This will be a pan up restore as the current pan has had some work done to the fork at the back were the gearbox mounts and this was a bit of a butcher job. It seems that the fork was damaged, some one decided to cut the one end off and welled it on again skew, strengthen it with a piece of Iron bar and did a pretty
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So the plan is:
1. Fix a another pan, replacing all seals, bearings, rubbers stops, king pins, link pins ect.. Most parts will be arriving shortly.
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2. Take a nice engine casing, Line bore, drop in new 1680 Sleeves and pistons, con rods, cam "CAMSHAFT KIT .462 INCH LIFT"; Some nice valve springs. Motor will be balanced and Fly wheel will be slightly lightened. Set of Twin 34 Carbs to round it of and a nice 4 into 1 Exhaust with J-Pipes, thanks for the exhaust Rui.
3. Repairs to body will be done as well as changing fenders to early style as well as Engine Deck lid, rear Valance will also be made removable. Early style bumpers. All trim and bumpers to be re chromed.
4. Full refinish of interior, with Mini Cooper front seats, "Leather" will be used.
Colour will be black and interior will be black leather and red leather.
The ideas is to get the new pan all done and do body work on the current pan, remove old pan and drop body onto new pan before final paint work is done.
The reason for going a little retro on the restore is that the car has had some work done already and I am just taking it that one step further to what I have envisioned it could look like.
I will be posting pics as the build starts, plan is for the coming weekend to start the stripping ect. First priority is to get the new pan sorted as I think most of the work will be on the pan, Body is pretty sound but needs a little TLC.
Will keep you guys posted.
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