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[grahama]

Shocking amount of pics Carlos lol. Sure it's all good tho.

Graham

[Minidarren83]

That's just teasing Carlos won't be long now front end and paint!!

[Carlos W]

We're going to have a look at the front end on Sunday, the spit may need modified as the garage isn't big enough! I'll pop into the garage after work tomorrow and take some more snaps!

[Carlos W]

Drum Roll..........


subframe fitted



Front Panel bolted to it



It looks like a car again



I need more clamps



I modified this bonnet to check the gaps down the side!

More fettling needed, but it's not a million miles away! The error I made was I should've waitied until I had the wings before fitting both the inner wings, but you live and learn!

[Carlos W]

I'm in actual love with this colour

[Carlos W]

I bought a couple of mini spares, obviously not the motorbike or bmx

Edited by Carlos W, 31 December 2012 - 02:44 PM.

[grahama]

Carlos,

front end looking pretty good for a first fit and nothing a good hammering wont fix. Make sure you have the subby in all the time as mine tightened up slightly in the end, a few mm make a missive difference when trying to fit new bushes !! Colour will be a brave choice, too brave for me lol.

Have you been on Fleabay for your bits my man ??

Graham

[hughJ]

The front wings do look a good fit. I had terrible hassle with mine so I'm glad for you. Well I'm trying to be glad for you. Have a good new year Carlos. Looking forward to seeing that front welded on.

Hugh

[Miniowner123]

might want to use the bonnet you will be final fitting to gap the front up, i made that mistake and paid for it later

[Carlos W]

Graham, subframe is all bolted on with new solid mounts and will be staying there until the front end is staying there until the front end is welded up well, the load of parts came from a bloke who's moving to Australia, there are some bits I want, and others I will sell to pay to fund the project moving forward.

Hugh, the wings aren't as far away as I thought they would be, and if I'd waited and fitted both half inner wings at the same time as the outers like I did with one side everything would be pretty much spot on, but you live and learn.

might want to use the bonnet you will be final fitting to gap the front up, i made that mistake and paid for it later

You're not the first person to tell me this, and thanks for the advice. Unfortunately the bonnet is in Blackpool at my dads in storage, and I'm in Kent. I'll have the bonnet down here before the front end is fully welded in place, but for now I had to use what I had.

Happy new year, the aim for the year is to get the car in primer.

[Carlos W]

Decided to weld up the numberplate light mounting holes today and take the hinges off the boot!

I like the look of those numberplate bolts with lights in them, so that's what I'll be using hopefully

[Carlos W]

Filler!

I've never used it before, and I really want to progress with the project. Since my change in jobs I've got less weekends (when my mate is around to help me) so I need to crack on when I'm off during the week with other bits. We've got a day of front end fitting planned a week on Sunday.

So, I thought I'd give it a go





I've got a load more work to do, especially at the top and bottom, and it's going to need another skim at least. But I'm pleased with progress so far.
I haven't started lower down, I need to buy a load more wet and dry before I can go much further as I'm using 80 grade on this at first. I also want to get some high build primer.

I've just primered over the top to cover the exposed metal

[grahama]

Carlos,

sanding is a pain in the a$%e !! However you seem to be getting plenty of practice at it. Looking fine to me but the primer will tell you how far you have to go with it. Have you got much to do over the car ??

Sure you will get further than primer over the year in your nice warm dry garage !!

Graham

[Carlos W]

Graham, I've got a bit of filling to do on both rear 1/4s and the valance, and a bit on the roof!

I need some finer wet and dry and a proper sanding block as I was only playing today!

[domdee]

looking great so far. looking forward to more updates!