I've been debating doing this thread for over a year now, but I've decided the time has come to share the project with you all :)

I've owned this little thing since November 2014 and since then it has undergone a few bits of work but nothing too serious.

There are a few pics of my early days of owning it but it gets a bit more picture heavy from when I started sorting the wheels for last years social, there will be many pictures in this first post as theres 18months of catching up to do!!

When I first brought her home:

A few days later and had my tombstones dropped in:

My lovely Kia pepperpots when I first bought them and had them machined out to the correct size.

Tyres fitted, some dirt cheep Nankang ditch finders. Narrowest 14s I could easily find and still barely any stretch!

Custom made spacers with steel inserts. 20mm front 35mm rear (beastly!)

First fitting with the spacers! Cut it soo close to the arch

A little trip to the beach on my first drive :)

Preparing for the Social 2015 :P Yes that is another tombstone and a table on the roof.

At the social featuring the only other Bready that turned up!

Nothing much happened for the rest of the year due to moving. So she's been garaged since December but I have continued little bits of work :)

The start of her new heart! AAV/GT combo. Before and after paint and 6n cam cover

Going to be running on CBR 600 F3 carbs and yes I do have the trumpets, this was when I playing the them, manifold kit arrives tomorrow (9/4) And will also be fitting it with my old CEH GT box

Fitted my Coupe S Grille

Coupe S Dash surround and clocks

Leather mountney with NOS Astrali boss

CB radio time!

The last picture of her original heart before it gets removed next week

Right this next bit was going to stay hidden until the Social but I've realised there no point and going to share it with you.

I have done all this work myself and it will all be completed by me :) My fingers are red raw from doing it!

All the work is being done on a 1956 Singer Sewing machine!

Work on the interior re-trim is under way

Vinyl and tartan ready cut waiting to be sewn up

The rear back all sewn together just waiting on me to fit the plastic clips

Finished the back and fitted. Yes there are creases but I've never done anything like this before so it's so minor it doesnt bother me

Work on the rear base started

All sewn together and pattern matched with the back

Partially sewn on skirt, but test fitted to the foam with the back ( I LOVE IT)

And that's all for now.. I think?

Interior work will continue this weekend and into next week if it must so I can finish the doorcards and get the whole lot fitted for the first time.

I will update this regularly with the work over the next few weeks

Quality work for a home trim and the wheels look cool :)

I'll see if I can do next weekend about helping you with the engine, don't think I have anything on...I'll try and avoid overtime :)

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Quality work for a home trim and the wheels look cool :)

I'll see if I can do next weekend about helping you with the engine, don't think I have anything on...I'll try and avoid overtime :)

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I'm not arround next weekend mate, got too many other bits to do. I'm planning on doing the engine towards the end of next week, gonna use the lack of traffic on the weekend round mine to do some road tuning

Ah poo :( call if you fancy a hand any time then

Good luck, at least you will use a crane lol

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Ah poo :( call if you fancy a hand any time then

Good luck, at least you will use a crane lol

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Will do mate, cheers :)

So.. Things happened today :)

Finished the base and they're now in. Door cards and parcel shelf are now all out. Making way for the new ones hopefully mid next week

Those seats look absolutely ridiculous! In a good way amazing job dude.

Yeah they really do. I want him to do mine but he's sweated to much on his own [emoji38]

I'll have to try this out although I know the difficulty in removing the covers alone

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Yeah they really do. I want him to do mine but he's sweated to much on his own [emoji38]

I'll have to try this out although I know the difficulty in removing the covers alone

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Theres been more swearing than sweating with the amount of times I've stabbed myself XD

And it's surprisingly easy in some respects yet f*cking horrible in others. You can pick up a basic sewing machine thatll do the job for £10-20. About £10 worth of thread and in my case £280 worth of Tartan and £16.50 of vinyl and I've got a good bit left over even after I've cut out my parcel shelf and doorcards.

Oh and you think removing the covers are bad? Try fitting fresh vinyl covers.. I was knelt on the base and squashing the foam to get them damn rods in!

Edited 9 April, 201610 yr by xumado

Your attention to detail is spot on!

What carb are you running on your old engine? I may be interested in your bolt-on filter if you wanted to sell.

Your attention to detail is spot on!

What carb are you running on your old engine? I may be interested in your bolt-on filter if you wanted to sell.

Standard pooburg it fitted on a weber dmtl as well which I'll have for sale along with the engine soon :)

hmmm. As it stands i'm good with the Pierburg for the time being as I want to get the car working. Drop me a PM if/when you'd consider selling the filter on it's own!

This is so sweet man and I know youve got way more planned so can't wait.

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Very fresh rims [emoji41] [emoji41] [emoji41] [emoji41] [emoji41]

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I'd be honoured to fart on the backbench of your car

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This is so sweet man and I know youve got way more planned so can't wait.

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Very fresh rims [emoji41] [emoji41] [emoji41] [emoji41] [emoji41]

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I'd be honoured to fart on the backbench of your car

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Aha don't even think about touching them you can look but not touch :p

Got no work done today at all apart from putting my wheels back on :)

I went out for the Tour De Essex with SX Dub Club and met some campers fwends

Polos are soo tiny!!!!!

Only other picture I took with mine in shot.

Edited 10 April, 201610 yr by xumado

Doing some door fixing today as I put my finger through the bottom of my drivers door :(

So replacement door I've had for over a year getting repaired and sprayed up rattlecan style.

Fill in the dings

F*ck first can of primer I grabbed was not the colour I was expecting but thought I'd use it anyways

Now I found the primer I meant to use -.-

So should be painted and maybe fitted by the end of play today. Still waiting for my manifold kit which hasn't turned up yet so a bit pissed off

Shite photo to cover up a shite paint job Will be sanding down the runs tomorrow with some wet and dry then doing a few more coats the rest of the week and then mop it and hope for the best!

Edited 11 April, 201610 yr by xumado

Cant be as bad as whats already on the car considering theres a hole in the bottom :P

I just don't have the balls to paint stuff for fear of messing it up...

Maybe I'll just dive in

I just don't have the balls to paint stuff for fear of messing it up...

Maybe I'll just dive in

I'm not too fussed as i paint buses. But thats a bus, i dont care about runs or a neat job really. So different to my own car. its all in the prep man and using quality paint which is what i didnt do...

This has appeared from yesterday. Somewhere on the A120 I think.

I just don't have the balls to paint stuff for fear of messing it up...

Maybe I'll just dive in

I'm not too fussed as i paint buses. But thats a bus, i dont care about runs or a neat job really. So different to my own car. its all in the prep man and using quality paint which is what i didnt do...

Yeah, when I get some decent weather and some cash to drop on some paint/lacquer, I'm going to try and sort my rust spots out.

Where the bus boys a friendly bunch? Do love a bay camper :)

Sorry I couldn't make it...sort of knew I wasn't going to anyway! Finished my outstanding work so I should have time on the car and make the other one!

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Where the bus boys a friendly bunch? Do love a bay camper :)

Sorry I couldn't make it...sort of knew I wasn't going to anyway! Finished my outstanding work so I should have time on the car and make the other one!

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Great bunch of people. Was hard to get round and have a chat with everyone with a 50+ vehicle turn out lol

More things happened today Manifold kit was supposed to turn up monday so have been sat around with my thumb up my ass waiting for it :(

But its all welded up and on. Just waiting on my 4 branch and full exhaust the its all ready to drop in