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[STREET TWEAKS]

lookin good mate , give me a shout when your doin the back end

[minimuk]

lookin good mate , give me a shout when your doin the back end

at some point next week,.....pending on work, bracing first!!!

[STREET TWEAKS]

seen a full back panel new today on ebay for about £50 mark thinking of getting it for my mini , but got the hing panel and lamp panels now what you think ????

[minimuk]

seen a full back panel new today on ebay for about £50 mark thinking of getting it for my mini , but got the hing panel and lamp panels now what you think ????

seen that panel 2. £50 is very cheap as new is about £180
http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1c24eff5b4

still a few days to go on that, so wait a bit not bidding is good, wait till end and hit it with yr highest bid, other than that stick with your origional plan.

[lourens]

Hi Muk

Glad to see you’re getting on with it.

Cheers.

[minimuk]

Started on the rear panel repair, the pictures will tell you all, not for the faint heated, tihis is only day 1

First Barcing the rear end, but where.....used top of the arches and crossed through rear bulkhead to the existing cross-bracing this should keep all in place till new donor panel is fitted....


sanded back the paint on window seal lip for plugwelds


Drilled plugwelds out,
 all drilled plugwelds exept boot lid lock bracket.jpg   77.45K   13 downloads

used angle grinder with 1mm cutting disk to do the honours, no wonder there was no spare wheel
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inspecting bits to do, nearside guttering plus stiffener needs a 10" replacement


other that that but surface rust here and there,and a bit of repairs on the parcel shelf lip in corners.

just to make sure......
 just checking if it is the right one.jpg   68.81K   22 downloads

might sell this one on fleabay


thats it for today, every day another step, gutter repair tomorrow perhaps

[grahama]

Well, it's a while since someone had a boot as crappy as that on a build !! I see the bash on the old rear panel, but did you replace the lot because it is easier than smaller repairs, as a lot of it looks fine ??

More gutter repairs, but then you are used to them now !! Nice work as ever.

Graham

[minimuk]

Well, it's a while since someone had a boot as crappy as that on a build !! I see the bash on the old rear panel, but did you replace the lot because it is easier than smaller repairs, as a lot of it looks fine ??

More gutter repairs, but then you are used to them now !! Nice work as ever.

Graham

Graham, to be honest the old panel ha a lot of hidden rust but still covered with paint, the bash was not repairable even with dollies and hammers, I did try but in the end it would be a complete patch up of a panel, top and bottum and not worth the time and efford,...the donor panel is good and will be prepped to his new position in a few weeks. All little repairs first and Por15 here and there,......

[Zulu162]

Just found your project buddy, great job! Your repair panels on the roof and gutters are fantastic, you must be chuffed? Look forward to the end result.
I used electrolysis on most of the smaller parts on my project. Learnt it off a mate that did most of his Alvis TA14 with it, even the front wings! lol
Regards, Duncan

[minimuk]

Just found your project buddy, great job! Your repair panels on the roof and gutters are fantastic, you must be chuffed? Look forward to the end result.
I used electrolysis on most of the smaller parts on my project. Learnt it off a mate that did most of his Alvis TA14 with it, even the front wings! lol
Regards, Duncan

Cheers Duncan, appreciate your comments, this project is just fab, bout 3 hours a day and ye think yr there,.....no chanse in that,.... and then start again.
Electrolysis is indeed a great way to clean and preserve good old usable bits you need again when reassembling, will safe a few bob.
Still need to do her engine and will go the same way in the bucket...

[ToM 2012]

great project mate whats the plan for this one? when do you finking off finishing it? cheers tom

[hughJ]

Glad you warned me the pictures were not for the faint hearted - I managed to sit down in time. Fantastic work as usual.

Hugh

[minimuk]

half an hour to kill this afternoon, plotting on,... roof gutter, 7" cut rot cut out and fabricate new piece


nearly forgot to make a piccy for yuz


rot cut out


fabricate new piece with cut out as template


fin's cut into lip to get a smooth curve, fin's will be welded shut again after


that's it for today

[STREET TWEAKS]

looks as if its goin well so far , what do you think is it easyer or harder than you was thinking it was goin to be ???

[grahama]

Half an hour, that's about a three hour and two cups of coffee job here, guess that's why I am taking so long, lol !!