You are right Richard :-) progress in underway :-)

I'll be up on Thursday.

Awww Sweeeet! this should be awesome!

You bringing the gtr? ;-)

You bringing the gtr? ;-)

No it's lacking a towbar...

Will next time if you fancy a quick demo.

A gtr with a tow bar. Sounds pretty crazy and outlandish to me:-)

A quick sounds good to me after all the stuff you were telling me last time you were up:-)

no time for joyriding, Richard. Get back to the task in hand.

We're all chewing fingernails in anticipation

no time for joyriding, Richard. Get back to the task in hand.

We're all chewing fingernails in anticipation

I hope not, you'll have no fingers left!

It's going to be months...

I've got long fingers

As you say, a long way off yet but the donor car is an greenline, yes?

The citigo logo on the tailgate has the GO in green

Subtle idea... How about painting the GO in red ?

It's a 60PS SE, without the greentech stuff. Didn't see the point as it was all getting ripped out.

Plus the price was right.

Anyone looking for Citygo parts?

Well, the important thing is that the engine and gearbox really does fit. (mostly)

It's definately a packaging challenge, but Luke at Jabbasport is not short of ideas.

Certainly one of the more tricky 1.8t fitting locations.

I'd like to bet this is the first non-standard engine ever to find it's way behind a Citygo bumper, even if it's going to take a while to get it running...

this is looking good

keep up the good work

Anyone looking for Citygo parts?

That driveshaft looks about 6ft long! lol

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Wow that is amazing! how much shoe horning did it need??

It just needed a few things removing, with more to go or be adapted.

Currently the catch on the bonnet sits on the inlet, with the bonnet open about 1cm.

There's a few options for that, but getting the bonnet shut is fairly small on the list of things to do.

The important thing is it fits between the chassis legs and as the bulkhead is quite far back it will go in there.

Steering rack needs relocating too, (not too much though) but one handy thing is the power steering is electric and not under the bonnet at all, the unit to provide assistance is behind the dashboard. The steering rack is quite small and just needs a new mounting frame further out of the way of the 4WD gearbox.

Have to say after today I am feeling rather optimistic about this.

Any modified Up!s yet?

Not heard of any myself, but who knows what's out there.

As they've only been making the Up/CityGo/Mii about three months or so I doubt a lot are getting chopped up yet.

Not heard of any myself, but who knows what's out there.

As they've only been making the Up/CityGo/Mii about three months or so I doubt a lot are getting chopped up yet.

Really blazing a trail if you can beat the Up!s

Out of pure curiosity how long is that driveshaft?

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Out of pure curiosity how long is that driveshaft?

It's about the same length as a Fabia one to the offside wheel.

It just looks very long because it's thin and the CV joint was chopped off right on the edge of the picture.

Looking very good,

Is Lee at Preston's buying the engine for spare???

nice to see the first pics of this happening

Looking very good,

Is Lee at Preston's buying the engine for spare???

I think he's too busy ripping up the warranty at the moment.

Great to see something starting to happen. Looks like it might end up a bit nose heavy -where's the cooling system going to go?

Great to see something starting to happen. Looks like it might end up a bit nose heavy -where's the cooling system going to go?

We are working on that. Behind the bumper would be good and there is some space, but it will also need a large intercooler to get to 350bhp+ for anything more than a short sprint.

Being 4x4 will acually help weight balance as there will be a diff under the back.

Plus some things can be relocated, like the battery.

If we go mad there is the option of a bit of carbon fibre. I'd estimate a saving of 8-10kg just on the bonnet.

Once it's up and runing it can be corner weighted and then decisionss made. But that's a long, long way off yet...