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[LouisT]

Quick update, had a very stressful day today, after breaking my grinder, so trying to remove all the paint back to bare metal on the bulkhead was very time consuming,

i had enough after about 4 or 5 hours and gave it a quick coat of etch primer so it wont rust,

ill have another go on saturday and buy a new angle grinder and wire wheel cup, which will speed things up dramatically!!!!!!

Couple of pics thats all, cheers

louis

[analogue_radio]

Looking good mate!

Are those bonnet hinges the quick release ones?

[LouisT]

Not too sure they will be coming off anyway as I bought them mini tec ones from yourself

Cheers

Louis

[analogue_radio]

Oo yeah you did! It will be good to see those put to use and working!

[LouisT]

Finally an update,

I bought a new grinder last week after burning my last one out and some 1mm cutting discs, so thought i'd try them out.......



Just need to drill the spot welds out now, managed to do about 9 or 10 and got bored so moved back to the front of the Mini.

First job on the front was measure the new scuttle ends and get cutting.

Scuttle end clamped in place



After i cut out both scuttle ends, i turned to the bulkhead and bare metal'd it all then etch primed



Then i used Red Oxide over the etch.





I also tided up the inner wing ends and cut them back and rounded the edges off.

You may notice that the a panels arnt there, as i removed them also,

Both flitch panels are going to be replaced, so thats why they havnt been treated or red oxided. ( they have been ordered along with new a panels)



You can see from this picture why im replacing the flitch panels.

Then i was trying my other panels out for the fitment,

not too bad to say there not genuine.

Door Step



Door post



Thats all for now, im going to book a long weekend off soon and have friday to monday working on her soon, so ill crack the welder out and get on with it.

Thanks for looking

Louis

[LouisT]

Ordered some more panels tonight,

Both Rear lower repair sections under the lights
Boot step
Both inner sills
Drivers door post

not off work now for a couple of weeks so will update when ive welded some new panels in

Louis

[LouisT]

Well an update, but not a great one for Project Bec,

I decided it got a bit to much for me to repair the shell myself, so i sold it on and bought a new shell, with minimal work to get it back to its former glory.



1971 Austin Mini 1000 (K) Reg

It has a smooth rear bumper, so i'm going to weld in a few new bits and theres a couple of blobs of weld and metal im going to have to sort in the cabin, but i will start a new project thread for this one.

Project Bec Part 2 i think

Cheers

Louis

[mad mk1]

Looking good mate.

[yeti21586]

update????? its looking good!!!

[LouisT]

not an update matey, i ended up buying a new shell

Louis