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[minimk1]

Ordered a breather pipe and the grease caps anodised in blue ;)

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[minimk1]

update of todays work:

 

• finished cleaning engine bay- needs de greasing ready for paint 
• took the arch off as this would have taken too long and i want the car done
• ground down remaining spot welds 
• welded up the bonnet badge holes and the other holes i drilled for the bonnet strap as these were in the wrong position 
• moved things down to my shed 
• put seats up in garage loft 
• cleaned the garage floor of engine bay and other mess 

 

work on the car from 9am to 2pm as i have lots of fun english, graphics and geography coursework due in after my week off that we are given to rest from the hours of homework we have to do each night, so makes sense they give us more work than normal over our time off !!!!! also i have work on wednesdays and fridays from 2:45 to 4:45 

 

what my welds took to get off  

 

until tomorrow............

[Archived4]

Tidywork!

[minimk1]

Tidywork!

Why thank you sir

[domdee]

good old magnum!

Edited by domdee, 01 November 2013 - 09:42 AM.

[minimk1]

grease caps turned up yesterday, i had a whole days work at my workplace fabricated some ali panels for an AC ace they are making, also learnt how to gas weld ali, used all of there metalworking tools and it was great so glad i got a place there.

 

[domdee]

 

 

beautiful seats!

[domdee]

been busy today on the roll cage today making gussets from the cage to the car in several places i received my step drill bit today so i could cut holes up to 32mm, it works really well, was meant to go to minispares today but by the time we were ready it was closed so next weekend i shall be going there to get my mighty minis harness bar and door bars here are todays pics 

 

nice gusset work!

 

also loving the new wing mirror design attached to the bonnet opposed to the wings or doors! haha ;)

[domdee]

What a great build this is!

 

i think you need to add a pair of drip rails! they are unique to early minis. m-machine do them. they just fit under the full length of the gutters along both

sides!

 

good luck with the rest!

[domdee]

Decided against the arches, it's going to take to long and be too much work and I just want the car done so I shall be cutting it off tomorrow, oh well worth a try, today's work has been more prep for putting the car back on the jig for the bottom to be sprayed, so has involved grinding and welding up of holes etc, also found another bit of rust on the lower rear seat that I will chop out once the car is spun over, tomorrow wil be removal of boot bonnet and a section if the cage that obstructs the jig pole and also the cleaning up of the engine bay and repair of the shock mount bolts, mucky work but it has to be done in order to spray underneath pics tomorrow

shame your not doing the arhes! they would have looked good! and different to the old grp 2's or w+p's!

[minimk1]

Yeah I know about the arches but that's somthing I can do later on, I've only got like half a year left to do the car and I just want to drive it, ordering the drip rails now ;) thanks

[minimk1]

update of todays work 

 

welded both mk1 hinge plates on 

sorted out my newest addition of old draws 

tidied up my area 

bit more grinding 

made my self feel sick under the wing with a massive helmet on making my head compress 

 

 

 

until tomorrow 

[minimk1]

also just ordered these 

 

[Archived4]

Wicked. And the use of a hydraform and guillotine makes for such easier work dont it?! I'm gonna take my other car to work and weld it up within a month or 2 fingers crossed.

 

You gonna use this as a weekend toy?

[minimk1]

weekend toy? 'no way this will be driven every day possible give it 5 or so years and ill get a car with abit more power (datsun 260z) but im not holding back with this car and will drive it hard when i want to ;), also yeah so much easier its unbelievable how much the proper tools help

Edited by minimk1, 01 November 2013 - 09:13 PM.