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[minimuk]

I remember driving my Mum in my old mini, looked over at her she was staring at the window crapping herself!! I asked her what was wrong and she said" I can remember pushing you in a pram, you driving me in this death trap seems un-natural!!!"

from cradle to mini,....from mini to cradle.......
when my wife sit's in the mini,she not only fasten's her seatbelt, but also holds the door handle with one hand and seatbelt over her shoulder with the other hand, I ask her what's wrong, she replies that the car is shaking...........

Edited by minimuk, 09 March 2013 - 01:00 AM.

[minimuk]

back to the script, not much time today between shifts so I keyed the Por15 with wet nd dry 600 and sprayed it with etch primer

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bought a few rattle cans from Border Automotive who made the can's to order, If I can sneek out tomorrow afternoon I will give it one coat of Russet Brown, then sneek back in the house and do some cookin.......

[minimuk]

Started on the nearside wing 'repair', freezin in the garage with the doors open hence on 3hours on it,

wing without the innerwing bit B4 starting
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wing removed
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scuttle closing panel
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a-panel removed


door removed, hinge panel checked
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packed up for the day, few repair bits need doing before the new innerwing will be offered

[minimuk]

Innerwing offered and welded in place, sanded back ready for Por15 after flitch panel is repaired on the hinge panel.

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thank you for looking

[Shifty]

I wouldn't try and paint celly in this weather, its way too cold for that.

[mini-luke]

back to the script, not much time today between shifts so I keyed the Por15 with wet nd dry 600 and sprayed it with etch primer

 os a-panel doorpost finishing 4.jpg   100.78K   14 downloads

bought a few rattle cans from Border Automotive who made the can's to order, If I can sneek out tomorrow afternoon I will give it one coat of Russet Brown, then sneek back in the house and do some cookin.......

Do you go to the Shrewsbury or Hereford branch, I seem to live in the Hereford one.

I agree with Shifty though, too damn cold

[minimuk]

back to the script, not much time today between shifts so I keyed the Por15 with wet nd dry 600 and sprayed it with etch primer

 os a-panel doorpost finishing 4.jpg   100.78K   14 downloads

bought a few rattle cans from Border Automotive who made the can's to order, If I can sneek out tomorrow afternoon I will give it one coat of Russet Brown, then sneek back in the house and do some cookin.......

Do you go to the Shrewsbury or Hereford branch, I seem to live in the Hereford one.

I agree with Shifty though, too damn cold

I use the Shrewsbury Branch of Border Automotive,....as regards to Por15, it loves cold and damp to dry 'in', most paints and celly paints dry out-wards, Por15 dryes inwards and needs damp.....so they say, takes 6 hours tuch dry and 24 hours to get rockhard yet flexy kinda

[Shifty]

In this cold the celly rattle can will just 'bloom'.

[minimuk]

In this cold the celly rattle can will just 'bloom'.

got ya, wasn't going to use the rattle cans with russet brown yet....getting all prepped first.

[minimuk]

Innerwing coated in Por15, waiting for a box from Minispares.......

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thanks for looking

[minimuk]

started with optimism this morning in the cold garage,

one step forward;

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two steps back;
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I was hoping not to do the sills, however...................

thank you for looking

[Shifty]

At least it looks like you'll get away with just outer sills?

[minimuk]

At least it looks like you'll get away with just outer sills?

bit more digging tomorrow morning. front inner-sill defo needs a few patches....

[minimuk]

nearside outersill clear-up......

and so it begins again...
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few holes here and there on the inner sill in the front and near the subby mounting, job for next few days, then a new sill and finish the flitch and wing after

Edited by minimuk, 19 March 2013 - 12:13 PM.

[minimuk]

-1 in garage this morning, but started on the nearside front floor repair.

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mis-measured the overlap,must have been the cold, will have to sort that tmz...

tmz is today Tuesday, just welded a flange onto the panel to overlap the origional on and trial fitted the repair piece, ready for welding tomorrow,.....back to work.....
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thanks for your comments

Edited by minimuk, 12 April 2013 - 09:49 PM.