Soul Destroying? Possibly.

Maybe that possibly should be a certain yes, to start with it wasn't too bad - I managed to get the drivers side rear quarter done and the passenger door. Found a few little bits on the window that needed replacing (as seen in the pictures).

The window on the other side needed some fresh metal putting in, and that has been done as well.

Fairly good progress I suppose!

Finally moved

and nearly settled in!

Managed to pick up the crane on the right for a really good price (from an old garage!)

Mutley is on the move!

Today we are on the move! The day has finally arrived and we are moving - well Mutley is. He is off to his new dry home where we will start to prep him ready for his lovely coat of orange paint!

Finally a huge relief for us to find somewhere reasonably priced and dry (with electric and water) to work on him - and any other mini's that may crop up in the future!

In parts news - we have a set of coilovers - yipee! In the next few weeks I'll order the rear brake parts so I can build the beam up.

Not really much else to say - I feel like an excited child to know that it's getting close now!

Suetonius - a new friend

Mutley's newest friend - a Series IIa 1966 Landrover! (Yes I understand he has Series III looks!)

Finally - a practical car - he's our daily driver, but will also tow Mutley to track days!

Talk about little and large!

Ray of Light

Looks like there is a possibility that we will be in a workshop within the next month! Which is permitted to have a spray 'booth' setup! Mutley should seen the road sooner than we originally thought - it's taken a weight off our shoulders!

Here are my new door cards as well! Flock with Vinyl Insert.






Courtesy of www.retroretrims.net (For all your interior needs)

Slow Progress

I thought I'd better update and let everyone know what we are up to, currently we are trying to find the money to get 'Mutley' resprayed, this is proving pretty difficult and becoming frustrating as winter is approaching us fast and it would be nice to have a painted and 'sealed' shell ready to bolt bits onto.

The head is currently in for cleaning and to get studs extracted, and then that will be built up - which means having a shed clear out so we can do it in the dry.

We are running out of space, and mini parts are taking over our house.

I might start selling my bodyparts soon so we can get him on the road! He is greatly missed!

LED Clusters

Having already soldered the LEDs onto the board it was time to connect them to the resistor board and the voltage regulators.
Once they were all connected together it was time to fit them into the lenses. This wasn't how I was going to mount them originally but they look ok and it made life a lot easier!

And finally, here is one of the completed clusters. They are still a little rough around the edges and I'm not sure that the brake/tail light is bright enough. This is mainly down to the extremly dark lense, another we have is much lighter and the LEDs shine through very brightly so I will be trying to source a pair of these lighter lenses.