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[project mini chris]

progress tomorow hopefully, need to strip som bits off the subfrme aswell for alex grease monkey

[project mini chris]

Well as you all may know im chris and i have an '88 designer which is currently being restored...somehow i managed to lose my existing thread so i'd thought i start another.... (Topics merged for you =) )

JOBS DONE SO FAR:

Floorpanel nearside
Front panel(almost)- nearly a months prep work done-ready to weld on
Bonnet
Bootlid
Engine- Turns over~~just needs a new carb
Rear Offside WheelArch

JOBS NEEDED TO DO:

Get some rot free doors drivers door!
headlight rings
scuttle
drivers doorstep and floor
rear hinge panel
boot floor
Get engine running properly
strip-paint
Finnishing touches


Had it a year (was sat in yard for 6months after i had it) so its going well...

Im going at my own pace with this...so please dont argue with me when i say how long certain things should take me......REMEMBER!! its all in the prep
Should hopefully be completed by 2011-2012

Enjoy......

Edited by project mini chris, 28 July 2010 - 08:15 PM.
Topics merged

[project mini chris]

YESSSSS!!! after hours of prep the front panel is now on i repeat the front panel is on!!!! woop woop!.......next job: Headlight attatchments!

[cooperdan]

Great Job.....

Well done chris,

mines primed..

[Scallywag630]

Pictures, pictures we need more pictures!!!

[project mini chris]

i will upload some tommorow after skl

[project mini chris]

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[cooperdan]

Looks good chris well done buddy

[project mini chris]

haha thanks dan your too kind its only taked atm, need to do the seam and the bits that attatch to the inner wings to complete it and also get some pair mount bolts

[Burnard]

Are you going to be replacing the wings as well chris?

You realise your supposed to weld that seem, on the inside (actually supposed to be spot welds allong the lip), leaving the 'dip' on the outside with an un interupted dipped seam.


Not much progress for a few months mate, wheres the pace!!!!

[maryquant]

Looking good

[MiniAlex]

Looking good Chris
Can't wait to see the final project!!

[project mini chris]

went to wolverhampton yesterday to go and pick up a rot free door i won off ebay for £40... and im suprised by the condition its in....really pleased!

[project mini chris]

And to answer your questions burny.... No im not replacing the wings, im going to seam weld along the seam then grind the welds back level and run a thin cutting disc in the seam- as how it was done originally meant that lots of water got trapped in the seam, e.g how they rotted away quickly.

And i know there hasnt been a lot of progress lately as i left miniforum because of situations like this that you have caused because people cannot accept that i only have 2 hours a week on the mini and that i work how i want to work.... hope this answers your question as from now on im pi*sed off with people telling me how to do things on here and i will get mods to delete posts....rant over

[Scallywag630]

Good deal on the door. As for the car....its yours to build anyway you want. As long as its safe and holds together, who cares how its done. There are things that were done in the factory that cannot be done afterwards, so ignor people who say you have to do this or that.