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[jagman.2003]

Time for an update. Rear subframe cleaned & painted. Hopefully start assembly on that soon.
Drivers outer sill prepped & welded on.
Spit jig is working out well. I tried out rotating the shell to various angles. Seems reasonably well balanced. It'll be interesting moving to some different positions for the final work.

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•  left_sill_up.JPG   304.44K   124 downloads
•  spit_up.JPG   294.37K   81 downloads
•  spit_right.JPG   322.17K   63 downloads

Edited by jagman.2003, 27 March 2011 - 08:28 PM.

[myredmini]

Looking very good! please could you post a link to the spit please

Dan

[jagman.2003]

Looking very good! please could you post a link to the spit please

Dan

Try this, it's the cheapest on ebay, but you get what you pay for as you have to weld it yourself & it comes with no bells & whistles. It might be possible to buy the material cheaper if you shop around. But this does come cut to size/angles. As you can see it does spin right round.

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item4cf5e5c497

[myredmini]

you need to buy a pole to go through the centre too dont you ?

[jagman.2003]

you need to buy a pole to go through the centre too dont you ?

Yes, a pole is required. Luckily I had one kindly donated.

[jagman.2003]

Still working away on the shell despite other mini distractions. Spit jig still perfoming well. Working on the passenger sill/jacking point. Plenty of prepping with paint. Should have sill on by the end of the week & then on with the rest of the underpanels!

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•  10042011_003_.jpg   259.15K   94 downloads

Edited by jagman.2003, 11 April 2011 - 09:13 PM.

[almarsh132]

Still working away on the shell despite other mini distractions. Spit jig still perfoming well. Working on the passenger sill/jacking point. Plenty of prepping with paint. Should have sill on by the end of the week & then on with the rest of the underpanels!

I'm guessing its a folding workbench? haha. Great project though, had a read through, cant wait to see the finished result!

[jagman.2003]

Still working away on the shell despite other mini distractions. Spit jig still perfoming well. Working on the passenger sill/jacking point. Plenty of prepping with paint. Should have sill on by the end of the week & then on with the rest of the underpanels!

I'm guessing its a folding workbench? haha. Great project though, had a read through, cant wait to see the finished result!

No no, please....it's a 'Foldable' workbench. Quite handy actually for doing a few jobs on & folds away for space. Not bad for £8..!

[jagman.2003]

Weekly update. Got the second sill welded on. Finshed seam welding the inside of the rear arch. Would have had the valance & closing panels on but the gas prematurely seems to have run out. Not sure if BOC short changed me on the gas there. one bottle lasts 2 years the next 2 months! Need to look into this. Managed to get a couple of plug welds on the valance. Change of plan gave me some time to grind back the welds & treat it with some dinitrol. Hopefully catch up on the welding during the week.

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•  sill22.JPG   315.14K   90 downloads
•  valance1.JPG   289.14K   74 downloads
•  arch28.JPG   265.85K   71 downloads

Edited by jagman.2003, 17 April 2011 - 08:37 PM.

[jagman.2003]

Easter weekend update, finished the rear valance & closing panels. Welded on the slinging bracket things at the four corners. Welded on the battery cable guide. And finally welded in the dash rail & support frame. I thought it would be nice to offer up the dashboard to check the rail position. But forgot the great scaffold pole running through the middle of the car. The spit jig is really working out. I'm moving the shell around all day long just to get the best angles. Hopefully another bit of progress tomorrow.

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•  sling1.JPG   283.69K   48 downloads
•  sling2.JPG   281.44K   45 downloads
•  valance2.JPG   199.09K   87 downloads
•  valance1.JPG   289.14K   54 downloads

Edited by jagman.2003, 25 April 2011 - 07:40 AM.

[cradley-heathen]

great job there dude, i like to see people welding up old shells, and doing it properly. i see so many badly welded up minis it makes me die a little bit inside lol.

im at this stage on a project im working on for a customer, its very pleasing when its all solid again and you know it will last, not to mention it looks right!

keep it up dude! love it

[jagman.2003]

great job there dude, i like to see people welding up old shells, and doing it properly. i see so many badly welded up minis it makes me die a little bit inside lol.

im at this stage on a project im working on for a customer, its very pleasing when its all solid again and you know it will last, not to mention it looks right!

keep it up dude! love it

Thanks, it's very pleasing to have a nice solid shell. The light at the end of the tunnel is getting closer...! Nice to get compliments from other mini restorers too!

[jagman.2003]

The extra days this weekend have been very useful. Worked on the drivers front wheel arch today. I'd already cut the arch a while ago using the minispares template to fit 13" wheels. So today I was recreating a lip to strengthen the wing & remove the sharp edge. Just incase it rubs on the tyre at some point. Allowed myself a bit of fun & offered up the wheel arch & a tyre just to see how it looked. Just gotta repeat it on the other side now.

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•  Frontarch3.JPG   301.67K   50 downloads
•  Frontarch2.JPG   361.42K   72 downloads

Edited by jagman.2003, 25 April 2011 - 08:02 PM.

[minimuk]

yr getting there , nice welding and precision work.Good idea those wider arches.

[MINI-TURBO]

WOW you wasn't kidding when you said very rusty lol, it's come along way since you got it, it looks like a complete different car