Rebody Pingu's Kit Car Project

Loving the videos Gary. It’s always good to get the funk out too.

Dave
 
@Grumps, what was it you disliked about my post #37...;)

or was it FFS:D
 
Excellent to see the videos Gary:thumbsup:
 
Oddly Godly said:
Love the look of those seats, how has the fitting gone? They look like they would suit a standard z.
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There will need to be some modification.

The webbing of the seat belt doesn't terminate on the seat, but on a bar on the floor.
The seat belt tensioner is different to a Z3 tensioner.
The seat is wider at the back than a Z3 seat and fouls the rear plastic console and the metalwork behind it.
The hole that I was drilling out is smaller on a Mini than a Z3 (inner rail at the rear).
The R56 Mini clip is different to a Z3 clip.
The Z3 rear bolt's head is too big to allow the seat to slide back and forth.

Apart from all that, it's a straight swap:ymdevil:.

It's what makes the project interesting / challenging :thumbsup:
 
Hmmm I think I will forget that idea :whistle::whistle: But they are really nice looking seats.
 
Here's a problem I had with the LH door mirror. Unknown to me, it had been repaired. The repair solution was excellent, but it did mean the mirror has to be removed in a different way (if only I had known in advance :( ).

Not the end of the world, though, as the solution is still there and it is easily repaired...

 
Pingu said:
Here's a problem I had with the LH door mirror. Unknown to me, it had been repaired. The repair solution was excellent, but it did mean the mirror has to be removed in a different way (if only I had known in advance :( ).

Not the end of the world, though, as the solution is still there and it is easily repaired...

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Thats what we in the trade call a "bodge job" =))
 
Sean d said:
Thats what we in the trade call a "bodge job" =))
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I thought it was a good bodge. It was perfectly functional and totally indistinguishable from how it should be. I was quite impressed at the solution :thumbsup: . This car has had a few of these hidden gems. The clock had been opened up and wires were soldered onto the back of the circuit board, as well as the front being held on with superglue. Some of the bodywork was spot welded on one side of the car using six welds, but only one spot weld on the other side.

To me, a bodge job is holding an exhaust up with bent wire, or using baked bean can and jubilee clips around a blown silencer. Things that I have only ever heard about and have never done :whistle:.
 
Pingu said:
I thought it was a good bodge. It was perfectly functional and totally indistinguishable from how it should be. I was quite impressed at the solution :thumbsup: . This car has had a few of these hidden gems. The clock had been opened up and wires were soldered onto the back of the circuit board, as well as the front being held on with superglue. Some of the bodywork was spot welded on one side of the car using six welds, but only one spot weld on the other side.

To me, a bodge job is holding an exhaust up with bent wire, or using baked bean can and jubilee clips around a blown silencer. Things that I have only ever heard about and have never done :whistle:.
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Regarding the welds on the front panel, 6 on one side and 1 on the other is perfectly normal for some reason they are all like that
 
When I painted my 'M' mirrors they come apart in a different way from memory. The spade terminals on the wires on the rear of the motor are disconnected first after easing the motor head away from the arm casting. They can then be drawn out through the hollow pivot pin at the bottom of the mirror base. After removing the star washer on the base of the pivot pin the base and main arm assembly can be separated. The main arm is then fed up and out of the plastic cowling - the cowling will not lift off the main arm.
 
Sure Lee said something about the previous owner having dyed the original carpets blue?!?
 
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