Ballparking it with the car up on stands, the bottom of the oil pan appears to be level with the front cross member. The cross member ran with 4-1/2″ of clearance.

I don’t understand what the dealer’s purpose is in this scenario. He charges $1,000 to make your bid? Why not just go to the auction and buy the car yourself?

Aluminum underpan is almost done. The driver’s footwell is removable to facilitate access to the pedal set & under the dash.

Jack, there is a thread in here of the building of my tow bar setup. Complete with pictures.

Yup: it’s all so quick and easy.

This is fun, right?

Here’s me spending 50+ hours making a pedal set. Now all I’ve got to do is cut the whole thing out and weld it back in two inches to the left.

A little more progress. Three steps forward, two steps back.

I began installing the pulley kit and alternator bracket kits I bought months ago. I found out that they were incompatible.

I’ll never keep a belt on these pulleys.

Back on the internet. I found an outfit that supplies a complete package for alternator only with a v-belt.

Even…[Read more]

Pretty cool look I say! And good to see you on the board again.

Looks nice and clean. The bottom of your Accusump looks different from mine.

C’mon, Roy! Bring the TD to Carlisle for one last hurrah! Put the “For Sale” sign on the front seat. Such a great example of the marque.

Sorry you wont bring the TDr. I assume you will be bringing the little yellow rocket, then? If you’re going to keep the MINI around for a while, join us in July.

http://www.minitakesthestates.com/

All the circuitry for the Ford Duraspark system have been eliminated and the wiring added for the MSD ignition. The circuits for the exhaust cut outs are in along with the circuit for the Accusump. Back up switch circuit has been repaired and several unused circuits that have never been hooked up to anything from the original Ford harness have…[Read more]

I second that! Take care, Bill.

Bill, you and Audrey will be missed.

Look forward to seeing you there, Al.

Shall we do some sort of TD club thing while we’re there? What’s everyone doing for Friday dinner?