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The Brown Bomb - "accident 2010"


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#1 Guest_ratty_*

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Posted 22 July 2007 - 06:00 PM

I bought this for the Mrs last Monday night

As it was when it arrived home

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Now a few piccys of it after owning it for 6 days :w00t:

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Hope you like :D :w00t: :D

Edited by ratty, 24 March 2010 - 02:06 PM.


#2 miniboo

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Posted 22 July 2007 - 11:28 PM

blimey you dont hang about.

looks like a good project

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 06:05 AM

Well the mother law has moved in for a while, so its a good reason to get outside when the weather permits :w00t:

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 08:53 AM

want to do mine? lol

i see piccadilly seats! :w00t:

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 10:04 AM

Is that genuine Heritage front? the fit looks very good, especially around the scuttle!

Needs a polish :w00t:

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 11:19 AM

Stardude, got enough hassle doing this one lol, the car is a Piccadilly that the previous owner sprayed with rattle cans

Retro_10s, all the panels are either Rover or Heritage as it makes the job easier. The scuttle has still been a pain to get right but I fairly happy with the results so far

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Posted 23 July 2007 - 05:47 PM

im sure i will aswell ratty, my picadillys not going to stay piccadilly for long :P

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Posted 24 July 2007 - 06:51 PM

Day 8 - Not much done today, I got the old flitch panel removed and prepared for the new panel, just the bottom of the windscreen to sort now and then get the welder out :P

There wont be any updates for a few days as the weather is not looking good until Saturday, so the min has been tucked up is a warm blanket

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Posted 29 July 2007 - 05:20 PM

Day 13

After much deliberation upon discovering the A Post was shot I've decided to replace the whole A post and O/S inner wing.

So it was out with the, drill, dremel and grinder again

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Posted 29 July 2007 - 06:25 PM

i hope my mini doesnt look like that inside :- :angry:

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Posted 29 July 2007 - 06:40 PM

You are amazingly efficent! You just get on with the job :angry: haha..

Looks good.. Well as good as a shell with bits of rust can :-

Have fun.

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Posted 30 July 2007 - 05:54 PM

Day 14 of ownership

Finished work @ 3, collected inner wing, got to work on the min :-

Only screwed on at present, hoping to get it all welded up tomorrow night

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Posted 30 July 2007 - 06:06 PM

very nice, great gaps, looks perfect

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Posted 31 July 2007 - 11:01 AM

is that a somerford complete assembly inner wing, it looks like it by the sticker im glad your gaps etc have worked out for you, as these are what ive bought for my project. fair bit of money but hopefully worth it. whats the fitment like to the door?
was the door strap piece difficult to remove?? a-post piece
the peice below if i havent described it very well
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good work by the way will be keepin an eye on this topic, is there much to do anywhere else??

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Posted 31 July 2007 - 11:06 AM

All the panels are either Heritage or Rover from Somerford's and the fit is not bad only minor tweaking required. The door strap is part of the panel but you need the lower outer door step and outer A post panel as well. I will put up pics later on tonight for you

The rest of the car is pretty good with only minor repairs around the windows and rear valance




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