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[minimk1]

still have a few other parts to take from the shell before it gets sold on and some of the roof welds still need to be ground down and filled

Edited by minimk1, 16 March 2013 - 09:39 PM.

[steven]

bargain for £50

[minimk1]

bargain for £50

yeah i was suprised when i picked it up and it wasnt falling appart

[steven]

where did you find it ?

[minimk1]

on ebay it was in stains

[steven]

nice find

[minimk1]

yeah couldnt belive it

[ToM 2012]

great find for £50 appsalute bargain!

[minimk1]

yeah to get the roof pannel alone second hand would have cost me £60 let alone the other bits and bobs i need

[minimk1]

finished off the roof today i just need to do my final skim of filler on the outside and im done, other than that i have been cutting sections form my shell out for my car such as the parcel shelf ends and a section of the rear seat after i cut all of that out and was waiting for some filler to dry i repaired the rh section of my parcel shelf also i appologise for the roof section i did as i did not have any pictures of me cutting and fitting it into my car this was purely due to stress as it was very difficult to line everything up and not to cut too much off other that that this is the final update for this weekend next weekend i should get the roof done and lh parcel shelf repair and maybe the rear seat section once all these little bits are sorted i can then concentrate on putting my car back on the jig and putting the new floor in











the two holes you see here are for my mate joe's or minimk4's mini as he has two speaker holes here and i had the panel handy so i thought id help him out

[minimk1]

fantastic news today just got a fabrication job at the place i do cleaning at today, so in september i will be starting. the fabrication i will be doing involves classic cars such as lamborghini muras and jaguars making whole panels such as wings or the most detailed repair job the job also cover such things as fuel tanks and radiators mainly made using alloy and all types of welding however tig welding is the main one used very happy today as not only have i secured a job at 15 the job involves what i love to do meaning i will actually be able to enjoy the job with people i already know and am friendly with cant wait to start but i have to find out what kind of school days i am doing to know how many days i will work.

[minimk1]

so i tried to get a mk1 hinge look and have mk3 hinges on my mini so i cut the centre out like a v but this did not look as good as i had seen it on previous minis and after my mum laughing at how it looked i thought id better do it properly , so i made up tome 3mm right angle steel and welded them in behind the a-panel and to the inner wing although doing this was easier said than done as getting in there with the welder was not easy my welds were strong but not the prettiest but will look fine one seam sealed over the doors now work fully on the mk1 hinge and have no mk3 hinge on them i will have to blank up the holes and then mu door conversion is complete and with a mk1 handle and lock and mk1 hinges











need new hinges though as mine are bent as you can probably see in the pictures

[minimk1]

so decided to strip my front subframe as i am going to be sending both off for sandblasting and powder-coating soon as that is only cheap decided that i need to repair my door so i have taken the bottom off and welded in a new piece however this is not finished as i need to make up some bits for each side, when this is done i will be re-skinning the door, done all the marking and drilling on the old skin so i could take direct measurements from that and drill them out onto my new skin then the door will be fully complete, as i cleared and moved my shed the other day i picked up my driver-side door and after only picking up my converted door i was shocked at how heavy the original was its going to be such a weight saver which should compensate for my intense roll cage.
i kitted out my shed last week with a table and some new shelfs as the old ones where abit weak also purchased some cooper s 7.5 disc assembly of of ebay with the driveshaft for 165 which i think is a great price.










old piece cut out and new bit welded in



now the discs they haven't been sent yet but here are the ebay pics

[ToM 2012]

looking good.

[minimk1]

well i was just about to update when i looked on my camera and the memory stick was full but it did not tell me this so i thought the pictures i took where saving but they weren't i managed to weld on the final pieces of my lower door repair and grind the welds down and i drilled out the holes in my new door skin for the mk1 hinges and trial fitted this to my door i then clamped it in place and bolted the door to the car, once i did this it was just a case of moving the panel around slightly until i got a good fit, the gaps are good all round except for the bottom left corner, this is probably because the part is non genuine so i shall be tapping this back with a hammer
then folding over the skin edge and a few tacks and the door will be re-skinned, to fit the handle i will need to cut out the dip for the mk3 handle and weld up all the wholes and then i will be drilling out the holes and fitting the handle again, with the lh then completely finished i shall be moving on the the drivers side floor and welding that in. only a small update but i will try to take some pictures of my work tomorrow