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[sonikk4]

[stumpy75]

Inner wing in place along with door frame/pillar next is to fit the top dash rail and repair the bulkehead x membe
Any reason not to ---- stitch weld the inner wing to toe board lip on the inside of the car

[stumpy75]

We have a problem the toeboard has a fair bit of heavy pitting the bottom 6 inches on the drivers side cleaning it up would make the metal thin also the outer 35 mm is a bit lacey
We also have rot in the join between the bulkhead panel and the toeboard i dont want it to be a patchwork quilt and being ive got to get a bukhead x member and seeing another post regards bulkhead panels and what you can get i bit the bullet and got a cheaper option bulkhead panel now i have to work out how to get it to fit correctly

Edited by stumpy75, 13 June 2019 - 05:22 PM.

[stumpy75]

Thi should be renamed blown the budget

[wreckitralph]

ive taken this project on alone now as my mate is working away full time 

 so its having new door frame surrounds [1 already fitted]

new bulkhead and new full scuttle the plan is to make many parts as he did  originality is not important to me as is strength and structural integrity so its at the stage of having a new bulkhead panel atm 

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Edited by wreckitralph, 06 October 2019 - 03:44 PM.

[wreckitralph]

will get more pics   its an 79 mini 1000 thats was sat in a garden for 3 years before my mate got it

Edited by wreckitralph, 23 September 2019 - 08:26 PM.

[wreckitralph]

so to be honest i would have been far better with a better shell but at least it will be all new when finished  any  of you guys see anything glaringly obvious with regards the panel fitment or potential problems please say ime a novice

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Edited by wreckitralph, 24 September 2019 - 02:07 PM.

[wreckitralph]

new scuttle trying to get the fit correct

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[1330RG]

Shell doesn't look to bad from what you can see. May i request that you take the next few pics from further back? Cant really see the over all project bud.

[wreckitralph]

my phone fried itself the beginning of this week   so ime using an old camera so not the best but will hhave my new one by the weekend to be honest its a basket case floors rear arches boot floor the lot needs doing with my plans i would rather use a wreck of a shell than chop around a tidy one

[wreckitralph]

so as i previously stated i had this of a mate whos away working hence why he couldnt plod on with it  ime also renting his house with a small workshop wich the car is still in so thats handy as didnt have to move the shell   ....result

 

so a few issues or newbie mistakes

its had an A pillar inner boxing plate wich is an pattern part [passenger side]   due to amistake of mine by bodging the welding and ruining the mating lip we started deseaming the passenger a pillar with a plate welded in behind for strength and so a big fat weld could be laid without blowing holes in the thin steel of the A post  [oh and ive recently completed a welding course at college it was only a 12 week course  but it has given me confidence in my welds and i have a basic grasp of things ime sure i will learn far more from actualy working on this 

 

ive offered up the bulkhead panel and self tapped it as previously stated

the drivers side is an original inner boxing  plate  

 

 

ive offered up the top dash rail and it lines up nicely with the drivers side in terms of the curve and where the two panels meet its nice and tight

the passenger side however that has that panel changed

 

there curve is wrong and theres a gap between the two   i need some advice on this before i can proceed has anyone changed this and was it the same story regards fitment

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Edited by wreckitralph, 27 September 2019 - 08:06 PM.

[wreckitralph]

this is kind of the the look ime going for

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[1330RG]

Kind of kad 16v space frame type look, i like it! Looke mean dude

[wreckitralph]

yes i dont want a show pony i want a minimalist mean and moody kind of thing without loads of bling ad bolt on chrome

[wreckitralph]

abother similaire

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