Great to have another build going on the forum. Are you going to go through the IVA process and get your buggy on the road?
You seem to have got a bit of a survivor buggy there, not molested, stored well, mostly intact at a bargain basement, good value price.
Not only were there different versions there were a couple of different outfits that put these together. All background information should be available in the forum. That pedal box is the one you are after. The floor mounted version takes up much room in the passenger foot well.
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The nose cone is an issue, has the previous owner really mis-laid it as the rest of it looks pretty good. I am sure it must be somewhere in his workshop. Like Alan said not the end of the world but worth finding as it is probably in good condition if he still has it.
See my build for some inspiration.... I think mine was the 3rd to go through IVA when it was really only designed to go through SVA when there were a huge amounts of old classic minis being scrapped. Now days, parts are super expensive but eBay throws up some gems so get some custom searches going to collect parts.
My rev counter gave up after not much use, annoyingly it wasn't that cheap or nasty. So to cheer me up I ordered a new digital unit and had to get the matching water temp gauge to go with it. When off they are just smoked and no need to wire a seperate poz for illumination, so win win but...
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