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    groovylee got a reaction from grogee in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    Gunsons colourtune. i know its not completely accurate, but it gives a good indication of where things are.
    Lee
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    groovylee reacted to High Jetter in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    Love the towball!
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    groovylee got a reaction from rm36house in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    You rang? 😬
    VID_20220923_151244180.mp4
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    groovylee got a reaction from Zie in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    Then we were finally in a position to get it on its wheels, turned around, and ready to leave the garden for the first time in a year. Obviously the dog had to help too 😄

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    groovylee got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    talking of rear arches, this is where i got to yesterday. lots more trimming and fettling required, but i ran out of time, so i'll have to wait till next weekend now.

    thats all for now, thanks for reading  
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    groovylee got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    I didn't do a great deal with it over winter, as i dont have a covered area to work in. Now though, the weather is a bit warmer, so i've been changing things....
    first up is the suspension. all the oil had ejected itself from the ageing spax coilovers, making the ride a little bit interesting! so some new Protech coilovers have gone on. that gave the ground clearance a little bit of a boost. then the biggest change happened...

    morris minor wheels make it a bit taller!
    neded to make it a bit more presentable than that though, so got busy with some hammerite and the spray gun.

    and then new tyres:

    much better! im waiting on some hub caps, which im not sure will work aesthetically, but we'll see. also need to address the rear arches, as the old ones were too small.
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    groovylee got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    it seems that i completely forgot to update things after the trial. oops!
    Lilys first trial went really well, she didn't come last, and the car performed reasonably well. the handbrake needs more fettling, and the ground clearance needs addressing.

     
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    groovylee got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    Today I replaced the throttle cable (it had a broken strand inside that caused the throttle to jam wide open on a test drive!), fitted the jack and tool box to the rear shelf. Also adjusted the mixture as it was running a bit too lean. Also cranked up the preload on the fairly knackered shocks to gain a bit more ground clearance.
    Test drive was awesome, but the steering is very twitchy at 60 mph! 
    Tomorrow morning sees our first event over at ivinghoe beacon, and lily's first time driving! 

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    groovylee got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    Managed to kill my trusty old DeWalt drill doing it 😟 new brush less one on order  👍



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    groovylee got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    It is now sat on the drive awaiting a few jobs...
    Wrap and fix the exhaust into place so it doesn't rattle around in the engine bay
    Fit the required extinguisher
    Find a home for the jack and tools
    Build a spare wheel carrier
    Fit some catches / locks to the doors
    All by the 15th of October. Should be doable...

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    groovylee got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    And the obligatory pez shot 

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    groovylee got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    Then we were finally in a position to get it on its wheels, turned around, and ready to leave the garden for the first time in a year. Obviously the dog had to help too 😄

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    groovylee got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    Well, as is always the way, stuff happened and I didn't spend as much time on this as I'd like. But with a local trial coming up in October, I decided to pull my finger out!
    First up was the brakes. The rear flexis were now well shot, so they were replaced, and the brakes finally bled and operational. The washer pump had died, so a temp one has been lashed in for now. The indicators decided not to work, but a bit of contact cleaning sorted that. 
    The big one was the exhaust. As a temp measure I have used an 1 1/4 standard mini exhaust, and a load of stainless polylock tube. It works, but it will be replaced once I can get around to building a proper system for it. 
    This was the scene at the time of the work 😂

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    groovylee got a reaction from Saabnut in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    talking of rear arches, this is where i got to yesterday. lots more trimming and fettling required, but i ran out of time, so i'll have to wait till next weekend now.

    thats all for now, thanks for reading  
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    groovylee got a reaction from rm36house in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    I didn't do a great deal with it over winter, as i dont have a covered area to work in. Now though, the weather is a bit warmer, so i've been changing things....
    first up is the suspension. all the oil had ejected itself from the ageing spax coilovers, making the ride a little bit interesting! so some new Protech coilovers have gone on. that gave the ground clearance a little bit of a boost. then the biggest change happened...

    morris minor wheels make it a bit taller!
    neded to make it a bit more presentable than that though, so got busy with some hammerite and the spray gun.

    and then new tyres:

    much better! im waiting on some hub caps, which im not sure will work aesthetically, but we'll see. also need to address the rear arches, as the old ones were too small.
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    groovylee got a reaction from Rust Collector in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    talking of rear arches, this is where i got to yesterday. lots more trimming and fettling required, but i ran out of time, so i'll have to wait till next weekend now.

    thats all for now, thanks for reading  
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    groovylee got a reaction from Rust Collector in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    I didn't do a great deal with it over winter, as i dont have a covered area to work in. Now though, the weather is a bit warmer, so i've been changing things....
    first up is the suspension. all the oil had ejected itself from the ageing spax coilovers, making the ride a little bit interesting! so some new Protech coilovers have gone on. that gave the ground clearance a little bit of a boost. then the biggest change happened...

    morris minor wheels make it a bit taller!
    neded to make it a bit more presentable than that though, so got busy with some hammerite and the spray gun.

    and then new tyres:

    much better! im waiting on some hub caps, which im not sure will work aesthetically, but we'll see. also need to address the rear arches, as the old ones were too small.
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    groovylee got a reaction from Rust Collector in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    it seems that i completely forgot to update things after the trial. oops!
    Lilys first trial went really well, she didn't come last, and the car performed reasonably well. the handbrake needs more fettling, and the ground clearance needs addressing.

     
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    groovylee got a reaction from Rust Collector in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    And then it got late, so I wrapped the steering wheel with a 4 pack of badminton racquet grips until I can be bothered to get it retrimmed properly 🤣

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    groovylee got a reaction from Rust Collector in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    Next up was cutting the slot for the door lock on the drivers side. Not got many pics of the lock setup, will get some more tomorrow.



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    groovylee got a reaction from Rust Collector in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    It is now sat on the drive awaiting a few jobs...
    Wrap and fix the exhaust into place so it doesn't rattle around in the engine bay
    Fit the required extinguisher
    Find a home for the jack and tools
    Build a spare wheel carrier
    Fit some catches / locks to the doors
    All by the 15th of October. Should be doable...

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    groovylee got a reaction from Rust Collector in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    And the obligatory pez shot 

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    groovylee got a reaction from Rust Collector in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    Then we were finally in a position to get it on its wheels, turned around, and ready to leave the garden for the first time in a year. Obviously the dog had to help too 😄

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    groovylee got a reaction from Rust Collector in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    This is the manifold I've got in so far.



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    groovylee got a reaction from rainagain in Incoming! Smoll green A series thing....   
    talking of rear arches, this is where i got to yesterday. lots more trimming and fettling required, but i ran out of time, so i'll have to wait till next weekend now.

    thats all for now, thanks for reading  
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