05-31-2018, 12:44 PM
Update from a wet Cape Town!
Roadworthy: Done!!!
Been driving the last 6 weeks, it's been great (once I found out my petrol gauge was rusted shut and ran out of petrol, then found out I need a new tank with the boot full of rust I poured out of it)
Also I lost a headlamp, so I swapped the working left to right and slowly but surely making plans for a whole electric conversion, the plan for next paycheck.
Right now Im waiting to order a new brake master and exhaust clamp as I would like to not choke to death, or have the pot corrode through and crash to death.
But I have made a shopping list of stuff I can/need to do before I'll be done:
5 hazard lights conversion
5 headlamp conversion
5 new brake master
5 new clutch master
5 new manifold-exhaust clamp
5 rust treatment
4 engine refurbish
4 Gearbox refurbish
4 new rear suspension
4 new engine mounting rubbers
4 new fuel tank
4 new muffler box
4 seat belt conversion
3 carburetor refurbish
3 firewall soundproofing
3 new rubber seals (window+door)
3 new suspension rubbers
3 seat belts in the back
2 fire extinguisher mount
2 heater conversion
2 new carpet
2 new CV joints (?)
2 new tires (x2, return the borrowed ones)
2 new water pump (?)
2 upholstery refurbish
1 back-seat storage compartment
1 Driver door lock furnishing
1 flat boot conversion (platform over the spare wheel+battery)
1 Jack mounting in the boot/under back seat
1 matching door handles
1 new audio
1 New wheel bearings
1 new window clamps (inside doors)
1 radiator upgrade?
And here's what I've spent money on recently:
-Brakes (roughly 50% of my spending so far)
-wheel balancing + alignment
-pedal rubbers
-engine oil
-fan belt
-petrol filter (under the body under the tank at the back)
-Spark plugs
-Roadworthy
-number plates
-down pipe flex joint
-original steel bonnet (respray, baby blue on my yellow mini. Still have the bonnet at home, maybe it can be fixed.)
I've moved into a hostel, so no paying rent! That extra cash is going to paying my dad for the mini and buying parts as I need them. Whatever I haven't spend goes into savings for more rainy days.
Roadworthy: Done!!!
Been driving the last 6 weeks, it's been great (once I found out my petrol gauge was rusted shut and ran out of petrol, then found out I need a new tank with the boot full of rust I poured out of it)
Also I lost a headlamp, so I swapped the working left to right and slowly but surely making plans for a whole electric conversion, the plan for next paycheck.
Right now Im waiting to order a new brake master and exhaust clamp as I would like to not choke to death, or have the pot corrode through and crash to death.
But I have made a shopping list of stuff I can/need to do before I'll be done:
5 hazard lights conversion
5 headlamp conversion
5 new brake master
5 new clutch master
5 new manifold-exhaust clamp
5 rust treatment
4 engine refurbish
4 Gearbox refurbish
4 new rear suspension
4 new engine mounting rubbers
4 new fuel tank
4 new muffler box
4 seat belt conversion
3 carburetor refurbish
3 firewall soundproofing
3 new rubber seals (window+door)
3 new suspension rubbers
3 seat belts in the back
2 fire extinguisher mount
2 heater conversion
2 new carpet
2 new CV joints (?)
2 new tires (x2, return the borrowed ones)
2 new water pump (?)
2 upholstery refurbish
1 back-seat storage compartment
1 Driver door lock furnishing
1 flat boot conversion (platform over the spare wheel+battery)
1 Jack mounting in the boot/under back seat
1 matching door handles
1 new audio
1 New wheel bearings
1 new window clamps (inside doors)
1 radiator upgrade?
And here's what I've spent money on recently:
-Brakes (roughly 50% of my spending so far)
-wheel balancing + alignment
-pedal rubbers
-engine oil
-fan belt
-petrol filter (under the body under the tank at the back)
-Spark plugs
-Roadworthy
-number plates
-down pipe flex joint
-original steel bonnet (respray, baby blue on my yellow mini. Still have the bonnet at home, maybe it can be fixed.)
I've moved into a hostel, so no paying rent! That extra cash is going to paying my dad for the mini and buying parts as I need them. Whatever I haven't spend goes into savings for more rainy days.