Mk 1 Project Zippy. Looking Like a Car.

[Rich]

Logged in for the first time in a long time, good to see you still on with Zippy!

[MrBounce]

Hi Rich - yup I'm still at it! Bit annoying that the forum here doesn't re-size the images - only just noticed this.

I have finally got some time to get back into the garage and got back on to the door. I'd been putting it off for too long, just not having the impetus to get the door done. The basics were there, so all I had to do was to fit it together.

Ok, it was a bit more involved than that. Why? The quarterlight glass would not sit right - it was proud at the bottom by almost 5mm. Turns out that the window channel was not quite letting the glass go in far enough, so I have amended this by some re-arranging (I made it into 2 sections at one of the corners, and gently "persuaded" the glass into place with a rubber mallet). Then what I needed to sort was the rivets for the door plate to make sure it didn't move. These actually went on without too much of a fight, although I did need to use some bigger rivets as the holes in the fibreglass door shell had elongated. In fact it took longer to sort the riveter out than it did to actually use it.

I then screwed the frame to the door shell - the front proved to be more problematic than the rear, but again I used some "persuasion". It's now together. I have also put the mirror together with its plinth - I will fix this in place, and do both the door card and the clear plastic shielding sheeting once it's on the car.

Finally, for today, I needed to make sure that there is as much clearance as possible under the bonnet - I know that there are only a couple of millimetres of clearance between the negative terminal and the bonnet. I have therefore modified the bolts on the terminal by thinning them down by a couple of mm. More soon.

The door is together! Still needs the clear plastic sheet and the door card, but shouldn't be an issue to do...



Some bigger rivets were needed. Which is riveting. Or something like that, anyway. (Sorry).



Looks nice from this side!



I've started putting the mirror together. This is a rare beast - a Renault 14 item. I have 2 of them (the mirrors, not the Renault 14)



And - modified bolts on the terminal. Every millimetre counts under that tiny bonnet!

[Rich]

I've added a limit to height and width of images in posts, hopefully that will stop them going huge, it was set as unlimited which may have been the cause of the issue. Let me know if it looks any better at your end.

[MrBounce]

I've added a limit to height and width of images in posts, hopefully that will stop them going huge, it was set as unlimited which may have been the cause of the issue. Let me know if it looks any better at your end.

Hi Rich

Tried to do an update on the Midas rebuild and it now tells me that my pictures are too big to add. As I update various forums I don't really want to resize anything before I then upload to this one as it takes long enough already. Is there a solution?

Thanks, Dave

[Rich]

I've added a limit to height and width of images in posts, hopefully that will stop them going huge, it was set as unlimited which may have been the cause of the issue. Let me know if it looks any better at your end.

Hi Rich

Tried to do an update on the Midas rebuild and it now tells me that my pictures are too big to add. As I update various forums I don't really want to resize anything before I then upload to this one as it takes long enough already. Is there a solution?

Thanks, Dave

Hi Dave,

I'm sure I can sort something, as that wasn't supposed to happen! Been following your progress on Retrorides.

[Rich]

Try now Dave, let me know if it still doesn't work for you.

Rich

[MrBounce]

Testing...

[MrBounce]

Only partially successful....

[Rich]

Only partially successful....

There's no option in the software to automatically resize pictures I'm afraid.

[MrBounce]

As per Rich's post above about not having the software to resize pictures on the forum, I will no longer be updating this thread, due the pictures not really making sense as only part of them will show on the page.

I will continue to provide updates on the Retro Rides Forum as well as The Mini Forum for those that wish to continue following:

https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/19 ... ject-zippy

https://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/t ... s-project/

I will also be on the Midas FB page from time to time and will pop in here every so often as well.

Thank you, Dave