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[Miniowner123]

So yes i've gone mad!

you have indeed looking forward to see how this all comes together, i have a similar challenge on my hands with my dads pickup, been thinking about how to tackle it for ages, pretty much same condition as the one you have, probably slightly worse though. apart from the rear bed and main floors what else have you got to replace?

[GreaseMonkey]

[stewart]

Its absolute lunacy altho i dropped mine off to you yesterday and you'll have a heart attack when you see that!!

[Teapot]

Wow those biscuits seem to have got you going

[MintecMiniSpares]

apart from the rear bed and main floors what else have you got to replace?

Step sills
Rear valences and valence closing panels
Rear arches
Tailgate
Upper heel board closing panel
O/S and N/S inner wings
Scuttle closing panels
Wings
Front panel
Door skins
Lower repair panel repair sections
Quater repair sections (maybe complete sides)

A few bits

Its absolute lunacy altho i dropped mine off to you yesterday and you'll have a heart attack when you see that!!

Yes I saw yours saturday evening, makes Emily's look mint! Nah should be fine yours, will be like new once it's done.

Wow those biscuits seem to have got you going

Ah never under estimate the power of chocolate! They did go quickly once they made it into the staff room

Edited by MintecMiniSpares, 29 November 2010 - 08:33 AM.

[tony13]

looks like good project you got there. done anymore to it yet

[Mark_Pieman]

Nice work so far, especially the gravity defying jig!

[andy pandy]

if the work in tupers thread is anything to go by ,this also is goin to turn out as one amazin pick up

[kez_19]

i love pick-ups and this one is going to be a good one by the look of it

michael

[MintecMiniSpares]

looks like good project you got there. done anymore to it yet

Thanks it's going to be a big one I think. Yep done quite a bit more but the cold has been slowing me down a little. Will have an update tomorrow evening hopfully.

Nice work so far, especially the gravity defying jig!

Ah i'm glad someone has pointed out the amazing hover pickup!

if the work in tupers thread is anything to go by ,this also is goin to turn out as one amazin pick up

Oh don't give him to much praise he spends most of his time in bed dreaming about his car rather than working on it. And i taught him eveything he knows

i love pick-ups and this one is going to be a good one by the look of it

michael

Cheers Michael yep i'm a big pickup fan just a shame there's so little left

[Tupers]

And i taught him eveything he knows

Lies lies lies.

[Jackmorton]

I absolutly love Mini Pickup's. I'l be keeping a close eye on your project mate.

[MintecMiniSpares]

So I haven't done an update in quite a while, mainly due to my slackness!!

here's a couple pictures of the car current state.



Emily's also been buying a LOT!! of bits for the car i'll take some pictures of that lot later.

More to come [super happy]

[nightflier]

Nice project - looks like you got the skills (oh, and not forgetting the backing of formidable buying power of a woman!) to make this a superb rebuild!

Like the planned style as well, I am thinking of something similar - though my pickup won't be ready 'til next year

[MintecMiniSpares]

Another update from this afternoons work and a few pictures of some previous work that I haven't shown yet.

Today's stuff,

I made up some extra braces off the framework to hold the heel board in place. This means I can now cut the rear quaters and wheel arches off with the shell still staying flat.





Not sure how impressed Emily was at first







Just to prove I do work! Drilling the spot welds so I can save the arch stiffeners (thought it may be nice to keep some of the original car!!)



Simple!


Also saved the rear light panels, these will be repaired.



All trimmed down and ready for the bottems to be repaired but I wont do this until the load bay and quaters are on.


I've also started to make a piece to repair the bottem 1cm of the rear bulkhead. It's peppered with tiny holes so i've decided to replace the bottem rather than try welding them all up as it's bound to be very thin.



Now a couple pictures from before the floor went in. I replaced the bottem section of the front bulkhead/toeboard as this had gone quite rusty and thin on both sides and then I replaced the frame stiffeners as these are quite thin as standard and had cracked. I've now made them double the width and double the thickness.




And a couple pictures of some more bits!!




Quite an update there, more to follow tomorrow