Archive for June, 2010

Gearbox & Suspension Teardown

Well I finally made some good progress in the last week.  The suspension and everything tied to the front sub-frame has been taken off.  The sub-frame has been cleaned up and soon it will be ready to be repainted!

subframe-cleanup

suspension-and-other-frontend-parts

The gearbox is also finally apart.  Next step is ordering a rebuild kit and a cross pin diff.

gearbox-teardown

Jesse has also started porting and polishing the head. I had some pictures, but they didn’t come through on the camera to well.

So… hopefully it wont be long before everything starts to get built again.  I would just like to do a bit of cleanup on the engine bay before I head back to Madagascar.  Who knows by the end of summer I might actually be putting everything back in the car… well maybe. 🙂

Painting the Mini

So… what do you think?  Paint the Mini a dark Metalic grey.  Add some ghost flames/racing stripes just like this Cobra….

Ghost Flames

Now I may be getting a bit ahead of myself seeing as there are a lot of other things to get taken care of, but I am making some progress on them as well.  I am also spending a little extra time in the UK on this next Madagascar trip and may need to pick up a few things…