Most VN's are heaps of shit, im so lucky dad looked after ours, it looks pretty mint, most people like it. I was a bit scared to lower it from FE2 spec as i was that worried it'd **** it all up.
Mine has full electrics but the rear windows dont work
but they didnt when dad had it and i'm a noob with electrics so never fixed them. Hence my annoyance at electric windows lol
I was damned tempted to put a 5L into it, i had enough in the bank for a decent 355, airbags, wheels (already had FR's on it) etc. BUT i lost my job, and slowly wasted my money on going out haha stupid! dont take 4 months off work... financially kills. Oh, and i bought the XR8 haha
The other project is a 1963 850 Mini, but we've got an ex-race 1430cc (thats bored & stroked basically to the max) will replace the cam for something less psychotic, cooper disc brakes, lightened doors, custom/adjustable solid/rose-jointed suspension. We thought about running a webber carby, but we'd need to cut a box into the bulkhead, and we just arent willing to **** up an otherwise unmolested original '63 850 so probably run twin SU's. Black roof with a proper red body (maybe even venom red), with black arches, wide rubber(6 inch... wide for a mini
), Half cage, stripped interior, sheetmetal dash. The gearbox i think (not sure, it hasnt been touched in years) is short cut close ratio, so good for hillclimb/sprint car. But not 100% on the box yet, we'll get to that when we eventually get there lol could be a basic one which we'll build up.
i've had it since i was 13, and im now 22... Problem always was dad and i are novices and could get it to paint stage, but dad never had the money, and we never had painter mates. But it looks like we'll be getting the paint done by feb next year, so once thats done, there's alot of assembly lol I'm hoping we can pull it off!
