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Mike's Mini Project - page 9

Now the fun part begins as the color goes on, followed by the clearcoat to give the car a nice shine.

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1. Mixing the yellow base for the roof. It's Mazda Sunshine Yellow.		2. WOW! that's a bright roof. It should stand out in the field of Minis.
3. Now the roof is masked and the first coat of blue base coat goes on. This is Tahiti Blue Pearl.		4. Three coats of color, followed by three coats of clear are applied.
5. The finished product.		6. A good shot showing the colors and the contrast. It has a good shine, but I still need to wet sand and polish the surface to get a smoother finish.
7. Assorted parts		8. The boot lid, hood and W&P style arches. I painted the seam covers off the car and will put them on later.
9. Well, what do ya think??		10. Here I am using the old brake lines as templates to from the new ones. Old ones are on the bottom, new ones on top.
11. Brake lines coming up from the underside, and you can see the Honda Clutch T that I an using.		12. A trial fit of the brake master and the proportioning valve. I am using an adjustable proportioning valve on the line to the rear to balance between the front discs and the rear drums.
13. Rear sub frame all installed, W&P style rear arches screwed into place and the rear wheels and tires bolted up...starting to look like a car again!		14. A few of the new sub frame and the undercarriage of the car.
15. Interior shot, also showing the boot lid and the front arches.		16. You can't really tell from the photo, but this is after the roof has been wet sanded and them polished. It made quite a difference in real life..
17.AHHHH, the dreaded electrical job has started. I will install the stock Mini and then the Honda engine one will be merged in later.		18. Rear wiring harness gets installed.
19. Making the engine look a little nicer. Color is Ford Blue.		20.A rear view of the engine sitting in the sub frame. I wont be able to change the oil filter, so will need to install a remote oil filter assembly
21. A shot of the engine and sub frame installed in the car and the hood sitting in place. The front end now has all the lights and bumper installed as well.		22. A side view show the progress.
23. A shot with the hood removed. I still need to sort out the radiator, alternator and the drive shafts.		24. Here is the remote oil filter installed. You can also see the high pressure fuel filter, installed by using the washer bottle bracket. Wiper motor and chrome bits also visible.
25. Rebuilt and painted brake master, new clutch master and the proportioning valve all installed.		26..Drive shafts back from the local racing shop..Mini ends on the outer and honda inners...more to come.