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[mini_mad69]

Well done on getting the welding done, youve waited long enough. Starting to come together now then.

Ben

[frankiebateman]

Thanks, yeh been waiting ages its not spot on so im gunna have to boge a few things btu ya know its gotta be donethings will start to get fitted and body work wil begin tommrow

[miniallsort]

woo comming along nice now

[frankiebateman]

Yup finaly, the welding is done very poor the welder done a *melon* job so im not gunna bother getting it rewelded and going to get my money back and get a shell with no rust non of the panels line up

Edited by frankiebateman, 18 January 2009 - 11:46 AM.

[bebbinator]

aww good luck finding a good shell

[frankiebateman]

Thanks if i get a shell lets say, next week it will be on the road DEFFO at the end of the month will only take a few nights for me to swap everything over

Edited by frankiebateman, 18 January 2009 - 11:56 AM.

[AndrewJ530]

Thanks if i get a shell lets say, next week it will be on the road DEFFO at the end of the month will only take a few nights for me to swap everything over

Famous last words!

[frankiebateman]

Lol well guys this is the last of this min thread im afraid ive been offered a mini with no rust so going to take the chance now gunna sell all the bits off mine its been a great experience and i WILL be doing another project later in the year when i have the proper tools ect thanks for all of you help guys

[MrMini]

How bad is the welding? Any photos? Where are the problem areas?

Edited by MrMini, 19 January 2009 - 06:12 PM.

[Matt.P]

shame to hear it's all ended, but make sure you register the new mini as ecky, that's a pretty cool reg plate.

what are you going to do with the old shell?

[christoefar]

Lol well guys this is the last of this min thread im afraid ive been offered a mini with no rust so going to take the chance now gunna sell all the bits off mine its been a great experience and i WILL be doing another project later in the year when i have the proper tools ect thanks for all of you help guys

Please oh please god DON'T!

This is the second Mini you've removed from existance and we have enough of that from people having crashes and them getting written off or stolen, we don't need Frankie Bateman doing his part to rid the world of Minis.

Please, no more!

[mini_mad69]

Not his fault, someone bodged up his car. After all is just a car.

[mrslaphead]

Not his fault, someone bodged up his car. After all is just a car.

to be honest the way the work has been done , this was always going to happen.
The car was being jacked up without sills and other panels despite people warning him on here.(Look at pages 7 and 8),
I wouldnt be too critical of the welder, he probably couldnt get the panels to line up because the car wasnt straight.
Dont mean to have a go frankie but if you tackle another project the way you tackled this one you will never
get on the road.

[bamby]

Never mind - two steep learning curves and hopefully the third will go ok -
hope this new shell is really "rust free" shame to see so much work go down the pan - not worth trying to rectify the things that have gone out of line ? maybe a little more costly but i suppose its another option thats onpen to you ?

Still hope the next project goes better than those before it mate. good luck with mini no3

[frankiebateman]

shame to hear it's all ended, but make sure you register the new mini as ecky, that's a pretty cool reg plate.

what are you going to do with the old shell?

Sell it let someone fix it

Not his fault, someone bodged up his car. After all is just a car.

to be honest the way the work has been done , this was always going to happen.
The car was being jacked up without sills and other panels despite people warning him on here.(Look at pages 7 and 8),
I wouldnt be too critical of the welder, he probably couldnt get the panels to line up because the car wasnt straight.
Dont mean to have a go frankie but if you tackle another project the way you tackled this one you will never
get on the road.

No litterlarry he DIDNT line up the panels he left a gap of like 13mm on a panel, he didnt even spot weld the scuttle instead he did it on top and didnt even get it together right so no offence mate it wasnt becuz i did all that jaking up

Never mind - two steep learning curves and hopefully the third will go ok -
hope this new shell is really "rust free" shame to see so much work go down the pan - not worth trying to rectify the things that have gone out of line ? maybe a little more costly but i suppose its another option thats onpen to you ?

Still hope the next project goes better than those before it mate. good luck with mini no3

Yep it WILL ive learn a helll of alot and i rekin itl have rust but yaknow thats how its goes and the next one will be on the road after i will be getting a pcikup for the next project v-tec lol