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[icedaddyuk]

The rust spots:

[icedaddyuk]

As it stands now:



Removed rusty wing and A-panel



Stripped interior and removed all sound deadening (slow job!)



Removed all surface rust from the rear and primed



Scuttle panel probably needs replacing



Started to cut back the rusty floor, front and rear







Passenger side sill needs some work



Other jobs done:

Removed bull bars, roof sticker, interior, dixie horn, sun strip, silly exhaust cans.

[leaky]

Wow, You've been busy. Good to see you've tackled these tasks with the help of beer. Thats always a good way of going about things.

[icedaddyuk]

Those Heineken cans are part of the fuel filling! You see the key in the top of one one the cans? That come off and the fuel goes in there!

[stardude]

looks good, you should keep it general lee style!!!

thansk for the tip about the welder too! much cheaper than machine mart and only £5 postage!

[icedaddyuk]

Cut a little more floor out tonight but only got an hour or so done

Test fitted the floors, so far so good, excuse the quality, taken on BB

[Retro_10s]

God - it looked rough in the Mini magasine feature but i didn't realise quite how far gone it was.

Good to see you're fixing it up properly

[cookie4343]

Excellent work your doing there, looks as if your gonna go the full hog and do it properly.
I love the car but personally dont like the general lee theme, but thats me, its up to you.
Keep up the good work.

[icedaddyuk]

Not a lot more work done to be honest, just removed the fuel tank which makes a massive difference to the size of the boot. Rubbed down all the surface rust underneath then primed. The rear is looking pretty decent at the mo, the front is where the problems are.



Also, buckets were collected today and just won these on eBay which is pleasing

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

looking good i like the mismatched wheel sizes

lol great work on the rust nice to see someone else using hammershite rush treament looks like snot doesnt it

[icedaddyuk]

not much progress over the last few weeks as been really busy with 'normal' life!

Pretty much decided that I'm going to get the shell shot blasted as it's quite a bit worse than I had hoped in places. May as well do it properly and was going to get it resprayed anyway. Also, it's so damn dirty, I don't mean just the bodywork, but everything is so grimy.

The whole wiring loom is out now and started disconnecting the engine so it's ready to take out. Not much to report other than that.

[bananaman]

How's your progress? Did you get it shotblasted??

[icedaddyuk]

No, not yet, getting married next week so progress is on hold.

I've been doing little bits in the evenings, got the rear doors off, windows out, windscreen out etc. Next step is to get the engine and subframes out.

Bought a new toy too! 3HP, 50L tank with air chisel, drill and impact wrench



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Edited by icedaddyuk, 23 July 2009 - 07:32 AM.

[leaky]

Got to love new shiny tools. O yes and congrats and getting married (sorry thats a bit of topic)

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

nice air compressor be good to see you getting this sorted