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[emalee]

hole in the back on the inner sill repaired



and all the welding tidied up on the inner sill!!



just gotta repair a small bit at the end of the doorstep, take off the old sill lip, give the rest of the inner sill a clean up and paint, then the sill can go back on

Woo has been painting again



and cleaning up the passenger floor ready for painting

and fonzy has been painted the engine a slightly darker shade of yellow - which looks a bit green.... and rebuilding the dizzy

[emalee]

tonight went really well - with a bit of extra help from the magic juice



inner sill all repaired and the sill lip removed - my favourite job ever!! NOT!!!!



door step repaired, with a bit of left overs from the skys doorstep!!


then new sill on





i just managed to spot the top lip tonight and I'll mig the bottom tomorrow night

and pecks has been painting the tank and preping the new sill for me

and doing a grand job of holding it while i cut it down from a over sill to a lovery narrow sill!! (and welding up the jacking point)

[mk3 Cooper S]

Great progress.

Nice to see someone who has a nice clean workshop like mine!!! LOL

[Twincam]

Can't beat the good ol' cherry ade XD

Keep up the good work!

[emalee]

our garage is just a barn with a mud floor!!!, its a nightmare to keep clean, and we like to keep stuff rather than throw it away!!!! its not good!!

and cherry ade is just amazing!!!! - almost like rocket fuel!! LOL

[Deathrow]

You're really not messing around with this one!

You're going to have done as much work on this little Mini as I have done on my Elliot, except you'll have done it in a few weeks and it's taken me over a year :|.

[jelboy89]

i would like to see a 7 day rebuild like overhaulin in the us! lol

[emalee]

i would like to see a 7 day rebuild like overhaulin in the us! lol

may be for the next one.... LOL

[emalee]

You're really not messing around with this one!

You're going to have done as much work on this little Mini as I have done on my Elliot, except you'll have done it in a few weeks and it's taken me over a year :|.

it really helps with a couple of people working on it!!!,

its good fun doing it quickly!!! a new thing each day!!! LOL

[emalee]

todays update - Day 19 of ownership........


sill seam welded at the bottom



then cut a bit of the scuttle off......



and what is underneath....



nice....... lucky i don't have to take much more than this off the scuttle so it will only be a small repair...

oh and this is the back of the scuttle that came off.....



nice!!!

so then i started on the inner finch - i remembered this was a pain on the sky, so wasn't expecting to get it off tonight.....

but going



gone!!!



and the new one clamped in place....



hopefully i should be able to get it in tomorrow night, but i do have to do a few repairs and select cuts before it can go in.....

[minimotor_JD]

Moving along very quickly, keep it up

[emalee]

day 20........

inner finch completely removed ready for the new one....



little bit of the inner finch stiffener..... i think - i have no idea what its called, but its was rusty and had half rusted away, so cut out and replaces



then after moving the holes for the door out a bit after the panel stuck out way over the door...., inner finch about half welded in....



i;m hoping to get all the front end repairs finished this weekend..... then the doors need reskinning, and the front end fitting, then that is all the welding done, and we can start prepping it for paint!!!!, i just hope it warms up a bit for the paint!!!!

and me and pecks had a race along the main road on the way home!! hehe!!! - shame she was in her audi and not in the mini tho!!!

[emalee]

day 21 in the number 2 garage......

repaired a hole i missed on the passagener side rear floor/healboard



then fully welded in the inner finch - spot welder = amazing





random shot of the engine fonzy has been working away on - he fitted the new electronic dizzy kit today:) and its nearly ready for bench testing

cardboard template in one of the inner finch repairs



and metal welded in



the shock mount



nice - the actual bracket had holed too....

cut out and first layer reapired, then shock mount bolted back on to welding in the outer skin



repair on the front inner wing, where the front panel is welded on



and inner wing and inner finch all repaired



then i asked fonzy to help me fit the scuttle repair - so wing on.....




and A panel





then fonzy beat the scuttle repair into shape

and me and woo graffiied the wing



it did say Emma's mini, thanks woodpecker - but she crossed out my name and wrote Tanner's mini



then when we were *peeing* around (trying to get the wiring for the wiper out of the parking switch) and coming up with more amazing number 2 ideas......

fonzy had got the scuttled ready to go in... and he held the panel in place and told me where to weld



then i fully welded it in....



and wooo has spent most of today under the mini again!!! stripping off the old underseal and wire brushing under there ready to paint



she did turn into woundpecker tho....



FAIL!!!


so thats the drivers side front all repaired ready for the new front end - the other side needs exactly the same... which hopefully we'll get most of done tomorrow....

and fonzy has started stripping the drivers hub ready for new bearing , ball joints, track rod ends, discs and pads

its all going very well!!!

[Rosslin Racing]

fingers crossed that you get the mini done looks fun.

[minimuk]

fingers crossed that you get the mini done looks fun.

marvelous progress, I see you are keeping up the pace, have you decided what paint u use and what shade?