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[Davethepioneer]

Some great work there fella, classic mini spares washing line! You should patent that great idea mate

[Twilton]

Welding Finished!
 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

Edited by Twilton, 21 March 2019 - 06:22 PM.

[Twilton]

Some great work there fella, classic mini spares washing line! You should patent that great idea mate

Haha cheers mate.

Only comes with one problem... Getting everything off carefully when painted. Through some parts I couldn't hang over I passed the line through holes.. I managed alright but it was pretty tense at times.

[Twilton]

Well the last 3 years have just disappeared. What with finishing University, traveling and trying to get a real job...

 

Anyway thats all out of the way now and so it continues..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More to come.

[blueovalcraig]

Looking good. Is that Nightfire red? Love the colour

[Twilton]

Looking good. Is that Nightfire red? Love the colour

 

Yeah it is!

[Twilton]

Some more pictures as she stands at the moment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roof lining has been out cleaned and back in 10/10 for effort, ill get a better picture next time

Edited by Twilton, 18 July 2016 - 11:17 AM.

[slidehammer]

Nice looking mini, and some neat looking welds, well done.

[Twilton]

A couple more images.

 

 

 

Very happy with how the zinc plating turned out, it has made a big difference under the bonnet and hope to have more protection from it for years to come.

 

 

 

 

I'll align and torque down to boot when I receive the new seal for it

 

 

Thank's for looking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Twilton]

So a little bit of an update, I was back with the car on the weekend and managed to get a few little bits done.

 

My rear radius arms were looking a bit sorry for themselves so I gave them a good refresh with cleaning, blasting, etch and paint. I do need to have them reamed though, so I'm not sure if it would of been better to have them swapped at minispares, however these are original to the car and thats money that could go to something else if I can manage it.

 

 

 

I relocated the washer bottle and fitted a filter king.

 

 

 

 

Also I managed to get most of my wiring loom fitted back in, notice the tab that was facing down... i'll give this a bit of a touch up but planning remove it and fit a P clip with rivit nut instead.

 

 

 

Thank you for having a look.

 

 

[Hedgey]

Love those seats!

[blueovalcraig]

Looking sweet

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Looking good. What size are the Allen head bolts that hold the hing to the boot lid just want to do a similar thing as I don't like studs

[Twilton]

Love those seats!

 

Thanks, so do I.

 

Looking sweet

 

Cheers

 

Looking good. What size are the Allen head bolts that hold the hing to the boot lid just want to do a similar thing as I don't like studs

 

If I remember 1/4" thread x 9/16"

[Twilton]

A long overdue update.

 

The next job was to give the underside a thoroughly good clean. Apart from the sills the rest of it is in great condition due to been protected back in the day with Ziebart, any flaky bits were removed before it was masked off and sprayed with Dinitrol ML3125 and Dinitrol 4941.

 

 

 

A couple of months later I managed to sneak in a weekend and got the front subframe and the engine back in. (ignore the grubby rockercover its only temporary)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is how she stands at the moment, hoping I can get more done soon.

 

 

Thank's for having a look