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Traveller

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Well its time to get the old girl ready to come out of hiding , been a long time . lots of work to be done manly welding .
Brakes was stuck on ( yep they was loosen before parking up ) so taken them all off. ( look in very good order ) . wood not to bad :(
Oh well wait for a good to then more hand to move it , fit the rollover jig and away we go lol .
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Re: Traveller

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Now down .
Today strip the seats out , then fuel tank.
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Re: Traveller

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Roll over jog tried , had to make the top bar but for £30 from a auto jumble can't complain .
Will be looking to take the rear end off , already stripped inside , 1275 lump is out and on the bench .
All fun
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Re: Traveller

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Good to see you've made a start on it - nice to have a rollover jig. 8) Is that the original front bumper valence? It appears to be longer than usual (comparing it to my 1970 Traveller one which I've been re-painting today, as part of a frontal tidy-up) - possibly a van one? And what 1275 engine do you have - MG Midget or Marina/Ital?
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The bumper was just on it as had no where to put it lol . used to be on my saloon before we sold it on . its not straight as has been hit ( only blooming car in the carpark )
The 1275 is from MG midget
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Thats the same bumper just fitted right and old colour
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Good to hear you have a Midget engine - they do go rather well with them fitted. Are you going for any other upgrades, aside from the 'angel eye' headlamps?
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Its got
Mesh grill
Rover metro electric fan and rad .
Bigger carb .
Wella wheels .
Cherry bomb .
Tinited windows .
Rover metro rear seats .
Mx5 ( mk2) seats will be changing to astra .
Mini rear shocks
Going to fit shocks with springs on the front .
Possible disk con but unsure what going to use will be looking at that .
Big ice system to go back in .
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Looks quite good
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Re: Traveller

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New floors are in

Next to see if can take the rear end off in one go , if not then it'll be taken apart :( .
Hoping can come off in one go .
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Re: Traveller

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Phew! Looks like it was pretty rusty. :o Nice job on the new floorpans. 8)

Is all the boot area rusty as well, then?
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Floors wasn't to bad seen a lot worse lol .

As for the boot normal the rear lip has gone . got the new bit to go in . then will be adding more box sec to the rear in case of someone hitting it .
Unsure if the tow bar will go back on ( used to tow trailers and drag my old caviler caravan when needed to move it )

But yep getting there will be slowing down a bit now as weather is changing and I'm out side going it .....
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A good tip once you've got the floors out , make sure you don't leave the grinder undo tool inside the chassis leg :o
Before welding the new floor in ..
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Yep I have recovered the said tool ;)
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Thats the back end off , a couple bits of wood to replace ( have most in loft already ) . some more bits to be cut and welded up . going to fit some 1 x1 inch angle in and some 1 x1 box in the back end . just for the in case , did it to my saloon and that did take a hard one and was fine .
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Re: Traveller

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Sorry for the long wait
Well it's all nearly back together.
Cant work out to put a short clip up of it running .
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New wing fitted
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On its side having a sleep
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Re: Traveller

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Fronts all adjusted . Wanted it low
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