hillman superminx 1962 new ride!!!!

going into spray booth tomorrow!!!!

 

Very exciting. . How is it coming along now?

 

hi, it is'nt. went to work on it friday, to find thick ice all over which stayed for most of day, i did get some wiring done along with filling with antifreeze/coolant and had her running for a while.

cheers chris.

 

Well, darn. Hopefully she'll be up and going soon. Been trying to get my Minx wagon going, also.

 

it moves under its own power!!!!



steers nice, loud exhaust, lovely.



will be coming home soon.

 

grey primer on way.(aerosol)
think i'll leave roof white.

quick list of jobs to do,

remove all trim clips,
grey prime,
refit lights,bumpers,handles etc,
refit bonnet,
fit weather seals to door glass,
new wipers,
engine x-member,
engine steady bar,
gear stick surround,
bleed brakes,
make and fit bonnet scoop,
set caster to front axle,
tracking,
engine tune up,
mot!!!!

 

well the minx is back home,
this is how back end looks, still lots to do.

fitted bumper, boot lock, number plate and hillman name which involved drilling holes out to accept the special plastic plugs.

 

more primer applied, starter removed to be checked this week by an auto electrician.

 

got the minx out this morning, took it down the road and turned round which was fun with only handbrake!!! engine ran a lot better, but a right job gettin it back into garage!!!

 

Any showpaint soon?

 

afraid not, going to be primer for this year.

cheers chris.

 

Too bad, still really cool though!

 

cheers.

chipping away at jobs on the minx,





the one i broke!!!!


tax outa date a little!!!!(needed for use on uk roads)

 

fans wired, relays and fuses all connected, flick the switch it lights up and fans work yeehah!!!!
bolted up the engine steady bar as well,

thats 2 things to cross off list.

pic taken early this morning.

 

been doing bits today, in between shopping, dinner etc!!!!

wrapped her up a little!!!



then threw some paint at her then unwrapped.

also fitted the handles this side.







inside still needs a little work!!!



had to remove the tinting on drivers door where it had lifted slightly, left
this horrible mess!!!! tried cleaning off with thinners but made it even messier!!!

 

daughter wants a drive!!!! along with bruno the dog!!!







and in this shot you can see i've lowered the airfilter.

 

engine x-member made, just got to add brake flexi brackets tomorrow.

the list is only ten items long!!! but you know lists lie!!!

 

taken a lot off work today to get to this point!!!

 

had a little time on it tonight, connected some wires up, changed a fuse and i've got all electrics working apart from main beam on one headlight which happens to be a sealed beam. amazing everything worked though!!!

 

Fantastic news Chris

 

cheers mark, you get everywhere!!!!

 

not much progress tonight as did'nt get to do any work till nearly 8pm so could'nt make much noise. got cowling fitted round steering column, which was lucky it fitted as its at a different angle, sorted steel out for brake flexi supports, and hunted for washer bottle holder without success. also found out i've got wrong wiper blades, they don't fit onto the arms, but i've got a plan to get over that(fingers crossed) as they're stainless an not cheap.

 

Havent been on here for a while, nice to see some progress

 

cheers, hope to be on the road end off next week!!!!

 

well i made some noise tonight, front brake hose brackets made, also managed to fit some bump stops(mot requirment?) not that the springs will ever hit them!!! then gave everything a coat of paint, starting to look like the elephant man due to an absus at front off me mouth so not much else done as in a little pain!!!!!!!!!!!!! dentist first thing in morning.

tomorrow i should hopefully get brake lines connected and stick some fluid in an have a little bleed ing fun!!!

 

felt like crap all day after visit to dentist,
went into garage not feeling my best.
put brake pipes all together, set up the easi-bleed, fill everything up with fluid,

then went round and bled brakes twice, nice hard pedal, started her up, still a good pedal with servo working.

next step is water pump.

 

this was a oh shit moment, after things going so well something had to go wrong.

 

this should make it easier to get them out.

 

just spent a few hours in garage, drilled them out and saved the threads on all, mostly by luck!!!
got some off it back together, need some extra bolts before i can see if its leak free.

 

just come in for a breather, she's a running with no leaks!!!! yippeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!