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[HARBER07]

Shifty you don't even need to ask!

I'm sure we could come to an "arrangement" Monkey

[Shifty]

Well how about a £1 then?

[HARBER07]

Same answer as last time Depends on whether you treat me to a candle lit meal

[HARBER07]

Got down the garage today, and after about 5 hours working on the car I got - 2 door hinges fitted .
What an absolute nightmare! Went down there and couldn't remove the old hinges, so had to bring them back and mash them off with the plasma cutter (LOVE IT!) Made getting the old ones off easy, BUT the threaded plate inside was spot welded, to the thicker part of the frame - underneath the bit you can easily get to! Really bad description i know, but basically had to pull the door apart loads more, chop some 6mm plate with the cutter to make some more plates, drill and tap them to M6, then put the door back together, and repair the door where it had rusted and split around the hinge. Got to the stage of fitting the door to the car to check for fit (easier said than done on a minus as the hinge studs come out inside the car in a small cut-out of the body).

No pics as i CBA to charge phone up.

Doubt I'm down there tomorrow either, but 90% of one door is done.

[sweetser]

Well done mate haha

[mighty mini jack]

Nice work tom, when you charge your phone up, you'll have a few hundred texts from me

[HARBER07]

Alright man -- will get on it in the morning!

[gregh55]

awww mate. . .youve had what? nearly 20 cans? i dont think youll be up early in the morning

[HARBER07]

5. should i go 6?

[HARBER07]

Dunno why i asked when its sitting in front of me.

[HARBER07]

Probably just about wake up in time for work on monday in this state

[HARBER07]

Right - been over the garage today . Still slogging away at these doors as its a major trial and error job. I keep saying "nearly done one door" But this time i really have . Got to grind down the welds and bond the skin on. Managed to sheet up ready for spraying though. Decided to do it now, else it will never get done as the doors are taking waaaaay longer than expected. At least the shell can be built up in the mean time

[HARBER07]

Finally got some pictures of the "nearly finished" door. I cheated a bit with the pictures as it's painted, but I wasn't 100% happy with my welding that day. Managed to rush it a tad and ended up with a bit of warpage, so had to beat it back into shape.

Sheeted up:



Door:













This bit had a whole new section going from the top right corner of the square hole to the edge, and from the middle of the bottom of the square, curving round to 2" below the lowest door hinge hole. Pretty pleased with that repair to be honest.




Slapped a load of red oxide in there for good measure, then hammerite it all up before sticking skin on

[sweetser]

Noiceee, hurry and and get it finished -

[arris]

Good work ,looking forward to seeing it finished, one question is the bootlid the same size as a steel mini.