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[joezone2001]

Hi mate. Great looking Mini. I love the wheels you have on it. Do you know what they're called please? Looks like you're doing a great job anyway. Keep up the good work.
Joe

[dasupersprint]

Hi mate. Great looking Mini. I love the wheels you have on it. Do you know what they're called please? Looks like you're doing a great job anyway. Keep up the good work.
Joe

Hi, I once did a quick search for the name of the wheels, I think they're called Jupiter or something like that. They're 10"

Thanks for the comment!

[30 mm]

Who is the guy your buying parts from in Montreal? I have a couple guys I can buy from in Toronto but I live between both cities and Ill go for th cheapest selling ofcourse.

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[dasupersprint]

Who is the guy your buying parts from in Montreal? I have a couple guys I can buy from in Toronto but I live between both cities and Ill go for th cheapest selling ofcourse.

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This is it:
http://www.robert-pi...o-anglaise.com/

They can take orders by email too, you'll talk to his wife, she's very kind and responds quickly.
They sell parts from the Moss Motors catalog and only charge the price of the catalog, no more. They can have parts from other suppliers too.

[30 mm]

This is great. Thanks a lot and great pics of the contraption you created for the rotissery mini chicken!

Do you have the dimensions and thickness of the steel you used by any chance.

Merci

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[joezone2001]

Hi mate. Great looking Mini. I love the wheels you have on it. Do you know what they're called please? Looks like you're doing a great job anyway. Keep up the good work.
Joe

Hi, I once did a quick search for the name of the wheels, I think they're called Jupiter or something like that. They're 10"

Thanks for the comment!

thanks for that. they look awesome. good luck with the rest of your build. Joe.

[Ryang556]

Beautiful mini, good work!

[dasupersprint]

This is great. Thanks a lot and great pics of the contraption you created for the rotissery mini chicken!

Do you have the dimensions and thickness of the steel you used by any chance.

Merci

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I don't know the exact dimensions of the steel used, I just been really lucky to find a whole bunch of steel at my father's garage. Round tube is about 3" diameter. I think any thickness would do, as the naked bodyshell isn't really heavy.

Beautiful mini, good work!

Thanks! I'll work on it tonight, I'll try to update tomorrow.

[30 mm]

Thanks for the 3 inch specs.

Cheers

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[Brams96]

Great build & progress, you certainly have your work cut out for you. I'm so jellous of your garage right now, all that room!! I'll be watching this project in the future

Edited by Brams96, 20 July 2012 - 05:38 AM.

[dasupersprint]

Ok, little progress tonight, more thinking than action.
Proceeded to clean those surfaces

 

 

And found a whole bunch of ancient repair panels welded bizzarly. They are only outside, and nothing shows inside the car. That means they're panel welded on top of rust, so someday the rust will no doubt come through...ok I plan to redo all this. More job!

Edited by dasupersprint, 20 September 2019 - 07:41 PM.

[30 mm]

WOW what a job.

Hang in there and thanks for clearing up the panel thing for me.

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[dasupersprint]

Ok, tonight's progress.

Draw a line...

 

Cut...

 

Hole...

 

Make own pattern panel...

 

Weld.

 

That should be the way to go for the next week or two!

Edited by dasupersprint, 20 September 2019 - 07:45 PM.

[30 mm]

This is awesome motivational images. What thickness are you using for your metal.

Have a good one.

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[dasupersprint]

I'm back...

 

So, received a gift in exchange of money from Somerford Mini

 

These are all floor reinfocement hardware.

 

Bought thicker steel to repair things in the bulkhead area. 30mm I used about 1mm thick metal up to now.

 

I had made a simple crossmember by a steel shop nearby. I know it's square, I'll have to do the shapes to go over the round tunnel myself. I did this because a new crossmember was about 200$ to have and I couldn't figure out why would I pay so much for such a simple piece of metal.

 

Cleaned this area.

 

 

I've decided that I will blast the bodyshell (soda or/and sand) once its finished before sending it to a still unknown paintshop. So now I'm just protecting things.

Repaired a small area

 

(Other way around)

 

I'm starting to know a bit more what's going on in the rear floor area, but it's still a mess in my head and on the Mini too...

 

 

And finally, the best thing to avoid welding sparks getting in your shoes and burn your skin!

Edited by dasupersprint, 20 September 2019 - 07:51 PM.