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[hughJ]

Very nice repair to the parcel shelf. What hours of patient work. Like Graham says its methodical. I love watching your work and progress.

Hugh

[minimuk]

Very nice repair to the parcel shelf. What hours of patient work. Like Graham says its methodical. I love watching your work and progress.

Hugh

Hugh all in good time,....

prepped rear panel's welding surfaces with Por metal ready and POR15, after removing the old lock catch,I washed the welding surfaces with metal ready



good coat of POR15, and did the joining surfaces on the car too.


that's all for today, only had an hour off this afternoon

[STREET TWEAKS]

very well done m8 your doin great , you had sum time off work then ???

[minimuk]

very well done m8 your doin great , you had sum time off work then ???

Wayne, that is the problem, getting busy at work, so can only work an hour every day,.....however,...back in the garage tonight after getting home and give it a second coating of POR15

[minimuk]

Porring on,.......

inside of the rear panel has 2 coats now



outside I gave the critical areas a good coat including the petrol hole, to prevent dampness getting near the metal,...




A little panel bashing on the bottum section tmr or friday and panel is ready to be offered

[minimuk]

after a busy weekend work and Malverntrip,.. though I give Evy some attention,... her rear end...


took me a while to get the positioning right
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when in final position, plug holes done
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plug weld the holes
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sanded back


concentration gone but,.....she got a rear again


havent welded all the way down yet will weld gutter and under the gutter first, rear quarters need seeing to anyhow...

getting some life back in her....

[grahama]

Nice one !! Great day's work lining up and plugging, looks like a mini again. Is it ok along the boot lip aswell??

[ToM 2012]

nice work mate keep it up. just a fort will the petrol tank go in place? cheers tom

[hughJ]

That is quite a piece of work!!! Looks really nice. It is a huge amount of work plug welding - drilling, welding grinding. I wish I had been rich enough to buy a spot welder!! But it is satisfying.

Great minimuk

Hugh

[minimuk]

Nice one !! Great day's work lining up and plugging, looks like a mini again. Is it ok along the boot lip aswell??

Boot lip was re-done a few month ago, weel treated with Por15 amonghst other things, need to drill a few holes for the offside boot lid hinge, lining up certainly takes most of the time, plugging is not to bad,looks good, am happy sofar....

nice work mate keep it up. just a fort will the petrol tank go in place? cheers tom

I have left the tank hole in it's origional place, I might change that by having a boot floor tank fitted,.....

That is quite a piece of work!!! Looks really nice. It is a huge amount of work plug welding - drilling, welding grinding. I wish I had been rich enough to buy a spot welder!! But it is satisfying.

Great minimuk

Hugh

Thanks Hugh, it takes time but I am in no rush with this one, I am not so sure buying a spotwelder would help, happy to use the MIG, drilling holes takes more time, but hole puncher helps

[ToM 2012]

ok mate looking great anyway

[jagman.2003]

Looking good. The rear panel makes great difference to the shape. Great work.

[STREET TWEAKS]

hi mate can you post sum close up pics of the hing panel and the lamp panels plzs where you welded them together just for me

[minimuk]

hi mate can you post sum close up pics of the hing panel and the lamp panels plzs where you welded them together just for me

I pm you some, when doing the job a few month ago

[minimuk]

back on again......

few piccies from recent repairs

rear panel to gutter;








rear panel to parcel shelf and roof stiffener;









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