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#136 1330RG

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Posted 31 May 2019 - 09:26 PM

your right man! I need to catch up

#137 Harryrothers93

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Posted 09 June 2019 - 03:49 PM

zero progress on front end unfortunately....but was nice weather today so I thought I would tackle some grinding and painting!! 

 

Sounds fun I know.

 

 

you know the drill.... 

 

wire wheel

 

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After around 6 life times I was left with this

 

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I put some acid in the gutters, they were pretty rust free to be honest. But what the hell, can't hurt!

 

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And........ primed

 

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also between coats I did this ( little touches like this mean everything OR is it nothing ? can't remember )

 

 

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Posted 12 June 2019 - 05:33 PM

Tidy as always......... you missed a bit on the roof though ?

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Posted 23 June 2019 - 08:28 AM

Tidy as always......... you missed a bit on the roof though

 

where? I think that's over spray... hope so anyway roof had about 4 coats 



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Posted 23 June 2019 - 09:02 AM

not had very much time to spend on the Mini

 

I have managed to seam seal the roof gutter, when I did this less really is more. I built the sealer up until it covered just the part I wanted to fill

 

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also some body work stripping and painting 

 

 

 

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Posted 23 June 2019 - 10:20 PM

Tidy as always......... you missed a bit on the roof though

 
where? I think that's over spray... hope so anyway roof had about 4 coats

No it looked fine i was just being an arse lol, is coming along well bud, even slower progress is progress! Iv still got nowhere near mine for a while, we are redoing one of the spare rooms for our new arrival so no mini time for a little bit.......or sleep either soon lol.

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Posted 24 June 2019 - 05:40 AM

 

 

Tidy as always......... you missed a bit on the roof though

 
where? I think that's over spray... hope so anyway roof had about 4 coats

No it looked fine i was just being an arse lol, is coming along well bud, even slower progress is progress! Iv still got nowhere near mine for a while, we are redoing one of the spare rooms for our new arrival so no mini time for a little bit.......or sleep either soon lol.

 

haha! (cough prick) 

 

aye your not wrong there!

 

we take on these projects, but don't realise how much life can get in the way. I guess there's not a better reason than adding to the family though. Hope all goes well bud.



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Posted 24 June 2019 - 06:57 AM

Looking good this, and impressive how you're doing it under a temporary structure.

 

I love how this is still titled 'Driving Restoration'.......it's exactly what my intentions were.

 

"Lets just have the front wings replaced and a bit of paint tidying up"...….. One bare metal restoration later..... bloody mini's!!  



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Posted 24 June 2019 - 03:16 PM

Looking really good, clearly a big amount of work.  I'm only intending on doing the bare minimum to get mine back on the road but that still means a full front end.  I havent fully stripped it down yet either so I may also end up in the same place as you.



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Posted 24 June 2019 - 05:22 PM

Looking good this, and impressive how you're doing it under a temporary structure.

 

I love how this is still titled 'Driving Restoration'.......it's exactly what my intentions were.

 

"Lets just have the front wings replaced and a bit of paint tidying up"...….. One bare metal restoration later..... bloody mini's!!  

 

thanks bud,

 

temporary yes....pain in my arse yes...but it works haha

 

really wanted to believe that it could be a driving Resto, just wasn't going to get done properly if I had.

 

we love them, but test us at times haha

 

 

 

Looking really good, clearly a big amount of work.  I'm only intending on doing the bare minimum to get mine back on the road but that still means a full front end.  I havent fully stripped it down yet either so I may also end up in the same place as you.

 

thanks mate,

 

more work than I was hoping for haha

 

will be following your thread. if you need any help I'm more than happy to pass on any wisdom that could or could not be helpful haha!



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Posted 24 June 2019 - 07:51 PM

haha! (cough prick)

aye your not wrong there!

we take on these projects, but don't realise how much life can get in the way. I guess there's not a better reason than adding to the family though. Hope all goes well bud.

Haha you love me really keeps ya on your toes eh? And yea to true! Life does like to slow these builds down. Cheers bud appreciate it

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Posted 29 June 2019 - 03:13 PM

I feel like the car is finally coming together now, there seams to be a light at the end of the tunnel...

 

or is it that my eyes are just permanently damaged from all the welding? either way **** is getting done.

 

 

behold. Progress!

 

 

 

I started with removing the car from the front part of the Jig, followed by refitting the front subframe so I could bolt the front panel to it.

 

 

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after that I was left with this

 

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I then fit the scuttle loosely and clamped the wings up using mole grips and self tapping screws 

 

 

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at first it seemed that even though I have got heritage panels the fit wasn't great 

 

 

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but with some little persuasion with MR HAMMER I got pretty good results 

 

 

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the bonnet gaps aren't great because I think the bonnet is a little twisted in places, but im hoping a can rectify this and just filler rod it when I do the door gaps.

 

 

and I did manage some welding swell 

 

 

 

weld

 

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grind and prime

 

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Posted 29 June 2019 - 06:31 PM

Excellent work mate, definitely starting to come together. The front looks a really nice fit.

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Posted 30 June 2019 - 10:16 AM

Excellent work mate, definitely starting to come together. The front looks a really nice fit.

thanks bud, long way to go yet.  Just looking forward to getting her painted I think. I started it a year ago this July, funny how fast time goes by with a project... 

 

not sure if I got lucky, I was going to weld it all up yesterday because it seemed spot on. I have left it though until the weekend coming, I just really want to make sure im 100% happy 

 

will be a nightmare if I weld then realise its not in the right place haha



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Posted 30 June 2019 - 01:38 PM

Good work! Get some zinc rich primer underneath the scuttle too! Especially where you've welded! That's a prime area for them to start going.




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