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[MINI-TURBO]

its looking realy good mate.

[STREET TWEAKS]

sorry about the size of the pics

[minimuk]

Looking at your pictures, I am glad you left the lip intact for now, good bit of cutting you did and keeping the arch brackets well done, a job and a half by the looks of it, but you are on the right track there, b4 welding tomorrow, clean all the pannel edges rigth back to the metal, anymore rust there cut it out,especially the battery box, rust will keep re-appearing otherwise. You can do the lip first aslong you brace the panel as close as possible to the lip allowing you enough space to work on the lip.
Well done

[STREET TWEAKS]

[quote name='minimuk' date='Apr 24 2011, 09:52 PM' post='2112217']
Looking at your pictures, I am glad you left the lip intact for now, good bit of cutting you did and keeping the arch brackets well done, a job and a half by the looks of it, but you are on the right track there, b4 welding tomorrow, clean all the pannel edges rigth back to the metal, anymore rust there cut it out,especially the battery box, rust will keep re-appearing otherwise. You can do the lip first aslong you brace the panel as close as possible to the lip allowing you enough space to work on the lip.
Well done
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All thanks to you matey may not get time on the mini tomorrow as we may take the kids out but need to get sum time in on this car as from next weekend i have 8 cars and a bike to do paint work on so all my weekends are booked for the next 9 weeks so far so just leves nigths after work .

[minimuk]

In that case, have a good time with your kids tmr, easter only once a year!!,.. if you do anything on the mini at all tmr, I would prime all the edges of the cuts you made today, keep the moisture out.for the next 8/9 weeks standing there.

Edited by minimuk, 25 April 2011 - 08:50 AM.

[STREET TWEAKS]

Been haveing a go at my welding tonight on sum steel but with wind ,and triying to set the welder right then it went dark been havein good welds but more in the way of s*^t one's . need more time on it i think before i start welding on the mini as i want it to look rigth , got on time tomorrow as me and the wife are going to see lee evans in stafford shud be a great night as this will be the 2nd time ive seen him

[STREET TWEAKS]

Hi all just sum pics of the will do a write up a bit later thanks wayne.

[remi]

hi mate,

im going to be doing my boot repair section very soon.... so any pics of the underneath and where youve cut and welded etc would be very helpful

cheers dude

[STREET TWEAKS]

hi mate,

im going to be doing my boot repair section very soon.... so any pics of the underneath and where youve cut and welded etc would be very helpful

cheers dude

hi mate will post sum pics for you 2moza so i can show you how it looks sofar the floor panel is mostley welded in but i run out off gas so still have a little welding to do then

1 have the 2 streanthening plates to put in both side
2 the rear valance to put in and weld
3 the back wheel arch plates to the valance

got sum small plates to put in the boot floor were there is sum rust holes , then iam going to fill all the boot so you cannot see the join

p.s mate minimuk's post is a good one to look at aswell for this repaire hope this helps

Edited by STREET TWEAKS, 30 April 2011 - 08:33 PM.

[STREET TWEAKS]

Well its bin sum time from my last post so here's a small update and a pic or two of sum cars i have been workin on. 1st all my weekends os far have been working for my self as i paint cars for a livein and my phone as none stop ringin with work just for me



sprayed the wheels and dent on the n/s quarter.

2nd got a little time on the mini over the bank holiday to do a bit more to the boot floor just needs a bit of filler to finish it off



and cut out the n/s floor pan and sill so just need to weld it in when i get time
thanks for looking
wayne.

[minimuk]

good job, even if you did a little, it is progress. good to see you back on here.

[STREET TWEAKS]

good job, even if you did a little, it is progress. good to see you back on here.

Thanks matey it may be a few weeks again before i do sum more as my weekend work is getting more and more and time at home is less and less , is yours goin well ?

[STREET TWEAKS]

well boys after 8 weeks i got sum time on the mini today so go , got the n/s floor pan cut and the new one welded in and the sill on to what a good days work think . so lots of pics of my work and marks out of 10 plz for my welding as i have not welded before doin the mini lol

[minimuk]

Doing a good job yourselves there,... welding is looking ok but high on the surface, what is the penitration like on your welds?

[STREET TWEAKS]

Doing a good job yourselves there,... welding is looking ok but high on the surface, what is the penitration like on your welds?

To be honest the penitration looks good to me but i am welding outside and there was lots of wind yesterday so i had to have the gas up high plus as my welding is not the best at the mo iam doing a line of tacks why dose it look sh*t