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[Zeemax Adventure]

I'd be cautious about spot welding repair panels - the MOT man probably won't like them.
They'll only accept spot welds where they were originally used by the manufacturer, all other repairs/welds should be continuous.

 

They will be mig'd too for extra strength once i get the mig going.  Although to be honest, by the time the welds are ground down and the repair finished, the mot man will never know they are there.

[scotty_1987]

You sir, are a brave man, great welding skills too, can't wait till the day it's a car again I shall personally make you tea as a congratulations 

 

Nath

[Zeemax Adventure]

I shall hold you to that.  I hate cooking

[scotty_1987]

Tis' a deal m'friend 

 

Nath

[Zeemax Adventure]

Thought id better let all you followers know that i'm still here as its been a quiet month on the mini front.  Just bought a house that needs a full refurb ( As you do half way through a mini restoration)  but will try and get some more pics up as soon as i find time to do a bit more :)

[Zeemax Adventure]

im still here :) and progress on the mini hasnt happened as yet

[Ben_O]

im still here :) and progress on the mini hasnt happened as yet

Damn!

[Zeemax Adventure]

Well after a year untouched I went to visit ollie today and this is what I found. Looks like I need to tidy up after my dad has used it for storage.

[Mpi Mark]

Go for it my friend....fair play I take my hat off to you ! If you want to check anything on my car you know your more than welcome.

[Zeemax Adventure]

Im still here guys and girls but the house has taken over my life and bank balance.......cant wait to get stuck back into this project 

[minimissions]

Nice to see another being saved a I have seen far worse MPI shells than yours... Can't wait to see this in paint once again :)

[Zeemax Adventure]

I cant wait either.  I dont know whether to go completely standard as it came out the factory or change the colour and do a few mods.  There are loads of red minis around but i do like a standard cooper sport

[CCX]

Yes it's great to see another MPi being restored.   Standard would obviously please the purists the most but I agree with you on red Minis - they do look great (so no offense to red Mini owners haha!) but there are plenty of them around. What ideas did you have in mind for colour/mods? 

[Ben_O]

I did wonder what happened to this

[feybrand]

Looks like a good build
I'm looking at getting another project and was thinking of investing in a spot welder for some of the seams etc as I found on previous builds that plugvwelding seems a lot if work for a pretty messy result.
How much did you pay for your spot welder and are their any pitfalls to avoid/or tips you found useful ?
I'm sure you will find time/money soon its looking good