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[analogue_radio]

A .gif to help demonstrate the improvement

[analogue_radio]

Moment of silence please, this is the last I saw of 'b' the 1990.. going to a good home though! I don't think he knows what he's in for

[chrisj]

Moment of silence please, this is the last I saw of 'b' the 1990.. going to a good home though! I don't think he knows what he's in for

She's not that bad, common Mini stuff really! just abit more of it. I can completely understand why you chose to get a different shell though.

Best get cracking with the welder !

[grahama]

Hi,

Comming along great, raining all the time here at mo so no bodywork progress for me. Did you use spray red oxide rather than brush on for finish or ease ? Just asking as going through rattle cans for painting parts as a rate of knots atm and have used canned red oxide for the large radius arms and works out cheaper I think.

Also, how do you do that gif flash thing, great way to show quick comparison.

Graham

Edited by grahama, 17 May 2011 - 08:21 AM.

[analogue_radio]

Cheers Graham, yeah I've been using rattle cans.. just for the flat finish and ease. I got through those 6 I ordered pretty quickish doing the underside and other areas on top, got another 6 on there way. Think they work out a bit cheaper from Ebay if you buy in bulk

& yeah it's effective, just a simple .gif maker! google '.gif maker' and you'll see a hundreds of them.

Edited by analogue_radio, 17 May 2011 - 09:49 AM.

[tedmcedd]

looking good! Ohhh... I miss minis...

Ed

[analogue_radio]

looking good! Ohhh... I miss minis...

Ed

Come back!

Nothing amazing to update you all with, since being back I've been doing errands, jobs and giving my room a proper tidy up and sort.



But my job lot of toggle switches came, shame the dashboards haven't turned up yet.. but one side should tomorrow..


Front.


Back.

That's a sample of the black suede I was also thinking of using, this will cover all 4 door cards, rear bin liners and the parcel shelf board.

[MiniLandy]

Nice, where did you get that suede stuff from??

[analogue_radio]

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[analogue_radio]

More progress! and more holes found! YAAAAAY! *shakes fist*

So I haven't completely finished welding the OS underside as I was unsure how to combat the rust up near the air vents, I didn't want to waste time so I rolled it over and turned it round so the NS was facing upwards and began the same process as I did on the OS.



Stripped and etched the rear arch.



Mount after removal, damn spot welds.



Cleaned up, needs some blobs of weld.



Front mount..



Removed.



Tidied, needs a patch.



Front needs some attention.



Lower door hinge mount.



Few more blobs needed.



& how she was left! Nice and tidy got the whole family round for my 21st birthday on Sunday, birthday is tomorrow so I thought I'd best leave things tidied and presentable. Always makes me feel 100x better going to work in a tidy garage!

Edited by analogue_radio, 20 May 2011 - 08:49 PM.

[tedmcedd]

looking good! Ohhh... I miss minis...

Ed

Come back!

I will be soon... Finishing off Uni... July is when im home and can get cracking again!

those switches look cool! I challenge you to find a use for all of them! lol can't beat a good switch!

Liking the door card idea too, mmmm soft!

what colour you going for on the shell??

Oh.... Happy Birthday

[analogue_radio]

They are all on/off so I'm sure I could find a use for a fair few but I'll still be putting the rest in just to give it a better rally/period look.

Yeaah the material is lovely. I swapped a headlight switch from my 1990 for 2 rear door cards with a lad in the village, they are in almost mint condition, bargain! I'll just tear the fabric off and reuse the cards.

As for the colour, swaying towards grey! although I do like 'Elpasso Beige'



Or maybe some sort of grey blue mix.. to be honest, I'm not sure yet

[analogue_radio]

Another update, not much but I've been busy lately.

I've got a solid week next week, it's my last free week until I start full time work so I hope to get the underside fully welded, seam sealed, undersealed and have it back on it's subframes as a rolling shell

Today -

- Welded up the majority of the small holes and got some of the rust cut out ready to make patches.

- Red oxide'd the rear arch.

- Started to strip the front arch, but the wire wheel has almost died.. was being impaled with loose wires constantly, will try and pick up another tomorrow.



(No photos as Photobucket is playing up.. again)

[tedmcedd]

El Paso beige is nice... my mk2 was that colour origionally with a snowberry white roof, looks fit! blue is always a good one too.... as is grey... hmmm :/

[camp freddy]

and this shell was ready for paint !!?? . say no more. keep at it and you'll soon
be sorted.