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[minimuk]

Hope it was a nice cake!! with all that hanging on the doors!!! Good luck

[1964Woody]

Happy Birthday and welcome to the Brotherhood of Arms.

[paul1275s]

Happy Birthday Scott!!

[sonikk4]

Mmmm sort of made an erroneous statement yesterday. (welding finished) well not really, sat in the car for a good look around and found some small cuts i had made for previous repairs so they had to go. Can't leave these small details especially after all of the work i have put into the shell.

So now I HAVE OFFICIALLY FINISHED THE WELDING ON ERM

Right now that's cleared up i spent the rest of the day looking over the shell for any small dinks etc so they could be filled, also sanding down all of the other bits of filler skimmed on over the last few days. Some of the remaining original paint is still to be removed but Scott can do that tomorrow after work. Harsh but fair.

Taped up both headlight cut outs for sealing tomorrow and also in the car around the inner arch to bulkhead area.



And to prove a point with regards to treating surface rust, this was the piece of rear windscreen lip i cut out the other day. Although the surface rust did not look bad the underside was a different story

So this goes to show cutting metal out even when it is only lightly corroded on a Mini is probably the best route to go.

[hughJ]

Hi Scott and Neil - congratulations on a birthday and on reaching the welding completed stage. This post is just superb and such a help to older novices like me. I am longing to reach this stage. Looking forward to seeing the painted item!

Hugh

[Mini_Matt]

Hi

just spent the last 2 weeks of my lunch breaks reading through your post lol

This is quality work that your doing. Im looking forward to seeing it with some paint on.. I bet you cant wait to start putting it back together.

Do you live in the gatwick area? because you mentioned sc parts in manor royal. And i live just down the road in horley.

Keep up the exellent work.

[sonikk4]

Hi

just spent the last 2 weeks of my lunch breaks reading through your post lol

This is quality work that your doing. Im looking forward to seeing it with some paint on.. I bet you cant wait to start putting it back together.

Do you live in the gatwick area? because you mentioned sc parts in manor royal. And i live just down the road in horley.

Keep up the exellent work.

I work for Virgin at Gatwick hence the reason why i mentioned SCParts, plus a few of the lads on my shift live in or around Horley. Erm is off to paint this wednesday although the painters have got the doors, bonnet and boot lid.

The official colour scheme will be Tartan Red shade 2 with a gun metal metallic roof just to be different. Scott selected the colours today and the roof colour is actually a Rover shade so keeping it in the family so to speak.

The chap doing the paint work has been in the trade for 50 years so Erm will almost be his swan song as he retires in August. Judging by the MGA and his bosses Austin Healey in the colour scheme below then we should get a cracking finish so fingers crossed.
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[Mini_Matt]

Niiiioooce.

That will look good. My mates dad used to work at Virgin Gatwick as an aircraft engineer, but got made redundent over a year ago. I think he worked there for like 20 years, you might know him.

[rick.spi]

I'd the the rover colour "charcoal metallic" ? I like this colour, its the colour of my minature haha. Look forward to the pictures mate

[sonikk4]

Niiiioooce.

That will look good. My mates dad used to work at Virgin Gatwick as an aircraft engineer, but got made redundent over a year ago. I think he worked there for like 20 years, you might know him.

Wouldn't be Mark Davis by chance, another Mini man through and through.

[sonikk4]

Well its the day before paint day so last minute filling and sanding. I lost count how many times i walked around the car finding little things every time but by 3pm that was it.

and just enjoying the sun

Having the car on a trolley is a godsend so easy to wheel around but tomorrow Erm has got to go on a couple of pallets to be loaded on the trailer.

[misfit]

just been reading through your build a1 job there mate can i barrow your dad just for a mth or two you are one lucky lad to have him and a a1 build

[Mini_Matt]

Niiiioooce.

That will look good. My mates dad used to work at Virgin Gatwick as an aircraft engineer, but got made redundent over a year ago. I think he worked there for like 20 years, you might know him.

Wouldn't be Mark Davis by chance, another Mini man through and through.

Yep that would be Mark Davies...Small world. Ill tell him to check your project erm out.

Pretty excited to see some paint on it now.

Edited by Mini_Matt, 09 March 2011 - 01:20 PM.

[sonikk4]

Well Erm is at the bodyshop today, the doors boot and bonnet have been prepped for paint and they will start on his shell tomorrow. Hopefully if all is well then we should see him back at the end of next week. Happy happy days.

Did give us a chance to thoroughly clean the garage and throw a lot of old junk away, 2 car loads so at least the garage looks tidy now. We both feel like kids waiting for Christmas to come. Can't wait.

[vaughn1]

Really pleased to see Erm away for paint, cant wait to see how well all of your hard work over the last year and however long has paid off.

hopefully one day mine will reach the same point as yours.