1985 mini cooper

[joakwin]

right front corner by joa kwin, on Flickr

finally got back to working on the car

making the sheet metal flow into the flares

 

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Untitled by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

[joakwin]

Untitled by joa kwin, on Flickr

moving the trans cooler to the lower valance area

Untitled by joa kwin, on Flickr


trans cooler mount by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

[joakwin]

I got some 13x6 rims
I was out of town when they came in Saturday, so I didn't get to open one box till Sunday night

the rims have been in my hands for less then a day and I'm already modifying them

that purple line wasn't working for me, and the brand name was a sticker
had to go

mini rim 13x6 gloss black by joa kwin, on Flickr

mini wheel 13x6 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

[joakwin]

haro fst frame by joa kwin, on Flickr


I went back to my parents house and they had this bmx in the back yard

turns out its a prototype haro bmx bike from 1983-84, it came in all white

over the years the bike had some parts changed out on it,
pretty much everything on this frame, if its not haro its gt parts

im building this bmx frame up for my kids

I sanded the frame and handle bars down to raw metal to repaint

im in the process of sanding the front forks right now

 

[joakwin]

mini wheels 2 by joa kwin, on Flickr


mini wheels by joa kwin, on Flickr


13x6's with 165/60/13's mounted and balanced this morning

 

[joakwin]

37238789_10156467740851684_8611013892056809472_n by joa kwin, on Flickr

mock up of the left side lower coilover mount

this mount will lift the car up 1.5 inches


37152852_10156465411706684_776981256251375616_n by joa kwin, on Flickr

the right side already has the lower mount made
and I lifted up the suspension with a jack to see about how it will sit
1.5 inch gap between the tire and the fender

and the tire is 1 inch taller then what I had before

165/60/13 tire mounted on a 13x6 rim

 

[joedoh]

looks super great with the new wheels man.

have you been to BMXmuseum with your rare find yet? I bought a whole giant box of bmx stuff at a yard sale with like 6 frames for $20. I was only interested in the 81 mongoose frame (with the shrooms sticker!) but there was a bunch of weird stuff in the box, peregrine 48s, silver underdog dia compe brake and some power bite cranks for a team GT. the only GT frame in the lot was a blue one that had seen better days. the guys told me to look inside the fork tubes for hot pink and sure enough! turns out the serial number came back as a real team tour bike that the sponsored rider lived in kansas and had ordered it special with spokes instead of mags, and silver brakes instead of white, and a two piece front gear instead of the GT wings one piece. the BMXmuseum guys figured it out, one of them bought it (for a lot more than $20!) and restored it and sent me picture, I will have to dig for it!

anyway, I was a bmx nut in the 80s, western PA so my single speed thighs were HUGE

 

[joakwin]

looks super great with the new wheels man.

have you been to BMXmuseum with your rare find yet? I bought a whole giant box of bmx stuff at a yard sale with like 6 frames for $20. I was only interested in the 81 mongoose frame (with the shrooms sticker!) but there was a bunch of weird stuff in the box, peregrine 48s, silver underdog dia compe brake and some power bite cranks for a team GT. the only GT frame in the lot was a blue one that had seen better days. the guys told me to look inside the fork tubes for hot pink and sure enough! turns out the serial number came back as a real team tour bike that the sponsored rider lived in kansas and had ordered it special with spokes instead of mags, and silver brakes instead of white, and a two piece front gear instead of the GT wings one piece. the BMXmuseum guys figured it out, one of them bought it (for a lot more than $20!) and restored it and sent me picture, I will have to dig for it!

anyway, I was a bmx nut in the 80s, western PA so my single speed thighs were HUGE

I go on that site and search
not a member of it
but it has a lot of info about bmx bicycles

 

[joakwin]

video-1530744794 by joa kwin, on Flickr


helped my brother put cams into his 88 twin cam fxr,
I think they are 542 cams
and then he has some 96 heads on it with high flow valves

1st start up after getting the motor back together

the wheels are from a Sturgis

he says it should be making around 90 hp

the next step for this motor is to turn it into a 96 cu inch

 

[joakwin]

37272276_10156467741096684_5819130539424088064_n by joa kwin, on Flickr


my made some new lower coilover mounts

I had them mocked up on a extra subframe

37196142_10156464975111684_3232872882140872704_n by joa kwin, on Flickr

tow hook im making

tow hook by joa kwin, on Flickr

got one made and mounted

 

[joakwin]

coilover mount front by joa kwin, on Flickr

left front suspension

 

[joakwin]

outside in the sun by joa kwin, on Flickr


took the car outside to get a good view of it and to turn it around to work on the right rear fender and rear roll pan




radiator mount 2 by joa kwin, on Flickr

I made a new radiator mount, I put a hole in the alloy rad I had, so I changed to a stock style radiator thats alittle wider then the alloy rad I had

so I had to make new lower and top mounts

I haven't made a e-fan mount yet, I have a 10 inch e-fan but I was thinking about going with a 12 or 14 inch, but I haven't ordered it yet
so I cant run the car to long without a fan

 

[joakwin]

video-1536969967 by joa kwin, on Flickr


side exit exhaust, I removed the cat from the exhaust system, 28 inch long cherry bomb

 

[joakwin]

https://sandiego.craigslist.org/ssd/tls/6688316949.html


I'm in the process of buying this tool, I'm having my brother and dad pick it up for me, and then I will drive out to San Diego in a few weeks to bring it home to Tucson AZ


I was looking at a sieg x2, but I think this machine is alittle bit bigger and stronger, and it looks to be in pretty good shape


I dont know much about mills, but I plan to use this to learn, have to start somewhere

 

[joakwin]

Jet mill machine by joa kwin, on Flickr


found this on craigslist in San Diego, so I had my brother and dad pick it up for me

im going to get it in a few days

 

[Skip]

Yea, I need one too. I have two 7x12 mini metal lathes. Well, actually, more like 1 2/3 so far.

 

[joakwin]

https://quartertonparts.com/product/34087-olive-drab-gallon-paint/


im thinking about going with this paint for the mini


some real od green

 

[joakwin]

dash 3 by joa kwin, on Flickr

I started to build the dash for the mini

switch pod 1 by joa kwin, on Flickr

switch pod 2 by joa kwin, on Flickr

a switch pod im building to hold the stock del sol switches that went above the cluster, im making them mount below the cluster in the center

 

[joakwin]

Jet Milling Machine by joa kwin, on Flickr


the mill, I got it in my garage and set up

ive been using it for a few weeks now