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[Teapot]

I'm still watching ... don't injure yourself any more before the burn and the bruise have gone ... I get nervous since seeing my neighbour set fire to one of his trainers while welding under the car ... take care! Safety glasses on!

I sound like my grandma

[emalee]

I'm still watching ... don't injure yourself any more before the burn and the bruise have gone ... I get nervous since seeing my neighbour set fire to one of his trainers while welding under the car ... take care! Safety glasses on!

I sound like my grandma

I promise i will!!! - i'm very accident prone tho.... when i built the trailer i grinded my knee..... LOL

[emalee]

this weekends update - Day 42 and 43!!!!

started with rubbing back the filler on the rear quarters and doors and finished off the scuttle corners





WELL happy with them!!!

also flatted back all the filler on the seams

can't remember what else i did

pecks rolled in about 2ish :roll: and flatted back the door steps around the windows and the boot and door shuts

then masked up all the windows doors and boot



and fonzy started priming











then we went out on the *yellow human water*

met some lovely marines

LOL


so with out hangovers we got to the garage about 11.30, and it was freezing up there - like proper cold!!! BRRRRR

pecks masked up the underneath at the back for paint/primer and the front ready for stonechipping - which we didn't get round too!!!

i sanding down and refilled the drivers door - its takeing quite a bit of filler to get straight!!!! - it will all be worth it in the end!!!

i then tidied up a bit for some extra storage/painting space.....

and me and woo braved the cold and started rubbing down... apart from pecks not listening to what i'm telling her to do to rub down propery.....

we only got a few bits done - because we fancied a early one, because i start a new job tomorrow and we are both shattered!!!!

any way got the important bits done

rear quarters





scuttles





and door



the other door is still a bit of priming!!!!



then after i laid a nice thoick coat of primer on



excuse the runs!!! FAIL



and the scuttle corners look amazing!!!





we still need to prep the inside of both the doors and the boot, and rub down the other half of the roof, finish fillering the drivers door and A panel and the tops of both apanels and possible the passenger doorsteps where i repaired the rust!! and get all the wibbles out the rear quarters and doors.....

Edited by emalee, 14 March 2010 - 01:44 PM.

[the-green-monkey]

EEEK im getting all giddy how long have you been working on it now exactly?

[hystrix cristata]

So when this is finished who's hiring you to do their resto over the next 7 weeks. Awesome work

[emalee]

EEEK im getting all giddy how long have you been working on it now exactly?

43 days!!!! LOL
or 6 weeks and one day...........

[emalee]

So when this is finished who's hiring you to do their resto over the next 7 weeks. Awesome work

i've got the complete floors, door steps and heelboard to replace in Mr Skimmed's roof chopped shortened estate.......

oh and a bonnet to repaint

and looks of little bits on my mini before we go to Germany for IMM in may.......

[mighty mini jack]

That looks bang on!

Enjoyed following your other thread before, your doing a great job of this

[emalee]

That looks bang on!

Enjoyed following your other thread before, your doing a great job of this

Thanks

its at the soul destorying stage at the mo of rubbing down and re primering!!!

i am hoping to get it painted red on Sunday tho....

[emalee]

sorry this hasn't been updated in a while - i've been poorly - just a cold!! LOL

but my dad and pecks have been working hard.... and most of the wibbles are fixed now, there is still the a panels front seams - i love my perfect seams, drivers rear quarter, and drivers door to sort

and spotweld the lip for the bonnet on it - if i can find it - if not we'll have to go for the Mk1 look!! LOL

hopefully it will be painted on sunday morning.............. hopefully.........

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Sounds good!

[minimuk]

sorry this hasn't been updated in a while - i've been poorly - just a cold!! LOL

but my dad and pecks have been working hard.... and most of the wibbles are fixed now, there is still the a panels front seams - i love my perfect seams, drivers rear quarter, and drivers door to sort

and spotweld the lip for the bonnet on it - if i can find it - if not we'll have to go for the Mk1 look!! LOL

hopefully it will be painted on sunday morning.............. hopefully.........

those scuttle's look fab well done! Nearly done then hope all will go according to plan on Sunday for you. who's cooking?

[emalee]

day 48


alas a update.....

It's AMAZING!!! LOL

95% of all the wibbles are all finished now

it hasn't helped that i have been poorly and had to skip 2 nights on the garage , but last night we got quite a bit down

finally managed to weld the lip on the bonnet - i'm amazed that i found the lip and found it completely by change when i had given up looking - its been rattling around our house for over 3 years.....



then pecks brought some front seam strips



dad has sorted the horrible door

i don't like this door - its like my drivers door on the sky......

my perfect seams





not that i'm obsessed about them at all!!! LOL

then door and boot



a panels





and rear quarter



the plan for today is to flat everything back with 600 or 800 wet and dry ready for painting tomorrow morning......

the only bit i'm worried about is the drivers A panel which has only had this coat of primer.... it was left in my absence... FAIL!!!

then we gotta find some where to put my amazing door/boot and bonnet stand i made for the sky, mask up the roof and done ready to paint.....

then we would of meet the target of a full rebuild and respary in 7 weeks - we just need to put it all back together then!! LOL

we should get the roof done on Wednesday then have 2 weeks to rebuild it before easter...

[emalee]

found the pictures of my stand - with all the skys bits on

[emalee]

day 49......

and my hands a proper wrecked from rubbing down - even made a finger bleed

the highlight of today is me soaking myself (well pecker taking her finger off the heater matrix when i put the air line down the other side!!) lol was soooooooo funny

and Farmer Jon randomly turned up for a chat!! Random!!!!

right so todays progress Woo flatted back the roof rear panel and door shuts with 800 and masked up the car some more......

Fonzy got everywhere ready to paint and made a make shift booth for the door + boot, bonnet stand,

and i flatted back the rear quarters, a panels, wings front panel, doors, boot and bonnet in 400 then 600

so pictures

the drivers A panel - i knew it won't come right with only one coat of primer!!! FAIL - so that is now reprimed



my handprint!! LOL


bonnet half flatted



pecks trying to mask the roof with the door open and failling because of the wind!! LOL (it was nice to have the door open we haven't been able to for a couple of weeks because my sisters dead tigra has been there!!!)



then repairing the other masking which had come loose



then doors boot and bonnet hung





i had the doors and boot the other way around in the sky - really doesn't matter tho......

then masked up ready to go!! - pecks actually did more masking than this on the front and had to re do the drivers door, because fonzy fell through it!! LOL

so the plan for tomorrow

me to flat back the a panel and seam strips

Pecks to go over everything with panel wipe

and fonzy to mix the paint

than PAINT!!!! Whoop whoop!!!

sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo worth all the work we have put in over the past few days