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[Crazy]

Wonderful.
Well done getting it out.
 
Not long to go now!
 
Ben

No I had to make sure I wasn't imagining it the other day,

I did manage to find one of my replacement wings which is a genuine one so I'll bung that in with the doors, no idea where the other wing is though sill be furraging tomorrow.

[Crazy]

All loaded up and left an hour or so ago...

 

Still can't really believe It's actually gone to be done.

 

Ben I will drop you a message this evening once I'm home.

 

 

 

[Ben_O]

[wingnut]

Great,another Ben O build.The shell looks really good!

[Ben_O]

I have now made a start this afternoon.

 

First job was to remove the anti drum

 

 

 

Come off easily with a bolster and lump hammer

 

 

 

Next job is to remove the front end. It's being changed and will be in the way for the flitch repairs

 

 

 

 

And then i went round removing the remains of the wings and front panel.

 

 

 

And then onto the rotisserie 

 

 

Panels are ordered so I can soon get on with those.

 

Cheers.

Ben

[Crazy]

Quite a thing to see your own mini having the Ben O treatment after watching on other people's progress threads. I'm going to enjoy this one I hope 

[Ben_O]

Whilst waiting for parts, the underside got stripped back

 

 

 

 

I'll tell you what  this is a very good shell.

 

Look behind the shock mounts

 

 

 

Cheers

Ben 

[KTS]

remarkable - i'm not sure i've ever seen one that hasn't had the slinging brackets completely crushed !

[Fred&Rex]

Wish my shell was like that 🤣🤣

[Ben_O]

Whilst waiting for the panels to show up, I started cutting off some of the panels to be replaced.

 

Starting with the left outer sill

 

 

There is some corrosion on the bottom edge of the flitch so that will go too

 

 

I'm going to need to replace a section of the front floor pan too so I marked out what I needed to remove

 

 

And then cut it out

 

 

And then cleaned it up

 

 

Cheers

Ben 

Edited by Ben_O, 05 May 2022 - 02:17 PM.

[Crazy]

I was waiting to see something yucky hiding away somewhere  .

 

I guess the rest of that floor pan is ok? 

[Ben_O]

I was waiting to see something yucky hiding away somewhere  .

 

I guess the rest of that floor pan is ok? 

Yeah, there is grot in places but as its not been tampered with really in the past, it's all pretty straightforward.

The rest of the floor is spot on.

There is a few small areas in the other front pan but not sure if it's going to require replacement yet until I clean it up.

 

Cheers

Ben 

[Fred&Rex]

Great work as usual…Shell is in great condition from those pictures..

[Crazy]

 

I was waiting to see something yucky hiding away somewhere  .

 

I guess the rest of that floor pan is ok? 

Yeah, there is grot in places but as its not been tampered with really in the past, it's all pretty straightforward.

The rest of the floor is spot on.

There is a few small areas in the other front pan but not sure if it's going to require replacement yet until I clean it up.

 

Cheers

Ben 

 

 

 

I guess that is to be expected though, I had kept the shell in the garage and the unit for the duration so it was away from the elements essentially.

[cookie4343]

Glad your having the mini restored. I remember it for sale not long ago on Facebook. Glad it's in the hands of Ben really solid shell.