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[scsracing]

May i ask why the silver tape is over the sealer ? is it to just stop bit's getting in it ? or is it a chemical reaction thing?

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Its just to stop bits getting in it as the garage was quite dusty today and already managed to get some bits in the sealeant

[grahama]

Hi,

great work as usual but another question !! You slotted the door frame to make the gap fit but how will that affect the window glass ?? Will it still fit, but I'm sure you have thought about that !!

Graham

[sonikk4]

Yes it will still fit as overall the width has only changed by less than 1/4" which the new seals will take up the slack. If i'm wrong then bugger but i am quietly confident. (this might bite me later but in for a penny in for a pound.)

[ado15]

Scott decided he was going to have the door furniture instead i believe( i could be wrong) hence the reason he has returned them. Paddy will not be having a full rebuild until next year at the earliest as he is road legal and Scott will need a set of wheels to drive once he's passed his test.

No problem. We received the order today for the door handle set. I've dropped an e-mail to Scott to confirm.

[minimuk]

following your project, needless to say you do not like rust... great progress and educational thank you.
not far to got before refit!!

Edited by minimuk, 26 February 2011 - 09:52 PM.

[sonikk4]

following our project, needless to say you do not like rust... great progress and educational thank you.
not far to got before refit!!

Cheers hopefully not, i would like Erm to be in paint in the next two weeks however there are still a few bits to finish before then so providing none of these bites us fingers crossed and all that he may be wearing his shiny new coat by the end of March.

[minimuk]

following our project, needless to say you do not like rust... great progress and educational thank you.
not far to got before refit!!

Cheers hopefully not, i would like Erm to be in paint in the next two weeks however there are still a few bits to finish before then so providing none of these bites us fingers crossed and all that he may be wearing his shiny new coat by the end of March.

good luck to you both!

[sonikk4]

Well Erm is going to get his face in Mini World Magazine sometime after April. The team were around Sunday afternoon so Scott was a busy lad moving things around for them,


Some of Scotts bling on show


Anyway some more Billet ally goodies turned up today, door furniture



Lovely bits of kit and uber light as well.

Did a few bits of niff naff and trivia welding today, various bits of trimming etc and flashed some primer over the sealing i did last week and very pleased with how it looks.

[vaughn1]

looking excellent as usual, looking forward to seeing this car in colour after all the hard work you have put in.

also well done on getting into the mag

[fessernick]

ive just spent the past hour an a half reading through and i must say im astounded! such quality of workmanship after reading this im gonna get a mate of mine to teach me to weld i have to get my mini and my mk1 fiesta done soon thanks for the inspiration good luck and keep us all posted with the build!!!!

[sonikk4]

ive just spent the past hour an a half reading through and i must say im astounded! such quality of workmanship after reading this im gonna get a mate of mine to teach me to weld i have to get my mini and my mk1 fiesta done soon thanks for the inspiration good luck and keep us all posted with the build!!!!

Cheers for that, Mmm!! Mk1 fezzer banded steelies, lowered running a hot zetec on throttle bodies with a nice solid colour respray. Much coolness. That almost sounds like a plan

[sonikk4]

2nd to last bit of welding done today which was the rear windscreen l/h side.
We had treated it but i really did not want it reappearing so it had to go so spot drilled all of the spot welds

Rusty section cut out and the underside treated

Rich zinc primered ready to weld

Repair section rough cut

and repair section cut to size and drilled ready for welding

Welded in place ground down and polished

Ready for a skim of filler tomorrow. The last bit of welding to do is the reinforcement strip on the rear bench then that is it after 18 months of replacement, fabrication and panel beating. The first bits of the car go for paint on Saturday the doors, then the bonnet and boot monday closely followed by the rest of the car later in the week. Looking forward to seeing the finished result.

[jagman.2003]

Looking forward to seeing the shell in paint.

[minimuk]

2nd to last bit of welding done today which was the rear windscreen l/h side.
We had treated it but i really did not want it reappearing so it had to go so spot drilled all of the spot welds

Rusty section cut out and the underside treated

Rich zinc primered ready to weld

Repair section rough cut

and repair section cut to size and drilled ready for welding

Welded in place ground down and polished

Ready for a skim of filler tomorrow. The last bit of welding to do is the reinforcement strip on the rear bench then that is it after 18 months of replacement, fabrication and panel beating. The first bits of the car go for paint on Saturday the doors, then the bonnet and boot monday closely followed by the rest of the car later in the week. Looking forward to seeing the finished result.

Happy days, 18 month off enjoyable headache over, look forward to see Erm with a new coat!

[sonikk4]

Happy days Welding is officially finished.
The rear bench reinforcement strip was the last bit to be welded in

Bench prepped for welding

And welded in and ground down


The rest of the day was spent trying to reshape the boot to a better profile and some final tweaks to the r/h door.
Had to bake a cake first before all of this as its Scotts 18th today, he had spent the morning getting beasted by the Royal Marines as part of his induction and preparation for enrolling later this year. Some birthday present that then NOT!!!

Decided to hang on to the doors, bonnet and boot for the weekend to do some final filling tweaking etc then they can all go to paint first thing monday.

Bring on the shiny coat of paint.