mark]

just a small update
managed to get most of the old frame chopped out couldn't believe how long it took
here's a few pics




if any one can see if i am going wrong anywhere PLZ post comment's

[Owen]

Looking good so far, but will add, you may need to cut and move the lower suspension pin front mountings back. If doing this you will need to cut the "wavy" bit out of the bottom pin and weld it back together.

This is the only pic I can find, haven't got any of the frame mod, but you should be able to work out what I mean.

EDIT: here's a pic of the actual pin (one of) after it had been modified...

[evolotion]

youll have no ground clerance with that frame, itll probably bottom out if you get down to the bump stops! get measuring against a normal mini

[matt]

You might get away with it but you wont be able to lower the car. Plus a vauxhall is very heavy so you will need some very hard suspesion to keep it of the ground.

[cooper_mark]

Originally Posted by Owen

Looking good so far, but will add, you may need to cut and move the lower suspension pin front mountings back. If doing this you will need to cut the "wavy" bit out of the bottom pin and weld it back together.

This is the only pic I can find, haven't got any of the frame mod, but you should be able to work out what I mean.

EDIT: here's a pic of the actual pin (one of) after it had been modified...

these are the pins you mentioned owen

[cooper_mark]

Originally Posted by evolotion

youll have no ground clerance with that frame, itll probably bottom out if you get down to the bump stops! get measuring against a normal mini

thnx for the comment
i have tryed to build the frame around the original frame so i'll see what happens

[cooper_mark]

Originally Posted by matt

You might get away with it but you wont be able to lower the car. Plus a vauxhall is very heavy so you will need some very hard suspesion to keep it of the ground.

hopfully i might have clearance if not what options do i have
i proberly will be looking into coilovers

[Owen]

Originally Posted by cooper_mark

these are the pins you mentioned owen

Yup they're the boys. You'll see what I mean as the bit you need to move back sits right where the driveshaft wants to come out (on both sides).