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[minimuk]

looking good mate, do you have a deadline on this or just cracking on when you can?

keep up the good work, Adam

Adam cheers, well ideally ready on the road this time next year as the other mini will be going to my Lad when he got his licence. in the mean time just cracking on, body done by end September, engine over the winter and painting in Feb....that is the plan...

[minimuk]

Brave work and super work

Hugh

Cheers Hugh, Evy is getting a smile again......

[jagman.2003]

Great work, will be using the floor repair as reference for my next project.

[minimuk]

wright,...MUK passed MOT,...back to the script....floor rather, had a delivery from M-Machine yesterday, box of brackets, sills and Mk1 Crossmember, nice stuff but needed a good coat of POR15 before putting in the car,......gave it 2 good coats on the inside ,as I wont get there again once welded on for a while. and cleaned the Ecoat from the offside floor panel, drenshed it with Por metal Prep and the gave it a good coat of POR15

Crossmember, nice nd shiny
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floor ecoat removed b4 metal prep
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POR15 coat
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Nearside floor treatment tmz

[grahama]

Cracking on there Muk. Looks good, really will have to look into the POR stuff for next time. When is the weldathon??

Graham

[hughJ]

You do jobs properly - no skimping and cutting corners, like me! Your preparation beforehand shames me! Great work.

Hugh

[minimuk]

Cracking on there Muk. Looks good, really will have to look into the POR stuff for next time. When is the weldathon??

Graham

Graham thanks again, weldathon........great way of putting that, need space and no midering from you know who....just 2 days...., joking asside, will try and do nearside floor tmr wiv POR15, then spotweld both sides near the tunnel with care,sand welds back and POR15 again both floors. I might get the spotwelder in action B4 putting the arches on and rear quarters if my friend will lend me the machine for a few weeks.....then I can get rid of some self tappers and know the car will be in a stronger nick to cut more crap off and out. see what he says, if not, offside rear quarter and arch will be after the floor is done as mentioned above. I do like a plan (nd Plan B)

You do jobs properly - no skimping and cutting corners, like me! Your preparation beforehand shames me! Great work.

Hugh

Cheers Hugh, I don't know what yr on about.....you have and are doing a grand job for your first attemp,and you don't let it beat you, your mini will be unique and you will be proud of it, trust me...... I have learnt and try not to make mistakes again, planning is the key, just like a game of chess, keep thinking 6 steps ahead, and measure again,if all the welding till the front-end is done by end August I am happy, hopefully sooner,as I want all welding done by end September. just need a good run again now and then........

[minimuk]

not much done today, had 2 hours so I made the attempt to clear and clean the garage a bit, sorted stuff for the floor tmz,...then I noticed the doors, one here and the other one over there,
dismantelling was to be done first and then stocktake what state they where in........
offside;
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nearside;
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not so good......but of course...no rest for the wicked. have a crack at it tmz, one good find, the drivers door has a 'Side Impact Bar' inside the door,...... will copy that one for the other side too....challenges ahead

[STREET TWEAKS]

i have one of the lower door frame repair panels for the bottom, you can have it mate but not sure if its n/s or o/s give me a shout ?

[grahama]

Go for the repair panel Muk. I made sections to repair mine and the result I suspect would be far neater with the whole panel!! Just my experience.

[minimuk]

i have one of the lower door frame repair panels for the bottom, you can have it mate but not sure if its n/s or o/s give me a shout ?

Wayne it is the first one. offside which really had it, I will pay you for it as it has cost you b4, pm me yr paypal details and tell me the amount,if you have the one I need. cheers

Go for the repair panel Muk. I made sections to repair mine and the result I suspect would be far neater with the whole panel!! Just my experience.

Graham, I have done those repairs on MUK's doors, certainly challenging and a good learning curb for pannel making and welding, offside no good, and could do wiv a repair iece but the nearside is do-able always looks worse then reality....then again, don't really want to see it in the first place,....defo need new skins 4 sure

PS, guys I feel it is going to be a garage day today, 'miss MUK' is going out 4 a bit,.........

Edited by minimuk, 22 July 2012 - 09:11 AM.

[minimuk]

it was one of those day's, wanting to do a lot and nout to show 4 it,....but then I did sort the whole garage, got rid of lots of crap, swept and cleaned Evy behindher ears wiv hoover.......

Graham I did weld a litletoday, just there where the x-member will be placed, cant get to it after....spotwelded both sides and sanded back, then.....



got the floor ready, wire brush first then Metal Ready from POR



good coating of POR15 and..... well...ready for X-member
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made template for oil and wire clamps/brackets



done some final roof fillering front nearside corner.tomorrow perhaps,getting the next step.......

[minimuk]

good run today on the floor,....

Putting in a cross-member looks easy but it is not......then again it was the first time I put in a full new cross-member

trial fitting after marking the flutes and used joggler hole cutter to make the holes at the wright places;



after measuring top box to door frame and made sure the where on both sides 940mm, measuring back of box to heal panel 810mm on both sides, I plug welded the lot;
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sanded back the welds;



POR15 the lot;
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very happy with the result.......now I am ready for Shifty's spotwelder and do the doorsteps to inner sill rear floor panel to heal board, boot floor and rear seats etc......dreaming on

[grahama]

That is looking mint, but nicking Shifty's spot welding is cheating lol. Wish he was closer to me ! Nice work keep it up

[hughJ]

Looks great. I do think the spot welder is the way to go - it will save so much work. Don't know is it cheating!!??

Hugh