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[Daz1968]

Been a long winter without doing much, but decided to do a little more on the mini.

Repainted the a panel that I had the run accident on last year

E9DABD0B-1CBC-46A2-98DA-DBBB2670A0E8 by darren carr, on Flickr

Then painted one of the doors, unfortunately not got enough room in the painting area to do both at same time

A1F87789-8B46-4724-A70F-2D3AD45C1D88 by darren carr, on Flickr

Close up of finish, got a few nibs to flat out but happy with it

791FD63B-A918-491B-AF87-30F4562241CA by darren carr, on Flickr

Then as I couldn’t do anymore in paint area decided to strip and clean the h4 carbs I had purchased, surprised as they were in perfect condition under the dirt, they are off an mga so have fitted the 30 deg bowl on lh carb, and started to modify to fit mini manifold, still have a few things to do, have ordered other bowl and parts I need to complete the rebuild today so hopefully get them ready and packed away for safe keeping shortly

95A15E85-5217-4417-AB51-2AE19C613DE2 by darren carr, on Flickr

[ryomini]

Beautiful build thread, great painting booth, simple and pratical - looks to be a really sweet car you are doing here.

[miniireland]

Great thread

[Daz1968]

Thanks,

Put some paint on the other door this morning, and popped to mini spares to get a few more bits for the carbs, still need to sort the throttle return springs and choke connections but looking better now.

40E4A669-F49E-426C-91A5-FDA1A2B5337A by darren carr, on Flickr

539E8E58-BCEB-4DD7-BAC2-AD1EF7C3D1EA by darren carr, on Flickr

681534AF-F8E3-46C9-96B4-6979C8D3ADDC by darren carr, on Flickr

[Jared Mk3]

Those carbs look good.

[Daz1968]

Thanks,
I got them for a good price but we’re very dirty, after stripping and cleaning they have no wear at all including the shafts and bushes, so not worth replacing them. Even the fuel filters on top of bowl were spotless, so I doubt they have seen much use. Only issue being off an mga I have had to source a few parts for linkage and both the bowls as mini ones are 30 deg and mga 20 deg, luckily the one is off an early morris minor so easy to get, the other had to stump up burlen cost, but at least they are now a nice set.
Got a nicely ported head to suit and will use an lcb, basically am trying to replicate the downton touring conversion as a nice period modification. But I have always liked the look of h4 carbs over hs carbs, so just wanted a set. Undecided on either open trumpets or the healey type filters to be period correct, plenty of time to decide though.

[Jared Mk3]

I know it may be a bit of a hassle, but I like the idea and the look of open trumpets, especially on something like twin H4s.

[Daz1968]

Spent a full day flatting the paint yesterday, going through p1500, p2000, p4000 and finally p6000 trizact. Pretty pleased with it although had one cut through on rear panel that fortunately I can blend quite easily. Just need to decide what product to follow up with now, any advice appreciated, I was thinking a very fine finishing compound like Scholl Concepts s40 and a soft pad.

8A0E50AA-25F8-44B1-A685-6AE453D06E53 by darren carr, on Flickr

A3E9DE93-F75A-4D70-813C-2D34D9E309E8 by darren carr, on Flickr

58535C8E-511A-4466-8770-67BE3F46C8BA by darren carr, on Flickr

[SamG]

Really good build this. Great to see your pictures of the roof corner repairs you did as I'll be tackling mine this summer and wouldn't have known where to start! Keep up the good work.

[minimissions]

Wow this is really coming along nicely that shine on the paint is awesome!

[slidehammer]

Great work, looking really good, it won't be too long before you are back on the road now!

[Daz1968]

Thanks for kind comments, hopefully get some more done this weekend, I have found using p6000 will really reduce any risks with polishing as I should get away with a very fine compound, in the past I have tried just going from p2000 and using g3 compound and I am not capable of working with it properly, whereas with finer abrasives I feel in control.

[Scott83]

What paint are you using? It seems to flow out very well, paintwork is stunning!

 

Scott

[Daz1968]

Just 2k direct gloss

[Scott83]

Well hats off to you, the finish you can get from the gun is very impressive!