I've started the build on my 'new' road car. Our old Magna is soon destined for car heaven and I've decided that rather buy a bland-mobile I'de tip the cash into something with a bit of character. Even though I've got a mk2 track car project on the go I 'accidentally' bid on this neat little Mk1 and won it even though I was only kinda interested. Hence her name....whoops I've done it again......

She started out as a stock 1300 auto, already now manual, 1600 with a mild motor, extractors and larger exhaust.

Pedal box in tomorrow, just finished the nose.....I prefer the bumperettes and round headlights. Much better.

Awesome to see some pics up. The front end looks great. Is there much involved in the headlight conversion? I have round headlamps and the stainless rings, but no grille.

Cheers. It was easier than I thought. I had a couple of Mk2 round light buckets, one was steel and the other plastic but it was almost exactly the same as the steel one. I've got another set on my other project and they are completely different again and seem to be less suitable for the conversion.

I've basically dummy fit the blanking plates making sure they were central to the grill and used them as a template to trim the front panel to allow the buckets to fit.



Cleaned up the buckets removing the bits that hold the mk2 grill and screwed it to the plates. For now I've riveted the plates to the front panel but will probably weld it in later. This is the first time I've done this and figured rivets were easier to undo than welds incase I got the positioning wrong.

Choice

turned out awesome