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[1275 SPRITE]

Yeah, well your good at soldering *cough cough*

I think autosol would bring that cage up better than new!

[minilover]

All that rot!!!! and you've just covered it in fibreglass and filler



Deathtrap.

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

If i had megajolt sitting around my mini could be a 2.0 zetec by now with twin webber but thats for another evening

[1987_ParkLane]

Yeah, well your good at soldering *cough cough*

I think autosol would bring that cage up better than new!

I wish lol, yer i should come up good, at least it saves me money on primer and paint

All that rot!!!! and you've just covered it in fibreglass and filler



Deathtrap.

Wow your 5th post and you have that to say, thanks for dropping by anyway .

If i had megajolt sitting around my mini could be a 2.0 zetec by now with twin webber but thats for another evening

Haha true, I have seen some good converted Zetecs .

[1987_ParkLane]

Well had the afternoon off work today, really to rest , but the mini was soon calling my name, so I had to do some work on her. First off I decided to get the buckets and carpets in:



And the arn't coming out again . Next I moved onto the roll cage:





Its fits ok, but it fouled with the internal boot release, so I had to take that off, and I'll get some longer bolts from work tomorrow lol.

Then the the rear quarter cards keep popping out, so I came up with a little something:



I just popped a small self tapper into that plastic square, and now they hold in nicely .

Then I started to sand down the smooth boot, first I drilled out the hinge holes, and the wanted to see how it fitted:





Then I started to smooth the primer:



Arc Angels put the primer on it for me free of charge as they were late with my order or something, but it was all rough, so I sanded it down, and it will be ready for a bit of filling here and there, then might be ready for the black tomorrow night .

[1275 SPRITE]

Looking very nice The roll cage and seats look good together

Smooth boot also looks good. Nice to see it painted

[1987_ParkLane]

Looking very nice The roll cage and seats look good together

Smooth boot also looks good. Nice to see it painted

Yer the seats and roll cage do look good , and the boot is looking good at the moment, just need the boot seal then I can see how it all lines up properly .

[1275 SPRITE]

Yeah, I think a nice mini spares order is due lol.
My debit card came through the other day, so might have a browse on the bay... lol

[1987_ParkLane]

Yeah, I think a nice mini spares order is due lol.
My debit card came through the other day, so might have a browse on the bay... lol

I think it is soon . Haha nice, I've just purcahsed a few things lol .

[Surfbluegarage]

looking good dude! like the bootlid! should be good when its done!!

[1987_ParkLane]

looking good dude! like the bootlid! should be good when its done!!

Cheers daps, hope its going to be quick and look good when its done .

[1987_ParkLane]

I havn't done a lot over the past few days, and today it was raining a lot, but I still decided to do something , I covered the door cards and rear quarter cards:









I covered them in black leatherette, they don't look bad . I still have to cut out all the little holes and that in the front door cards, but I don't need to do that until they go in .

[analogue_radio]

How are you securing that roll cage? looks beefy! door cards are nice as well man get your mum to sew a few straight parallel lines down them, would look tidy.

[1987_ParkLane]

How are you securing that roll cage? looks beefy! door cards are nice as well man get your mum to sew a few straight parallel lines down them, would look tidy.

Its only a show roll cage, was originally from Huddersfield Spares, it bolts onto the top front seatbelt mounts, as can be seen from that little bracket, and then rests on the rear wheel arch. Surprisingly its quite sturdy, and its made out of aluminum, so its nice and light .

I think I'm just going to leave the door cards how they are, I think the front ones will look quite good with a set of the polished handles on them , and your not really going to see the rear ones .

[1987_ParkLane]

Didn't get a lot done yesterday, just got the rear quarter cards in, was quite hard with the roll cage in the way, but got there in the end:



I think it look ok , it coveres up the metal and soundproof behind it lol .