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[danny1]

That's not so bad the SSD is a hard trial,
Yeah I enjoyed watching the highlights from it,

[thespikeyone]

my friends were doing the videos for the week you can find them here  watch the thurday vid

 and you will see me having a pretty good ride @ 7:50.  you will also see one of the guys with a stags head on his back that he found on one of the moor crossings, that was a funny day.

[thespikeyone]

Right then back to business.  Boot floor replaced.

 

 

 

 

 

[bpirie1000]

Busy loon..... Great work.. When you want it finished for?

[thespikeyone]

not put a date on it. it'll be done when it's done.  I have too many other toys to play with!!!! that and I still haven't finished the body work yet and I still need to do all the mods I want, it'll be a while me thinks.

[domdee]

Pm'd

[thespikeyone]

new outer sill on passengers side fired on today

[thespikeyone]

I'm going back to work in a couple of days so decided to have a bit of a tidy up. This is the ginger crusty that has been cut out so far!!!!!

[thespikeyone]

Right, wee update.

Got the passengers inner wing in.





while the paint was drying i decided to take the paint off the doors to see what sort of state they were in. 

passengers door has a horrible patch and a big ding that was loaded with filler and the frame is pretty far gone at the bottom. probably re-skin and repair panel required.





drivers door. Skin is ok but frame bottom on both corners is fecked





Has anyone managed to remove and re-use door skin? any tips?

[thespikeyone]

Scuttle panel fitted today







decided to try out the blast cabinet thats in the club, tower bolts came up quite nice



and my nut and bolt kit turned up too



gonna make a start on the flip front tomorrow.

[thespikeyone]

new chairs turned up, bargain at £90 for the pair, and they are in really good condition too.



started sorting out the mildly crusty bunnet











I also tried fitting the subframe but the drivers side bottom mount is miles out so i'll need to do some measuring and checking to see if its the shell or the frame :-(

[thespikeyone]

So I finished off the bonnet today



Then I tried to work out what was going on with the front subframe bottom mounts, you can see in these crappy photos, with the frame fully fitted it is trying to rip the drivers side mount off the toe board.





I took the frame off and re-fitted the old one to see if it was frame or shell and results were the same so it must be the shell :-(

These photos show how far out the mounts and holes are out with the tower bolts done up tight.





so need some help from you mini gurus, how do I fix it??

[thespikeyone]

Right so i finally got the subframe issue sorted out so it fits.

i built the hinge mounts for the flip front and welded in the brace bars.





and mocked up the panels for the front.





Had a quick play with the hinges but the wings were fouling on the a-panels big time so gonna take a lot of fettling me thinks.  anyone got any tips on this?

 

i bought the inner wings with the a panels already fitted is it best to remove them get the wing and bonnet shut lines correct then refit a panels??

[thespikeyone]

wee update

decided to tackle the doors, removed the skin repaired the bottom of pass door and cut out the handle cup and welded in a plate

 

then fitted the electric windows and central locking mechanisms, then i had to work out how the solenoid for the door latch was gonna fit!! managed to get it in by fabricating a new linkage which attaches to the existing handle mechanism.

 

and a wee video showing it all working
http://vid680.photob...AC196231833.mp4

then started on the drivers door which has the bottom hinge welded on because the bolts have sheered!!!


think i'll skin up tomorrow

 

[thespikeyone]

Passenger door skinned up and fitted



Then welded in some filler rods to get the shut lines sorted. Pretty happy with the result