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[sonikk4]

Had a look at ex Army tents and they are way expensive like nearly a grand. OUCH!!! so that i believe is a no go for that idea.

[DaveJH]

Thanks for looking sonikk. I might be able to come up with something with all the damaged stuff I already have and some seal sealent.

And a holiday to yorkshire eh? Shame my car isn't taxed or MOTd!

[gavinhendy]

Just red your whole thread aftrer noticing your thread on south wales minis , I really feel for u man , I'm in the same boat as you, but my car has an mot and I can't drive it lol ,
Have you managed to find a welder ? And if u have one , when u get back grom uni , get practising man , as so many others have aaid you will pick it up real fast ,
All the best with the car dude

[Mongrel MiniWelder]

Thanks for looking sonikk. I might be able to come up with something with all the damaged stuff I already have and some seal sealent.

And a holiday to yorkshire eh? Shame my car isn't taxed or MOTd!

Hi mate,what can i say? This is my first post as i have only just joined the site,but i have to say that that i am a professional welder/ Restorer (Classic Cars) and after seeing what you had done to your car that laughingly passes for Welding and plate making I'm totally blown away. All i can say is don't lose heart because for every A..Hole out in the world there is a thousand good Guys that will help you. If your ever in Sunny (well at the moment) Essex i would be more than happy to show you how to weld and give you advice.

[DaveJH]

Just red your whole thread aftrer noticing your thread on south wales minis , I really feel for u man , I'm in the same boat as you, but my car has an mot and I can't drive it lol ,
Have you managed to find a welder ? And if u have one , when u get back grom uni , get practising man , as so many others have aaid you will pick it up real fast ,
All the best with the car dude

Cheers, I will do. I'm hoping to replace the front end myself in a year or two, see how it goes.

Hi mate,what can i say? This is my first post as i have only just joined the site,but i have to say that that i am a professional welder/ Restorer (Classic Cars) and after seeing what you had done to your car that laughingly passes for Welding and plate making I'm totally blown away. All i can say is don't lose heart because for every A..Hole out in the world there is a thousand good Guys that will help you. If your ever in Sunny (well at the moment) Essex i would be more than happy to show you how to weld and give you advice.

Thanks, I appreciate the sentiment.

[DaveJH]

Right, in an effort to move on to better things my car is going on a holiday to Shropshire. A little pampering is in order after all that's happened to Barney recently!

[Shifty]

I hear Shropshire is a lovely part of the country!!

[Boycie]

Sounds like the car is going to be in good hands soon Really, really shocked at that so-called welding, the guy that did that needs shooting. As said, the car looks pretty good apart from the (pretty localised..) holes. You'll be bombing around in it again in no time!!
Good on you for sticking with it.

[DaveJH]

Sounds like the car is going to be in good hands soon Really, really shocked at that so-called welding, the guy that did that needs shooting. As said, the car looks pretty good apart from the (pretty localised..) holes. You'll be bombing around in it again in no time!!
Good on you for sticking with it.

Cheers. I hope so!

[Shifty]

As some of you may have guessed I've now got Daves car to do the welding properly.

Picked it up today and after a few trailer related mishaps(tyre blowout and the winch snapping) its in my recently tidied garage.

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Had a quick look around and its better in some areas and worse in others!!

Floors don't look too bad, on one side it has 1/2 an oversill fitted!!

The other has a full one, the inner sills don't look too bad and should repair.

The front floor will need a new section to replace the butchered job done to it before

The rear floor needs a few sections let in

The rear 1/4 needs a few repairs to the top and bottom.

Its the boot that needs the most work, its pretty much shot!!

Both arches need extensive repair, I'm hoping to only have to buy one arch and use that as a donor panel for both arches.

The rear valance has been fitted very badly, to do a proper repair on the boot floor this will need to be removed so replacing it is no hardship.

I should be able to keep the panel list quite small as I've got various off cuts that can be used.

Watch this space!!

[bcjames]

Good stuff Shifty, quite a bit to do. And you weren't kidding about the tidy garage! Dave, it's good to see your car will be fixed

[Shifty]

I'm not sure if I like the way I have the garage organised at the mo, the new silver shelving units seem to dominate the garage and make it look smaller. I think I'll split them up and move them to either side of the garage door at the front. Should look less cluttered and busy!!

Seeing that pic has confirmed it for me really!!

[DaveJH]

Cheers for the update Shifty Sent you a PM, I think TMF might be playing up as its told me a few times I've had a PM from you but I can't see anything!

[Shifty]

Got some of the panels today so started work..

Up on stands so cutting could commence!!!



Pulled off the over sill on the drivers side..........oooopsss!!!



Thats a bit worse than I'd have liked, still onwards and upwards!!

Cut and fitted the new front floor section


The inner sill needed quite a few repairs and to be honest it was borderline on needing a new floor pan but I know Daves on a budget so
I repaired it.






Nearly finished it..



That looks better!!!


Still got 1/2 a day left on this side and its done.

Stay tuned!!

[myredmini]

Looking good shifty! Keep it up