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[andywaller]

cheers dave

i found out today i definatley need a new front subframe :'( i have been a bit lazy this week seem to be lacking motivation.

things are on the up though, my pearents get a new car on tuesday and its too big to get in the garage until we move some stuff around, so my car will be in the warm dry garage for a while. and i have taken friday off work so will have a long weekend to work on the car!

i really need to finish cutting all the rust out so i can have a rust free mini, then its off to the shot blasters to remove the old paint!

[AlexM]

Only just read this project, your plans look great and those are some of the nicest looking wheels ive seen on any car, so money well spent!

I was just wondering which bucket seats are those, and they certainly look narrow.

[andywaller]

cheers mate the seat is an old cobra imola. its fits me perfectly, im so slim.

[Dog]

cheers mate the seat is an old cobra imola. its fits me perfectly, im so slim.

Who ever told you that? *

[andywaller]

my mum

she also says im special

few pictures for ya. in no pecticular order, just showing the work that i have been up to.

p.s the line on the rear arches show where i will be cutting them out to.

[mini bunnykin]

hehe your clamps or what ever fancy name they have lol look like they are attacking the mini hehe

[andywaller]

yeah you just cant have enough of the little buggers!



cars in the garage now for a couple of weeks! yay. now more moving it about to work on it and i dont have to keep putting the cover on and of!

i am going to make a big effort to get all the rust cut out and patched back in! then its off to the shot blasters! and then all the fun starts.

and then
and then
AND THEN!

[Dog]

Looking good dude!
'ere, just wondering, is there anychange that you can post up some plans, on how u made that rig of yours? (the one the Mini is sat on)

[mini bunnykin]

no lol hehe

[Ollie180]

Looking great! keep up the good work

[andywaller]

cheers guys.

yeah dog, it was easy.

i went to the local scrap metal yard and bought soem 1 inch box section. then just welded up a rectangle about the size of the floor plan.

i then welded on some foot long legs.

then i got some casters, a mate got me them for free! and welded these onto the legs.

then plonk your bare shell on it (must be bare or the weight will bend the floor plan)

im on the Mk 2 now as the first set of casters i used where little rubber ones that fell in half, so id recomend useing the big solid plastic type casters.

additions id recomend are.

a peice of mdf on the top to spread the weight as the frame has dented my floor plan

trianulate the leg because one of mine fell of when it got stuck and i pushed it!

use casters with brakes as mine car rolled down the drive!

[andywaller]

more pictures.

ive now finished welding and grinding back the c-pillar its gonna need a bit of filler action but it looks good.

ive also ground back the boot welds and just have to fill the big whole now, might go do that in a minute!
good having the car in the garage.

[Dog]

Cheers for the info!

Looking good on the patching side of things!

[Tomm]

that patching job is pretty astounding MOWOG

[andywaller]

cheers i think im actually getting the hang of welding now.

i want to go back and re do some of the welding i did on the boot floor, it looks like a had a fammily of pigeons living in there!

oh well just have to cover it with carbon!

and i did go back out and weld up the last hole in the bootlid, just cant grind as its too late!

the boots not going to be smoothed i just wanted to get rid of the ugly numberplate light, now all i have to do is find some nice little lights to replace it. i want the little ones that stuart wright has on his blue turbo!