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[minimissions]

Nice work, not long and it will start to look like a clubby again :)

[GT Jimmy]

Today was a day of one step forward and two steps back. I welded a return flange to the front of the magnum inner sill, nice of magnum to leave it off, serves me right for being a cheapskate haha.

Then an almighty 2 steps back. Got too giddy with the makita last time and drilled 6 plug weld holes where there is nowt to weld to, time to crack out the welder and weld them up. Stupid is as stupid does!!

Then R Kid lined up the inner wing and clamped and screwed it in place for next time

No pics because I ran out of time

[Steve8274]

These type of days happen but it all adds to the fun of rebuild.
Soon be ready for the road

[GT Jimmy]

These type of days happen but it all adds to the fun of rebuild.
Soon be ready for the road

I like your optimism haha

[minimissions]

Its still progress and that's what matters :)

[GT Jimmy]

Had a few hours on the GT this morning. We must have had the inner wing off and on 10 times before we were happy (ish) with it's position. Well it isn't coming off again now

 

 

Then R kid cleaned the welds up as I put the kettle on

 

 

Gave the bare metal a coat of primer. I'll do the floor welds when it's back on its roof

 

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I'll start removing the other inner wing now, an hour a night now the lighter nights are here, need to get the welding boxed off

[RON1966]

Fantastic job Jim. Looking forward to seeing the front panels fitted now. Got to do more work on our GT all rust repairs though. Doing the drivers door last year tested my patience though. Well done on the superb effort. Watching with interest Ron.

[GT Jimmy]

Fantastic job Jim. Looking forward to seeing the front panels fitted now. Got to do more work on our GT all rust repairs though. Doing the drivers door last year tested my patience though. Well done on the superb effort. Watching with interest Ron.

Thanks for the compliment Ron. I'm just making it up as I go along. Good luck with yours

[minimissions]

This is coming together nicely, its those big panels that really make the difference.

[GT Jimmy]

This is coming together nicely, its those big panels that really make the difference.

I need donuts haha

[minimissions]

haha if thats what it takes we can sort the doughnuts

[GT Jimmy]

Oooohhhh! What's in the box?​ 

A passenger side inner wing and a heelboard.

 

 

 

 

 

I was surprised to see the inner wing had the cowling for the rad, I thought I might have had to order it separately. The heel board has a couple of strange plates over the where the steel was cut to shape the panel, looks like one of my bodges haha

 

Looks like R Kid is going to be busy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Verderad]

I'm just about to remove inner wing. Instant to keep as much of the A post and hinge stitched as possible for alignment. Did you just remove spots from inner wing?

[GT Jimmy]

I just drilled the spot welds. There was a small seam weld near the vent hole as well. Hardest part was finding some of the welds, I used a spot weld chisel between the panels and that then showed them up

[minimissions]

Always nice to see a big Mini Spares box!

 

Looking forward to seeing some more panel work...