More Pictures

As promised, more pictures...

Just a little more sealing to be done, and we have an event this weekend. Can't wait!!!

Update 4/18/11

Thought I'd share what's been going on. Thursday I figured out my brake issue to be the rod on the master cylinder was slightly long, and as a result the rod wouldn't fully disengage and would cause a buildup in pressure until the pistons in the caliper wouldn't retract. However, that's fixed.

Had the mini aligned Friday, and the specs were and still are off from where I'd like them. I'm going to have to buy a set of lower adjustable arms to get rid of the positive camber in the front. Right now I'm at .5+ on the left and 1+ on the right. And that's with bottom arms that are supposed to decrease positive camber by 1.5! They can have up to 3+ in the front!

Yesterday, we hooked up the ventilation system so it'll actually pull air from outside. I also raised the right side of the car a hair and tightened up the rear brakes a bit. On thursday, I also found the main hub retaining nut on both rears to be about finger tight, when it's supposed to be 30 ft lb!

Finally, today I'm headed out to seal up more seams and welds, as the floor is leaking quite a bit when driven in the wet. I also think I have finally figured out the year of the car. According to the date stamped on the boot lid latch, wiper motor and carb it's a 91. Much newer than I would've figured! I'll have more pictures up this week...

Update 4/13/11

Well, it's been a few days since I've updated this so I thought I'd better. Sorry for some of the crappy pictures, but cell phones just aren't cameras.

Rear end is completely back together with new boot lid and rear window seals. Oh, and you might have spotted a stripe on the roof... gives the car more character!

Front end completely back together, wheels are on.

Driver's door is on now, along with my bullet mirror.

Engine bay was cleaned up, new: fan belt, water pump, top and bottom hose, thermostat and cap. I also wrapped the header with the thermo-tec wrap, and I have to say Wow! What  a difference. I can touch the header when the engine is hot and then retract my hand with out a burn. Also had to make a new gasket for the float bowl as the float bowl decided to start leaking gas onto the header! Finally, I had a bit of tuning to do as the car was running pretty rich, but seems to be running quite well now. Calipers are back on and brakes are working fine. Have an alignment booked for Friday morning and I'll try to get up more pictures tomorrow when we get some decent weather... 

Update 4/6/11

Front end is almost completely back together. It looks like a mini again!

Cleaned up the engine bay as well. Still a little more work to do but much better...

Dad bought a roll of thermo-tec exhaust wrap that I will wrap the headers in.

My cooling parts will be here on tuesday, and I have set up an alignment for Friday morning. Can't wait to drive it next week!!!

Update 4/5/11

Got the front painted today...

Will get the front end put back together and hopefully have the driver's door painted tomorrow.

Update 4/4/11

More updates and pictures...

Got the roof painted white today, along with the rear end back together.

Passenger door fit up very well, considering all of the pieces that I had to make.

Fuel tank is back in.

Boot lid is still blue so I can color match the blue later on.

Right now, I'm hoping to get the front end painted late tomorrow or early wednesday, which will just leave the driver's door (which is in need of some work). Hoping my cooling parts and seals will ship very soon. More updates to come...

Update 4/3/11

Finally, an update! I've been busy prepping and painting panels and the body itself. I'll let the pictures do the talking...

I was able to get the back and sides primed and painted, and the top is primed. I went with a gloss black as I didn't want to look at primer gray.

Like I say, the roof is primed and will be painted white.

Hood is primed and painted

Boot lid is primed, painted and mostly assembled.

Door is primed, painted and completely back together.

I don't have too much left to do. The front end still needs to be sanded, primed and painted. The top needs to be painted, and the driver's door needs to be primed, painted and put back together. Then just need to reassemble the rest of the car. Also, I'm waiting on my cooling parts and just ordered a carpet kit, 3 point harness and roof aerial. Also going to get some floor insulation to keep out noise and some heat wrap for the headers.

I'm planning to sand and paint the car with my guns this summer when we get some warm weather. More to come tomorrow!