Recent content by MedicalGradeNitrous

hi, so finished the front panel today : welded together after some weld through primer on the back : bent the bottom back over welded and trimmed off the excess , and quick tidy up with the flap disk , prime and paint , going to be 50 shades of black this landy :) : and its done , will...

also started on a bigger front bumper :) :) :) which is just a old one welded to the bottom of the military one , will be adding some tread plate and a nato swivel front hitch ,,, started out repairing my cheap front panel i got from a show with a rusted out bottom , i plan to cut out the good...

h guys has been a while , i put a straight edge over the block and head and it wasnt straight so stripped off the ancils and found another cheap engine and came with a free gear box which i believe is a series 2 unit ,,,, i put in a series 3 gearbox condition unknown , and placed the engine...

hi peeps so i finally managed to compression test the engine, not good news cylinder 2 and 3 was about 10 psi so thought i better get the head off :: so will get a straight edge over the head and block and if its ok will be getting re ground valves and refitted ,, if its to good to be true...

hey , so welded up the chassis behind where the front cross member will sit and front cross member back in :) with abit of zinc primer now awaiting a paddock delivery for some new engine and gear box mounts so i can get them temporary fitted to get the engine mounts welded in the right...

so progress has been slow recently, been spending alot of time helping my friend weld up his classic mini which is pretty rotten so have built him a spit so we can spin it around saying that i have got the engine mounts and front cross member chopped out the old chassis and cleaned up abit ...

so did a little more: stripped the wings off and the seat box and gave the bits a quick go over with the pressure washer also taken the front donor chassis and front bumper to work so i can blast them "the job has perks" just a quick go over on the chassis as only really using the engine...

so had a quick look at the engine today, checking the obvious, when i get hold of a half decent battery i will do a compression check to make sure the thing will run ,,,, clutch looks like it will go again so he will be going back in :);) that cant be said of the thermostat , luckily...

trawling hours and hours on ebay does occasionally pay off £55 for this old wooden box which was full of all new bits left over from soon elses series 3 rebuild bargain !! few bits i know im going to use , speedo cable, fuel pump, temp sender, oil pressure switch, thermostat, brake rebuild...

wolf wheels :) had to be done , need a blast and a paint but thats years away :)

first big hurdle is the fact someone chopped out the front cross member and engine mounts , so again power of face book :: front 1/4 chassis and a bumper with bumperettes £50 budget is very happy ATM :)

it was totally seized, well managed about 60 degree of movement , i dont have the money to rebuild it etc and it was missing too much to be a viable option.. keeping it cheap haha

Randy didnt have a engine or gear box, so have decided to put a 2.25 in, as this is what it would of originally came with. power of facebook and £150 an engine and box

The £200 donor he has been stripped of anything half decent , pretty much all the steel was rotten, did have a seized 6 cylinder engine which i sold to get my money back,

Hello, making a thread about my resurrection of a series 3 109 station wagon!! he was a ebay purchase after having a 109 truck cab with only 3 seats and 4 in my family something had to give ,,,, i couldnt afford a nice one so it had to be a nail :) so here he is the day i got him : He gets...