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[Craig Tett]

My '89 mini's finally been eaten by the rust too much for me too bare and am going to have to face it before its too late. The doors, scuttle panel, A-panels, wings and front panel all need replacing (hopefully not much else underneath). I've just bought a mig welder and am learning to weld so my question is where should I start? Was thinking about doing a flip front, preferably in steel but understand this is really hard to weld up accurately?? So should I replace the A-panels and scuttle panel first or after or just hack the front end off and go from there? Any fibreglass fronts fit better than others?

[tahitisteve]

I am after similar advice if anyone can help. I want to do a flip front on mine due to rust & an erm small incident with a Welsh wall.

My dad is my resident welder/mechanic & he wants to make a steel flip front for it because he did a fibreglass one on his mini in the 70's & he "fancies a challenge" lol.

I've heard how difficult this is & also how badly fitting fibreglass fronts can be.

Has anyone built a steel flip front, or know of the best quality fibreglass/carbon fibre fronts?

Cheers
Steve