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[ryan22_lgm]

Looking really nice mate, i cannot wait to get cracking with my van going to be a long hall tho lol
 
So is it just the front to go on urs?

Yeh the front and some finishing off bits then need to tackle the doors! :)

[minimissions]

Cool sounds good mate. It's looking wicked hope I can get mine to even look half as good as this :)

[ryan22_lgm]

Right been cracking on today! Finished welding the scuttle on and ground it all down. Was going to weld the closer panels on but thought if I need to adjust it for the wings I wouldn't be able to.


Ground down all the welds on the d/s inner wing and painted that up as well as the scuttle welds. It's ready for the flip front now .............. JOKE !

Sorted the rad cowl up and painted it !

[ryan22_lgm]

So this morning a decided to sort out the spare wheel bracket. First I placed the old piece of floor pan over the new and marked out were it needed to go ! Then cut it out if the old pan and ground it all off.

Cleaned up

Welded on and all ground off !

Then I ground down and 80 gritted the rest of this section of the floor and gave it s coat of 182

Will be sorting the front part of this side next! Doing this because I'm saving for a pair of wings

[666junky]

   love it!!

[minbin 69]

looking good mate..just for a change you going for genuine wings/front end or cheaper ones?

i got cheap ones from himley today..looks like i'm gonna have lots of fun getting the wings to fit right

[ryan22_lgm]

looking good mate..just for a change you going for genuine wings/front end or cheaper ones?
i got cheap ones from himley today..looks like i'm gonna have lots of fun getting the wings to fit right

Cheers mate! I'm going with a non gen front panel and genuine wings as I have had trouble with non gen ones not fitting well in the past! I'm just waiting on funds to buy them!

[minbin 69]

have to say after seeing how far out they are i'm thinking on getting some gen wings now

[ryan22_lgm]

have to say after seeing how far out they are i'm thinking on getting some gen wings now

They can be made to fit but will take much more work ! I'm only doing genuine because I was never happy with my daily drivers front end that I changed.

[minbin 69]

just not sure i have the skill or the temper to do it though

[ryan22_lgm]

just not sure i have the skill or the temper to do it though

You will be fine just leave it if you get stuck and look at some of the projects in here for help like jagmans for example!

[ryan22_lgm]

So today a parcel arrived ! I sorted this out first

Only tacked it on so I could get this clamped on for some inspiration! bought it non gen from somorford mini


Now to strip The inside of it and etch / prime/ stone chip it before fitting it on !

[ChrisCityE]

Everybody is buying saloon front panels, is it purely an access thing or do you prefer the saloon style?

[ryan22_lgm]

Everybody is buying saloon front panels, is it purely an access thing or do you prefer the saloon style?

I would of had a van one but bought a cooper s grill already so pointless covering it up! I have a van front panel on my saloon lol

[minbin 69]

Everybody is buying saloon front panels, is it purely an access thing or do you prefer the saloon style?

i just went cheap even after buying the weld on grill and bottom bits the saving nearly paid for both my wings..otherwise it'd be months before i could get them...