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[jpw1275]

Yea I'm thinking of welding a strip along the door step then plug welding the sill to that before seam welding.... I can do the same off the rear quarter aswell I think....;0)

Il finish the rear first tho.... Hehe

Cheers j

[jpw1275]

I've updated my thread so it's official !!!!!!!! It's being done.............. Eeeeeeeek

Cheers j

[rally515]

Hi Folks,

 

I've been quite busy recently and having secured an Apprenticeship i'm completely chuffed as punch over, I won't be updating any of my threads as dramatically progress wise as I have done upto now.

 

Today I've been grinding mostly and filling any areas which needed to be welded or little bits of material added/taken off.

 

I've come up to the stage of dressing the welds on the rear quarter as I've welded the fillet piece in and finished off the fabfication of the quarter repair I made which I should have put pictures up of before (maybe a couple pages back).

 

Picture time!:

Oh and I also gave the paint a bit of T-cut to see whether or not I could get away with just doing part of the quarter and blending it in, I took some close-up shots of some areas I wasn't happy with and which returned my mind back to just redoing the whole lot.

 

Were the new Doorstep panel meets the A & B-posts and curves up, the curve wasn't there for whatever reason, so I've started to build it up with weld and little tiny repair pieces, the A-post bottom curve I've pictured but haven't done yet:

 

Next up is the A-panel, I've whipped them both over with Thinners and will be sanding and spraying in Zinc as soon as possible due to obvious reasons, but first, one the one fitted I must do some work with, I've cut the wing joining flange off and will be plug welding it to the wing flange and then creating and fitting a thin long piece to bridge the gap by seam welding in.

 

That's all for now, thanks for looking,

Cliff

[jpw1275]

Hi mate, I'd probably paint the whole quarter to be honest.... There's enough lines on a mini to mask upto , be easier to whip the side window out aswell.....

Coming along well mate.... Just think of all the money you can spend on a mini once pay day starts arriving......:0)

Cheers j

[rally515]

Thanks J,  yeah I will be doing the whole side at once I think.

 

Well i'm only on about £2 an hour and have driving lessons to pay for and a PC build I've started that I need to get a move on with.

[Domneon]

Ooo pc build??? Pm me mate, I'm at an event where pc bits are cheap ;)

[Ben_O]

Congratulations on the apprenticeship Cliffey.

 

What is it doing?

 

Ben

[jpw1275]

Congratulations on the apprenticeship Cliffey.
 
What is it doing?
 
Ben

He mentioned something to do with street corners earlier when I asked........ Gotta start somewhere I guess.....hehe

Cheers james

[ToM 2012]

looking nice cliff keep up the good work mate. 

[LM36]

Looking good Cliff keep plodding on bud also well done on the apprenticeship 

[rally515]

Ooo pc build??? Pm me mate, I'm at an event where pc bits are cheap ;)

 

Yeah it's going to be a beauty, got a Corsair (obviously ;) ) case and a few other bits, not going to be buying the internals anytime soon though, waiting for newer updates on the current products you know, plus I want to build money up first a bit so I can go ahead and do the build in one go.

Last thing I want to be doing is buying a £600 Graphics card and then finding it's not the best you can get, or it's cheaper 2 months down the line.

 

 

Congratulations on the apprenticeship Cliffey.

 

What is it doing?

 

Ben

 

Cheers Ben, much appreciated :)

 

It's an Engineering Apprenticeship, under the unit name of Mechanical Engineering, but as my now bosses have told me there will be training me even after this apprenticeship to become a fully qualified Engineer to be multi skilled and able to operate all they have (which is....quite a lot of bug "Toys" ).

I think, judging by the company prospects and security, as well as the management teams down to earth outlook towards someone new like me coming in, I think it's a company I'll be with for many years to come.

 

 

 

Congratulations on the apprenticeship Cliffey.
 
What is it doing?
 
Ben

He mentioned something to do with street corners earlier when I asked........ Gotta start somewhere I guess.....hehe

Cheers james

 

 

 

 

 , oh ok ok you got me  , I'm actualy an Apprentice in love making ok... I said it!!!

 

 

looking nice cliff keep up the good work mate. 

 

Cheers Tom, getting there slowly :)

 

 

Looking good Cliff keep plodding on bud also well done on the apprenticeship 

 

Thanks Glen, and much appreciated, hopefully i'l still be able to get an update every weekend if possible.

 

 

Cheers,

Cliff

[Ben_O]

£600 graphic card! Blimey cliff, what you going to be using this PC for??

[Domneon]

I just spent £250 on a gtx770..

[jpw1275]

Huh ..... I never mentioned love making!!!!!! I was thinking more of the lines of wearing a billboard!!!! .......

Edited by jpw1275, 24 August 2014 - 05:52 PM.

[jpw1275]

Scan are pretty cheap matey for graphics cards.....:0)