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[benjy_18]

yeah theres quite a bit left, which is annoying really, makes me wonder what ive actually done haha.

the door just doesnt sit right AT ALL, but i know thats mostly to do with me cutting the bottom corner out. it can be fixed but its going to take a long time. i have to fix the bottom of the door frame first anyway as thats rusted through. it seams to have been fixed with sealent! i just wish i had a garage to work in so i can be out there for more than 3-4 hours at a time

[benjy_18]

so ive finally got back to work again, sadly no photos as to be honest. ive been more concerned with actually getting work done for a change.

ive been working more on the passenger door step repair which if half done now so i will finish that off tomorrow, once the passenger side is done i can start on the drivers side. im going to be replacing the whole heelboard and remaking my boot floor as im not happy with it.

[benjy_18]

managed to finish off the back half of the door step (with rear quarter repair) i will add the front bit in once ive made up the bottom of the a post.

also put the front end on to see how badly it fitted and i wasnt surprised at all! its aweful, so its going to be made into something else and ill buy heritage panels to makemy flip front from.

here are some photos

[hughJ]

Ben that is a sweet repair. Your welding is just super. Keep up the good work and the momentum - that's the hard bit.

Hugh

[Artful Dodger]

looks wiked! looks like a nice height to work at. i would be getting bored of the state if that were mine, id want to do the subframes and making it a rolling shell, just to see some progress

[benjy_18]

i am quite bored, but because i have the shell in the back garden i cant get it rolling untill al the weldings finished. it took us 8 people to get the shell round the side of the house when there was hardly any floor and no roll cage. so i can see it being a struggle to get it back to the driveway.

the front subframe is built without the hubs and the rear subframe i have to heavily modify for coilovers anyway.


i start an apprenticeship with hyundai on monday so money should be coming in for much needed parts (Y)

[grahama]

Congratulations on the apprenticeship. My lad started last month, accountancy, and loves it, especially the money. He is spending it on a girl at the mo though, not the mini !!!

[benjy_18]

thank you graham.
the money is AWEFUL to say the least but its the only way into the industry at the minute. luckily i dont have a girl to spend the money of so frumpy will be getting most if not all of it

[benjy_18]

hello all!

managed to finish the N/S door step today and it looks great



now to do the opposite side and sill. once this is done i just have to finish a few bits on the floor and i will hopefulyl be able to get the interior painted and finished.
then the dreaded full heelboard but ive decided to redo my boot floor at the same time as this because im not really happy with how its come out

[Tupers]

Nice work Ben it does indeed look great.

What are you planning for the boot floor? Same again but neater or something different.

[benjy_18]

cheers chris

plans for the boot are pretty similiar really, ive decide to use coilovers on the rear (will upgrade front eventually) which means i can cut even more of my subframe up but i want to keep the subframe rubebr mounted so ill be making a tubular section for it so i can make some rear mounts. this means that i no longer need to ugly recesses in the boot floor so im going to make it perfectly flat but with a recess for the tank (almost like your pro-motive build you have down there) so i can turret the arches at the same time and i might even lock the roll cage into the turrets

[benjy_18]

felt like a change today so i started to mock up the steering wheel and collumn and pedal box. got most of it in, just need to make some final brackets for the pedal box and thats finished.

here are some photos of the progress on thr steering collumn bracket,






ive also remade the brackets for my seats although i didnt take any photos of these

comments welcome
Ben

[JustSteve]

Am I right in thinking this projects not so much about making your 'dream mini', but more about playing about with unique ideas?... I like!


Top work, it's starting to get there!

[benjy_18]

its both to be honest, most of the things im doing ive seen done before, just not on one car.so im just combining each idea i like into one car and trying to make it work.

obviously theres ideas i have (rwd) that just arent going to happen anytime soon so im doign as much as i can within reason.

thankyou for the comments though, really helps to keep motivation up

[benjy_18]

more progress on the steering column tonight

both mounts are now in place so once i get my UJ's i will fabricate the rest of the column and get it centred on the rack