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[minimk1]

He sold it to the ex chairman of the mini coopers owners club about 200 miles away

[alex-95]

Good work, the seat extenders look like a familier design how come you've welded them on rather than bolting them on?, Make sure you have a good amount of copper wire touching the clamp, as it doesn't look like there is much touching.

[minimk1]

Good work, the seat extenders look like a familier design how come you've welded them on rather than bolting them on?, Make sure you have a good amount of copper wire touching the clamp, as it doesn't look like there is much touching.

There is a good amount touching the rubber casing only just comes in and I made sure that the prongs you Bend stuck right into the wire also I welded them on for strength as I will never be taking them off and it saves trying to bolt the back of them onto the cross member.

Edited by minimk1, 08 December 2013 - 02:26 PM.

[olds_kool_lews]

Good work mate, very tidy!

[minimk1]

Good work mate, very tidy!

Why thank you

[minimk1]

got the day off today as 6th forms power was out !!! so decided to do some more on the car, cut out all the pieces of metal to make the divers side seat brackets and finished making one, also seeing as i am solid mounting the front subframe i decided to weld on some metal plates which were 2mm thick to spread the load abit better, also little bits like this allow for a more powerful engine if i ever want to do so down the line   also picked up a big steel table last night for my dads car, been busy 

 

made the cutting disc a little smaller with todays cut outs hahaha

 

 

sorry for the poor quality my camera was out of charge

 

 

thats it till friday as i have another teacher training day then so im off !! 

[steven]

Nice work when are you hoping to have it finished by ?

[minimk1]

beginning of august august, it might look like i wont get it done but once the floor is sprayed which will be over xmas holiday i will be putting it back on subbys and have it rolling then it will just be bodywork paint prep which i can be doing for at least 6 months if need be so i have confidence that  i will get it done.

[steven]

They come together quickly once they have been painted

 

Good luck

[minimk1]

They come together quickly once they have been painted
 
Good luck

Yeah watched my dad put his back together after paint and was shocked how it flew together

[steven]

 

They come together quickly once they have been painted
 
Good luck

Yeah watched my dad put his back together after paint and was shocked how it flew together

 

its always the best bit to bolting on shiny stuff

[Archived4]

What's with popeye in the car lol. Good stuff! Tool collection is cool!

[minimk1]

Popeye used to be in my dad's mini but since he sold it Popeye moved on hahahah and yeah over the years I have gathered some good tools that come in handy

[domdee]

 

 

nice welds!

 

[minimk1]

It's so much nicer to weld that to mini steel it's so much worry free as I can put as much heat into these welds as is possible with my welder