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[Woody]

This is how she looks now , not finnished yet but in a usable state :grin:
I still have to :
Fit the buckets (just need to sort some runners )
Fit the seam covers (need spraying)
get the right ride hight (the O/S/F wheel is catching the arch)
the engine is tired , a bit smokey , rattling but she flys
I have a couple of 1275 engines of unknown condition i will have to sort one for her sooner rather than later .

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[Al*]

Nice work woody!

you should be really proud that looks amazing!]

Al

[Woody]

I picked up a bargain at the show , A set of 1.5:1 roller tip rockers , Andy (madman) offered to fit them for me and he bought over an assistant The lovely "Flick" and i explaned that i have to take pictures for the mini forum she was more than happy to do it :grin:

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[Woody]

"where would you like me to put this Woody ?" as she wrapped her fingers around my rocker shaft

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[Woody]

" I just love playing with Woody's grubby bits " a couple of turns with a spanner on my nuts and the rocker cover came off in her hand .

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[lewis]

she looks like she knows how to use a mans........................tools :fear:

the mini looks nice too woody, its a good result!!

[CharlieBrown]

How sexy is that!!!!!!





The rocker I mean * honest :grin:




Wish all the parts I bought came with an "assistant"!!!!

[Dom]

:grin: :cool: great, glad to see its coming along

[MADMAN]

NICE BUT SHE IS MINE LOL :wales:

[Pickup76]

In the pictures it looks like you've welded and oversill onto that car. What did you do that for? Surely and oversill sort of goes against the idea of a retoration? :smartass:

[Woody]

There is nothing wrong with "oversills " , there is only something wrong with the way that "cowboys " fit them , they bang them on over the top of all the crud and in no time at all they have rusted through again
where as i cut the old sill off , cleaned up all the edges , primed with "Zinc weld through paint" and red leaded the inner sill and the outer sill (inside) and then i welded the sill on using the corect "spotwelder" along all the pinched seams .
and when i get round to it (before the winter) i will drill all hollow sections (like the sills) and inject waxoyle into them :grin:
But you are half right...ish , if i had of being going for a "restoration" i would have used the corect narrow sills to maintain the originality but i only wanted a strong clean shell , i will not be entering any concourse events !

[Pickup76]

Yeh sound like you have done a good job.
All the minis i have come across with overcills have been totally destroyed by them but the original narrow cill with the vents seems just as bad.
I think that having a sealled cill full of waxoll would be a much better idea!

[Al*]

Mini's *yellow human water* me off!!! This is what I am undergoing and all i hacve to say is holy C**p what a nightmare!!! Theres like 5 sills (rocker panels in canada) to get rid of on Rusty......Oh well almost done the left side now.

Al

[Pickup76]

Hmmm nice, 5 cills! bets thats fun to get off. My first mini had, had quite a few overcills and at some stage someone had dug the inner cill and original outer cill, out just leaving the tack welded overcills holding it all together. Nice hey!!!
O well probably better than some minis around.

[miniman5]

a couple of turns with a spanner on my nuts and the rocker cover came off in her hand .

should be on tighter than that mate!