1985 mini cooper

[joakwin]

11755646_10153467213171684_3361780841968302490_n by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

when I was putting carpet into the car

12106803_10153663824206684_7403564294626960145_n by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr
1st stages of the garage stereo

12311256_10153742424026684_257130714010694758_n by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr
letting the lhd mini worm up in the winter time before work

13903412_10154364792136684_2455720104770709193_n by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

37 chevy truck frame next to the mini

 

[joakwin]

mini firewall by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

cutting the firewall for the new rebuild

21415046_10155614683176684_2480772798108105520_o by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

boxing it in

21432924_10155625595016684_6713275661532891710_n by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

done with the firewall box

16142370_10154901949806684_7580130941496280635_n by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

lhd mini and my 03 bini in San Diego at my parents house

 

[joakwin]

16425920_10154912784986684_4783093770290858846_n by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

making a new intercooler air director out of metal vs stock plastic one

17264329_10155034327916684_7008501905239785353_n by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

18664469_10155285586836684_5393453491912290085_n by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

I never had all three minis together

Failed front brakes by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr
master cylinder went out and I couldn't stop and I was coming to the end of a dead end road, crashed and totaled it out earlier this summer

motor out by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

I wanted to drive my rhd uk spec mini again, so I got to work

 

[joakwin]

so my mini went under the blade again

I built a new tube subframe

automatic motor by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

right side subframe by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

mini engine mount by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

rear mount

motor rear mount by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

 

[joakwin]

mini frame by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

sub frame is made out of 1.25 inch 120 wall dom tube


coilovers by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

new coil over mounts

alt mounted by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

alt mount

I plan to add ac to the car next summer when I get more money for the project

 

[joakwin]

shifter by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

mock up stage of the automatic shifter mount

pd-18b by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

some cerwin vegas I found in Long Beach for $100 for the pair

shifter in car by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

shifter is installed with stock length shifter cable

 

[joakwin]

shifter from top by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

top view of the shifter


booster by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

mock up of the Honda del slow pedal box, booster/ master cylinder

 

[joakwin]

brake set up by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

firewall sheet metal is built back up

and I'm working on making braces for the inside to hold the pedal box to the roll cage


and I have installed the Honda steering column on to the mini's steering rack

I had to section the Honda steering column 4 inches

 

[joakwin]

pedal box by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

pedal box, I'm working on pedal box mounts to get the temp sheet metal out

 

[animal]

Wow. That's a heck of a lot of work. I applaud your work ethic. I also know what it's like to do side jobs for car money. That's where I am now.

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

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letting the lhd mini worm up in the winter time before work

That's not winter! What's the temp there? 60°?

Dig the Cerwins, btw. [cl

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[earthman]

Fun to watch what you are doing. Thanks for sharing.

 

[joedoh]

this looks like fun on a bun!

 

[joakwin]

today I deleted the srs aka air bag but I am keeping the wiring that goes to the steering column, clock spring, that has the horn and cruise control, witch also is the air bag wiring, I cut 3 wires out of the column plug, I cut them at 3 different sections and taped them off

I plan to get a aftermarket steering wheel next year when funds allow

my next step in wiring is to figure out where the battery will go, (probably in the back)
and wire up the battery and the alternator

and I put the under-hood fuse block upside down inside the shell

I still need to make a mount for the computer and then I can start building a dash for the car

no idea what I'm going to do for the dash yet

theirs a guy in England that makes a fuel level convertor, to use a Honda cluster with classic mini fuel sender unit, being that the ohms are way off
31GBP isn't bad but shipping and whatnot
but I have some friends over in the UK still

https://www.spiyda.com/magento/inde...-gauge-electronics/fuel-gauge-wizard-500.html

 

[joakwin]

steering set up by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr


steering is in,

most of the dash is full of Honda wiring now

I got my hands on one of those plugs that twist to come apart, I plan to use for the wiring for the headlights since my front clip comes apart

I think it was 58 deg this morning when I jumped in my Honda pilot to go to work

 

[joakwin]

23549640_10155802732061684_1467161470_n by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr


so close to having it ready to build a dash

 

[joakwin]

been working on wiring, that's almost done
I need to wire up the headlights and tail lights and finish installing the main battery cable from the front to rear and make a rear battery mount
and I need to wire up the fuel pump and fuel level sender and install the fuel tank

I got the brake fluid level wired up, and conversion wiring from Honda wiper switch to mini wiper motor
cruise control is wired up

last night I started to work on my radiator mount

rad mount by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

 

[joakwin]

worked on wiring today and I got my throttle cable in the mail

the front clip wiring is done
I used 18 pins out of a 20 pin cannon plug


my throttle cable is from a gen 1 Honda odyssey van(95-98) f22 motor

I guess the cable bracket is in different spots on the intake manifold
because I need to ext mine out about 2.5-3 inches....no biggie

not bad overall, I paid 20 USD for the cable from rockauto
and from what I have seen online, they want 50 USD for rhd throttle cables

throttle cable by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr

 

[joakwin]

throttle bracket by joaquinn lopez, on Flickr


I got throttle now!!!![cl

 

[Tripper]

Very kool build... oughta be a screamer with the Honda bullet!!! [cl[cl[cl

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