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[frankiebateman]

Got these yeasterday only £8 decided to do a vertical flip so bought them. Will sort them out mor towards the end

[frankiebateman]

Been in the garage all day tired lol got everything fitted now its alll good just need to put carbs and rad on then set up for running ...

[frankiebateman]

Been in the garage tonight b ut not to work on the mini to sort the garage out. Chopped my dads mini up going to use the rear end for a trailor build but when eckys done. Just need more space to move and store stuff

[frankiebateman]

Been in the garage again cleaning and improving room. Removed all of my dads mini out of there put new shelfs up alls ot o do now is stake it up on there

[frankiebateman]

gettin most of the welding done on sunday. Should have the scuttle panel soon he's just seeing if his bro can post it fiberglass roof should be with me a week tommorow its all going to plan(ish) lol

[frankiebateman]

Wooooo the welding has started !!!.... got the inner and outer sill welded on today giving him another £70 next sunday and hes doing alll of it so itl be done im so excited lol been waiting for this moment for wayyyyy to long pics..


Also sprayed my petrol tank whilt it was out

[buddylove]

The petrol tank looks good, i need to do that to mine eventually. It's pretty scratched up.

[frankiebateman]

The petrol tank looks good, i need to do that to mine eventually. It's pretty scratched up.

Cheers still need to laquer it was going to do it red but didnt want to lol..... And get crackign with it easy job

[AndrewJ530]

Nice one bud, i'm glad for ya i know how long you have been waiting for it to be done lol.

[nomininolife]

Its really coming together now, what are the hinges from?



David

[frankiebateman]

Nice one bud, i'm glad for ya i know how long you have been waiting for it to be done lol.

Thanks, and i know its been very long

Its really coming together now, what are the hinges from?



David

Thanks and erm a BMW i think bmw boot hinges

[AndrewJ530]

I didn't realise them hinges had a bump stop because i was worried that they were going to be too powerful but that problem is solved with them stops . Nice find!

[mini_mad69]

Well done your car is coming along nicely.
I need to sort out my tank as its covered in sound proofing thats totaly useless. Probably going too spray it like yours as it looks great.

[frankiebateman]

Thanks mate can't wait for the finish

[frankiebateman]

Tired tongiht so having a rest, nothing i can do realy untill i get the rest done on sunday. I snapped a bolt in the manifold bit the one that holds the clip that holds the throttle cable anyway of fixing this ? ? ?