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[emalee]

went up the garage yesterday, went to blow all the dust etc off the sky with the airline, turned on the compressor, and thought that was taking a long time to fill up and cut out, brought the airline round anyway, pull the tigger, nothing?????

so checked the gauge 0, what the hell, then saw this:



the farmer had bloody driven a tractor into it, and snapped the take off off the compressor

dad has managed to get the remains out, so just has gotta new take off for it!!!!, not happy!!!

anyway, its horrible with out the airline, we are so used it it, i was like, well what do i just now to get the dust off?????

so sprayied a guide coat on the sky



took the bonnet off and cleaned up and red oxided, then the stereo broke

not doing well!!!!,

so anyway, i've started to flat down the roof, there are only a few minor stratches and blemishes on the paint and a few timy rust spots!!!, so i reckon it will only need one coat of primer

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

lol that roof looks like it wants paint lol my roofs gonna be a mess when i bother to peel back the old paint i can see it coming also had a the random ideal last night to strip the whole car and paint it stone chip black so it would be matt black durable but the finish would be matt affect i think it could look quite cool and would be vvv cheap

[BMC Paul]

sounds like you didnt have much look yesterday! you need the air line and stereo is essential! lol ! dont rush the preparation Emma, the more time and effort you put in now the better the final fiash will be, its all in the preparation and i no it can seem endless at time but will be well worth it when you start putting all your new items and BLING on the freshly painted shell!
Stick at it Emma, you doing a fantastic job, i think this going to look fab when youve done it! Well its saturdy 10.45 am and i guess youll be there now and working o the sky so i expect more updates tonight!!

[emalee]

ok so took up my old stereo, so we finally got some music, really can't live with out that!!



so with the tunes sorted, dad came up and for the pricey sum of £3.50 fixed the compressor, and also fixed the leak that it had at the same time, so it doesn't restart and scare the hell out of us every hour or so!!!!! happy days

then dad got his morris and tryed to tune it up but failed, and a flat battery didn't help things, he reckon the carb is duff, but we have already changed the carb once, because it was running all over the place, now the one that is one there is my old carb (which we took off, because my filter king was pushing too high pressure thru it and it was overflowing) which ran fine on my engine, so i think its something else other than the carb, bearing in mind this engine has been on a head on crash with the centre barrier on the motorway..... and the timing chain end is at the front, so would of took the impact...... the timing chain cover had to be changed as it was peeing out oil and the water pump as it was peeing out water, so thats probably where the problem lies...


Anyway, back to the sky, finished rubbing down the roof ready for primer



SKY BLUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

i love sky blue, its so pretty, and ifound 2 very shallow dents, and a few other rust spots, but its in really good nick!!

then i moved on to the front end





the roof took up most of the day to be honest!!!!

but i also took the sky decals and pinstripe off, so offically the shell has no id and no markings



then started rubbing down the driver rear quarter

again a few rust worms, (well quite a few) and only one mayor dent so far just behind the door, at the bottom



the plan for tomorrow is to finally weld the a panels in propery, and take the spot welder up to sort it out!!, then finish the rear quarter, sort that horrible door, the rub down the rear panel, passenger rear quarter, doors and a panels, then prime!!!!! hopefully....

[BMC Paul]

cool!!! you doing well! glad you got your tunes sorted, body prep can be a boring endless task and you need the music to liven up the day lol!

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

good work can u here your self over the air compressor as i find they normally ruin my music

[emalee]

good work can u here your self over the air compressor as i find they normally ruin my music

it takes less than 5 mins to fill, so isn't too bad, just makes you jump when it starts up, especially when someone else has turned it on and you don't know its on!!

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

lol well im just gettin used to my 2hp air compressor lol not been used for a few months and just replaced all the valves ect

[BMC Paul]

compressors are mint and hey can be loud when they kick in! Also if you have a big tank one hen air tools can be used, o i miss my large compressor and air tools! But my new one does the paint well enough so cant complain lol so are you doing your mini up saxo fiesta mini !

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

names sean and yeah been doing something every other day my restoration is the twice a week in bits kind replacing parts bit by bit

have a look its on complete mini restorations page dubbed projct bertie

gonna have my brakes fitted tomorow so will have a nice long up date

emalee how long u been working with cars and textiles ur abilities out rank mine makes me want to sobb all over my brother sowing machine rolf

[BMC Paul]

Will have a look at your thread Sean...

Hows the sky Emma, you had a good day, done you welding now and hows that door? you cut the bar in half yet? !

[emalee]

Will have a look at your thread Sean...

Hows the sky Emma, you had a good day, done you welding now and hows that door? you cut the bar in half yet? !

we managed to mostly sort it......

we had a plank on wood from the passenger sill to the work bench, to keep the shell in place, then a bit of wood betwen the door and b post, then another bit of wood, wedged between the outside of the door and the frame that a morris is hung on next to it, then we hit that bit down, which pushed the door in......

i'll get a pic tomorrow

[emalee]

so today, i'm benn rubbing down like mad, so much so, i've rubbed all the skin off my thumb and it started to bleed.................


so driver rear quarter



And back panel (with dad sorting the door)



it took up most of the day!!!, and it was really cold so that didn't help AND one of the farm dogs robbed my food....

then i anti rusted all the little rust worms, and we started priming it up!!!



i had a go painting and got a bit close.....



with a fair few runs!!!!, oh well its a start!!!!



i'm sure i'll have time to practice some more!!!!

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

hahah that runs more than me any day lol

[captainjack15]

At least you got plenty of exercise