MadaboutKitcars

I *am* French ;-)

Oh that helps then, as I am Welsh but not speak it.
(I found Martini stripes for sale on ebay was thinking of these for my kit, golden days of racing).

I love it on cars from the 80's and 90's. Dunno how good it would look on a kit inspired by the 60's.

thats my 60s favorit paint job

Good work but somehow for me the stripes don't work with the nose vents, maybe just straight double gt40 stripes??....

That actually doesn't look bad to me.
But I think that's because these aren't precisely the gulf colours (orange "paler").

Will be shelving the mini hinges for the boot, longer morris minor hinges ordered, need to beef up the metal before mounting, the bit between the chrome strips, as it warped slightly, anyone got a bucket of enthusiasm they could give or lend me, on a plus note ss wiper arms extended, adapters drilled out, anyway back to more filling.

Just thinking about those MM hinges....I think the ones for the bonnet have angled hinges and the boot ones have angled bases? I may be wrong! All are handed. N

These are for the rear my boot is longer and I will need to bolt it to the metal, the morris hinges are longer, and will support trhe boot better, I will beef up the metal before fixing. Mini ones are too small, but I tried and it presented the mounting problem, so we live, we learn, we build!

Morris Minor hinges have come but are not a pair, love the curves though, shelved for another prodject. New hinges ordered from India.

http://kitcar.bb-fr.com/t6786-nouveau-partenaire-rat-race-garage
Thought this might be of interest.
German not Italian but similar.

Hinges from India have arrived top dallah worth every penny!

Lucky you. Mine were posted from Deli the same day, arrived in Heathrow the next day, and now have been lost by DHL. Ain't no mountain high enough, anit no valley low enough.....bollocks!

Mine got sent back to India!

I have the minor parts, and I hate them.
Whatever, they are too long and do not fit.
The radius is suitably bent in the front "two different radii"
I will not give up, even if I have to rebuild the hood.

Charger, not sure what hinges you have, I have a set of Mini hinges now shelved, a not matched pair of Morris Minor hinges (nice curves not good for the kit) also shelved, and a pair od new Morris Oxford hinges from India, they are almost flat and fit my build as mine is a MX250C.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170988701805?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

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Still in use in India today.

The Morris parts are to long.
I go crazy, no clue how i can use the hinges.
The angle must be more than 110 degree and they have 90. not more
I hope to find light at the dark horizon


And Yes the mini hinges are perfect for front and rear!

I rode in some quite a few times.

They're awful awful cars, really.

Ah the British car industry, they went on to make a Morris 1800 (had one of those) then the Morris Marina which if you got one built on a Tuesday or Thursday was a shit car but built on a Monday or Friday it was diabolical, renamed as an Ital was even worse, still thats progress? (The 1800 was front wheel drive with hydroelastic suspension, Marina was rear with hodgekiss dive, leaf springs etc.)

I agree about the Morris Marina being a piece of crap. I hit one almost head on after its (drunk) driver swerved into my path on a fast A road in South Wales on a dark, rainy night in 1983.

I was driving my Chrysler Sunbeam at about 60mph while I'd estimate he was doing about 40. The result of the 100mph smash was that the Marina was completely destroyed - the engine and gearbox were rammed back into the passenger compartment, the car spun round, burst into flames and if I hadn't dragged them out of the blazing wreckage the driver and passenger would have died on the spot.

As luck would have it the first vehicle that happened by a few minutes later was an ambulance on its way back from a false alarm call and they were whisked off to Cardiff Royal Infirmary. Both survived but with major injuries.

My Sunbeam effectively went right through the front of the Marina, turned almost completely onto its side but righted itself without rolling. It then kept on going with only one front wheel for about a hundred yards before hitting a lamp-post and coming to a stop with the engine, and me, screaming.

Apart from a slight concussion and a fractured right ankle from the hit I got through the brake pedal I was fine, if rather elated to still be alive. My Chrysler even looked repairable although it was an insurance write-off. Thank F*ck I was wearing my seatbelt or I would've still been wearing my glasses when they hit the inside of the windscreen...

Anyway, the result of that particular match was a confirmed Chrysler Sunbeam 1, Morris Marina nil.

My first car was a 1981 Vauxhall Cav Mk1 bought at 16 years old in 1987 at Cardiff car auctions, think it was £600, and tidy, it was a 1300 and threw a rod on its first run on the A48 (dad supervising and just 17), rebuilt the engine finished just before passing my test added spoliers and plastic so it looked more like a Manta, passed my test then 10 days later head on crash in a country lane near Sully with a Saab Turbo, no injuries but Saab came off best, hence the need for the land crab. Oh I have visited CRI, broke my left clavical playing rugby when I was 15, against Rougemont (Newport) I went to Kings then New College School in Cardiff. My dad had Morris's as company cars then Mk 2 vauxhall cavillers that were better. I have had a love hate relationship with Landrovers untill the mid ninties when I bought my first Shogun, bought jap and never looked back. Now have a 1992 Prelude owned since 1996, a 2005 CRV Diesel 2.2 Executive remapped to 195 bhp, (get 40 to the gallon as well) and a 1993 imported Mx5 still in production as a Tribute MX 250C!

Down to buisiness, hinges, the boot of the Mx250c is large and long so the Indian hinges will suit it well, the metal behind the hood is not strong enough to support the mounting of the hinges (flexes out of shape with stress), so solution, a small plate cut from leftover wing sandwiched to some leftover fibergass with the bonding agent supplied by chris. Bonded to the car the galssed over and filled to give a mound/plinth/hump for the hinge to sit on, will try to post pix but photo bas,rd no longer likes my phone, will have to use SLR camera and upload.

In my desire for the classic look, removed the original wiper arms, for new chrome (adjustable) ones, they were too short and had to be extended with some ss bar that I had kicking around, the adapters would not sit on the extentions properly, re working of the extentions and they now fit, but the kit has been cut to accomodate this, I now find myself cutting up ice cream tubs to make triangular moulds for fiberglass, can't think where I've Sean that before, you a bad influence on kit builders everywhere! Only jesting top idea, my Photobucket/Gmail is still Phucked, but Orange are being unusully helpfull.