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[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Lookinnng gooood! although, your hands look kind of flat in the 6th picture oh, and green.

Edited by Mini-Mad-Craig, 22 August 2009 - 06:14 PM.

[Shifty]

Shush, thats my little secret, just don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry!!!

[roofless]

Shush, thats my little secret, just don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry!!!

he goes into hulk mode, doubles in size and is almost 5' high

[The Matt]

Looks like you guys have your work cut out! Good luck with it chaps!

[daemonchild]

When you're done, pop down to Reading and spend 50 hours on mine will ya?!
Fab work so far.

I wish I had the space to work on mine like that...

[arnie]

wow well done mate. wished id have had that welding lesson off u now, lol.
but im getting better .

see u soon buddy,

auto power.

[cookie4343]

Oh shifty you dont mess about do you, good work bud and nice welding to.

[Shifty]

Not done as much as I would have liked today, had family around and went shopping!!

Still...

Finished off the welding on the passengers side and then repaired and refitted the end of the seat crossmember.



Did some welding underneath the floor to finish it off.



How factory does that look?!!

With a bit of a grind and some seam sealer it should look really tidy and be at least as strong as the original floor!!

[roofless]

Not done as much as I would have liked today, had family around and went shopping!!

Still...

Finished off the welding on the passengers side and then repaired and refitted the end of the seat crossmember.



Did some welding underneath the floor to finish it off.



How factory does that look?!!

With a bit of a grind and some seam sealer it should look really tidy and be at least as strong as the original floor!!

nice work mate - the sills and steps are probably stronger than theyve ever been from what we saw before you cut it all out

[stevede]

Not done as much as I would have liked today, had family around and went shopping!!

Still...

Finished off the welding on the passengers side and then repaired and refitted the end of the seat crossmember.



Did some welding underneath the floor to finish it off.



How factory does that look?!!

With a bit of a grind and some seam sealer it should look really tidy and be at least as strong as the original floor!!

nice work mate - the sills and steps are probably stronger than theyve ever been from what we saw before you cut it all out

& I thought mine was bad! Seems I may have got off lightly. Nice work, keep it up. - Regards Steve

[roofless]

& I thought mine was bad! Seems I may have got off lightly. Nice work, keep it up. - Regards Steve

dots mini really was a collection of bad repairs, over bad repairs. some areas were suprisingly good, but its just so much easier to cut out the years of bad repairs and try to make a half decent job at last.

Go shifty, Go shifty, Go shifty

[Shifty]

Roofless is right, the existing floor could have been repaired, but it would have taken just as much time as fitting the new floor section.

The end result will be much better for it and once its been seamsealed/rust treated and then had the cavities filled with waxoyl, it should last years before needing any further attention.

[Shifty]

Roofless is right, the existing floor could have been repaired, but it would have taken just as much time as fitting the new floor section.

The end result will be much better for it and once its been seamsealed/rust treated and then had the cavities filled with waxoyl, it should last years before needing any further attention.

[roofless]

that reminds me - got a gallon of waxoyl and squirty gun today for her I'll drop it over with other bits this week.

[Shifty]

No Problems, better get 2 gallons as i need to do spud as well to make a better job of it!!!