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[Harryrothers93]

Good efforts mate! My rollover is still sat in the shed in bits. Could you do me a favour and messure the hight of the roof when its the right way up on the jig. Im not convinced mine will clear in the current garage ‍♂

6foot 4" bud

 

 

had a delivery this afternoon, the contents of said package will help with this weekends job..... stripping the whole underneath of the car and priming !

 

 

 

the note left on the box leads me to believe that some how, they know I require the extra warning haha

 

 

 

 

 

when nothing other than full strength will do!

 

 

Edited by Harryrothers93, 17 April 2019 - 06:47 PM.

[Harryrothers93]

beautiful weather today in the Lake District.... and I spent it in the 'green house' I mean... tent. ( HOT would be an understatement )

 

but before I head out to the beer garden, here's an update 

 

 

rust before treatment (various wire wheels and flap discs oh and acid. don't forget the acid)

 

 

 

wire wheels got me to this 

 

 

 

then started the seam welding 

 

 

 

 

ended up with this after all the welds were ground down

 

 

 

 finished off with applying some acid 

 

 

[1330RG]

Cheers for that dude ?

And some wicked progress as always!

[Harryrothers93]

small update unfortunately... stripping underneath to bare metal was harder Than I imagined 

 

 

 

before I started the paint removal I welded in some bolts ready for the fuel lines and brakes line

 

 

 

 

with that done I went to work on the body 

 

 

finally some primer

 

 

[Harryrothers93]

long time without an update, I haven't made loads of progress unfortunately.

 

 

cutting out the final bits of rust 

 

 

 

 

weld 

 

 

 

grind 

 

 

 

rust cut out and new dash rail fitted

 

 

 

then I started closing up the gap between the bulkhead and the dash rail

 

 

 

then I made a start cleaning up the lower Inside bulkhead 

 

 

 

wire wheel 

 

 

acid

 

 

I did also manage go make a start stripping the front subframe ready for powder coating 

 

 

 

 

 

on a side note the engine has come back from having the machine work done, I will get some pictures up when I can 

 

so far its needed -

 

rebore (new pistons and rings)

block and head skimmed 

crank re grind

gearbox rebuilt with straight cut gears

new exhaust valves / valve guides 

new clutch 

 

not to bad for a 98000 mile engine lol

 

 

 

[cookie4343]

Getting there mate, excellent job so far.

[Harryrothers93]

Getting there mate, excellent job so far.

 

thanks bud, slowly slowly. haha

[johnR]

Good job we don't realise the amount of work required when we start these projects - you'll soon have a finished body, then you'll have to start restoring everything to go back on it!

[Harryrothers93]

Good job we don't realise the amount of work required when we start these projects - you'll soon have a finished body, then you'll have to start restoring everything to go back on it!

100% a good job ! haha 

 

front end arrived today, hopefully get that sorted over the bank holiday weekend

 

don't remind me ! although I am looking forward to building her back up with new shiny parts.

 

just a mountain of things todo before that...

[Harryrothers93]

had a couple of hours to play with the Mini, so just made a start tiding the inside a little bit 

 

 

wire wheel 

 

 

 

 

paint ( haven't spent time cleaning welds up as they won't be seen ) sound proofing and seam sealer will sort it no problem haha

 

 

 

also brought this mess in to the house for a tidy up over tomorrow and evenings this week 

 

 

[Harryrothers93]

advise required please chaps....

 

Saturday and Sunday I will be attempting to weld the front end on to the car. ( scuttle, wings front panel ) 

 

any suggestions on how too?

 

I have got as far as refitting the front subframe, mounting the front panel to it and working from that with bonnet wings and scuttle ?

[Harryrothers93]

made a start prepping the front end ready for the new panels.....

 

 

prep for welding 

 

 

 

added some weld through primer

 

 

then I cut out the replacement patch 

 

 

few spot welds and seam welding, while I was hammering the steel into shape as I went 

 

 

 

all welded and ground back ( for the most part )

 

 

 

primed 

 

 

 

 

I did cheat a little with this repair as I did a lap joint... the overlap is only by a couple of MM 

 

but on the inside a ground back the excess metal sheet then seam welded on the inside 

[Harryrothers93]

Soo I didn't get anywhere near as much done this weekend as I wanted to.... but some **** did still happen.

 

 

wiring loom progress ( generally re taping the whole loom, then remaking off connectors with heat shrink )

 

 

also made up some decent earth straps 

 

 

as for bodywork, I managed to get the panels full prepped and painted 

 

 

[1330RG]

Coming on well mate. Iv not touched mine in weeks ?

[Harryrothers93]

Coming on well mate. Iv not touched mine in weeks

getting there bud, I'm hoping to have the shell finished and painted before the end of summer. 

 

what's holding you back ? get motivated mate! haha