Some life in the little feller

The car has been off since the fire 4 years ago and this weekend saw the modules all come to life, there is still a couple of little issues to resolve but mostly all good. When I connected the battery I saw a huge spark come from the positive, I thought I may have wired something really badly but then I looked at the starter motor to discover that the positive was also connected to the body, this was quickly fixed and then with the turn of the key there was life, lots of errors and warnings but not really un-expeted as there is no engine...

With the electrics all in place or should I say for as much as I wanted to do for that day I decided to get on with the body work and fitted the drivers door, the boot and also the custom rear bumper. Really please with how it is all coming together, if only I had more time to play with it other than the one day a week

Bonnet & doors going on

Just a quick update with a photo to show that the doors and bonnet are now on, really shows off the roof chop.

Also put a seat in and then spent the bast part of the day just sitting in it thinking about how it may be to drive the car, I never got round to making engine sounds...

A step in the right direction?

Weeks are flying by and the progress has been happening but its been a little slow. I can now report that after a lot of effort the GRP roof is all shaped to fit and then the carbon retaining layer has been added.

This layer was thinned and then trimmed. This layer is used for rigidity and also to cap hold the GRP roof down to the original frame.

With the roof done in carbon it has now been painted in dark grey metallic but the twist is its mat and I think its stunning against the white.

Also been busy making the outlet for my supercharger, I need more time and money to do all of this... but I am getting there bit at a time.

Heres hoping that I can start the assembly now!

Sub frame assembly on to the car

So here we are with another Saturday coming to an end and another day spent at the body shop working hard on the mini, the day has been good but also some disappointment when I realised the wheel bolts where too short :(

Having built the sub frame last week I took it with me along with all the other things (glad my daily estate is big enough)

OH WAIT! forgot to say I am assembling the sub frames because the car is now painted!

Anyway back to some assembly, car was tilted up and the front suspension, sub frame, and hubs all added

Dropped back down on the frame as sadly the wheel bolts I have are too short, really wanted to see the car rolling today but sadly without the bolts this is not happening

Rear subframe assembled and bolted to the car

So the whole car... well with it not on its wheels but still more complete than it has ever been, well for the last 3 years. Still got to paint the inside of the car which will be done over the next couple of weeks, the cage is painted and I am so happy with how lovely the white paint is of the car. I really want the wheels, doors and bonnet on the car so I can finally see it built.

So much more to do but just look at it! when you think its been 3 years in the making