the pocket rocket from hell

[princess]

hi all, i thought it was finally time to join in and share my still ongoing build

it all started when i was 16 looking through my grandfather shed's i found a 1964 mini panel which i wanted, so he said i could have, unfortunately it was covered in rust and the rear drums were seized so it was literally dragged out of the shed onto the trailer, i also scored a spare 1100cc engine with it as the one in there was a tiny 850
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when i got it home finally, i stripped it down to a shell and found out the the footwells were made of chicken wire and tar :S

*dont let my name trick you im actually a hetrosexual male

[princess]

after an extreme sandblasting i and repairs i decided i wanted it to be professionally sprayed, and i wasnt allowed to have it black as my parent thought nobody would see me at night and since they were paying for the paintjob i settled on atomic yellow with black stripes (im a massive transformers fan)
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i then started on refreshening the 1100 engine, not replacing any of the internals as they seemed good enough for the moment, did a front disc conversion as i thought it was a bit safer than 4 wheel drums
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and also scored a set of 10x5 minilight rims for $400 new
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so the car was almost ready except for the interior

[princess]

the interior was rather bright on its own so going with the black and yellow them i got some black carpet and threw the old steering wheel out for a more interesting yellow and black one, not too mention drilled and tapped a spare 8 ball cause i always wanted one for a gear knob. plus i scored some sweet seats cheap, but did have alot of trouble making up brackets to fit them in, plus i thought i might add some seat belts in cause its illegal to drive a car with out them if your a provisional license holder in NSW
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so then it was time for her blue slip and everything, which passed in flying colours into the car after an 18month build
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and then she became the pocket rocket from hell, but not for good reasons...

[FortKid]

Looks great.
Also those minilites are amazing. One of my favorite period wheel designs.

[princess]

the day of her first drive, it sheared the inside spine of the steering column out then proceeded to have the light switches fail as i was driving home that night. which totally sucked considering she had passed everything and had taken a 60km trip to get an engineers cert previously.

excpet that it drove around quite well except that it used alot of oil and the speedo was exactly accurate
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so with that all patched up again i drove her around for a few more months before doing something stupid (i was young and really dumb.) as i was driving home from work one night and i went into a roundabout too fast, spun out then went head on into a tree.

luckily the insurance company covered the damages, unfortunately when theyd finished repairing it they sent it off to get a wheel alignment, and at the tyre shop the reversed a 4wd into the front of it causing everything they had just fixed to break

but the tyre shops insurance covered that so thank god, and i got her back on the road, having learnt my lesson. and i drove it to school and back every day (120km round trip) for a few months with only minor things going wrong with it

a few months later she decided to drop a bottom engine mount and snap the top one off too, causing the passenger drive shaft to hit the subframe and start chewing through it
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so i figured why not rebuild the engine while ive got it out and make it more powerful, and while im doing that why dont i redo my sound system, so begun the next rebuild

[princess]

so i have the engine almost done now, its
-1275 block .40 oversized
-high compression pistons
- unleaded head
- high flow water pump
- lightened flywheel
- heavy duty clutch
- stage 2 cam
to go with this i got myself some twin 1.25 su carbies to replace the single 1.25 and also a good set of extractors 1.75inch sized up from the original 1 inch
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with the sound system, i decided to go loud, fusion power plant loud, i got myself 6.5 pp splits 120wrms and 6x9 pp 120rms for the rear and a 4x110wrms amp to power them
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which brings me to where i am now, however in the next few weeks i will have her back on the road before getting a 500wrms powerplant sub in the next few weeks, then a lowered spring suspension conversion and a camber kit in the next few months, hopefully before august

[123grosso]

Wow, nice mini, its good to see another mini on here.

The yellow looks sick

Are you going to be at hay?

With the camber kit just place a mini spares uk order and you will have the parts in a week,

Good luck with the finishing touches

[princess]

i get all my parts through minisport here in australia, its just a matter of saving up enough money for the K.A.D. parts, theyre expensive but i dont like anything but the best, as its my daily, and i need reliability

[Jenga]

I agree with 123 grosso, those wheels are awesome. Actually, the whole car is awesome, I really like it.

I hope I see this around the streets of newcastle once it's back on the road

[123grosso]

mini sport aus has some of same products as mini spares uk and even minisport uk.

just have a look and see what the difference in price is as it can work out a lot cheaper getting stuff from the uk.

I got fully adjustable suspension for my mini, brake hoses and a few other things and it around $500 deliverd
if you want to buy them here that's cool but just wanted to tell you about that option, just be carefull of the $1,000 limit.

Matt

[princess]

yeah i know, i guess i came off a bit snobbish, i just dont buy enough stuff at once to justify the shipping is all.
the engine is now fully finished and i just have to install it now =D

[Lplater]

just looking at the tacho.... i have the same one. From SUPERCHEAP What does yours rev up to?


and i have a massive AUTOMETER one but idk where to put it....

[Lplater]

Wow, nice mini, its good to see another mini on here.

The yellow looks sick

Are you going to be at hay?

With the camber kit just place a mini spares uk order and you will have the parts in a week,

Good luck with the finishing touches

Funny thing.

we all have yellow minis.....

69' morris mini
Rare enkei for mini wheels
Camber kit
1100 engine
Cooper s discs

maybe post a few pics as it comes out for the sun

[Mistah JT]

If you ever want to sell that van, tell me a price and im there. I LOVE it. It needs to be MINE! lol.
<3 the fact its a real mini too, not leyland.

[princess]

If you ever want to sell that van, tell me a price and im there. I LOVE it. It needs to be MINE! lol.
<3 the fact its a real mini too, not leyland.

never gonna sell it, ive already spent over $30,000 on it
and yeah its a supercheap one, on the old engine i never took it over 6k, however that made it rather slow as it had a rather good diff for rallying (around 5000rpm for 100km/h in took gear) hoping the new one with the mods will reach closer to 7,500

and yes we all need to get our yellow minis together when they are all running