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[sonikk4]

So more tweaking and finally i'm happy.

 

So replacement bonnet tried first just in case Paddy's original was knackered (which it is as its covered in filler) however the run out issue remained the same even with the new lid.

So after more cutting and tweaking, beating and cursing i had to resort to sectioning the bonnet

Then it was welding time

Dressed back

Just the inside to dress back and some final tweaking and it will be spot on

[sixtyeight]

had to do that to my bonnet too.. at first I thought it was me with aligning the front end badly, but then tried a second bonnet and it was misaligned totally differently - the other side was out more and the front didn't meet the moustache as well. no biggy but it just adds time and frustration to the project!

 

I didn't  have quite the patience as you do to get it perfect though - well done!

 

Edited by sixtyeight, 29 October 2016 - 10:23 PM.

[dasupersprint]

Good job on the bonnet!

[sonikk4]

Good job on the bonnet!

 

Cheers, quite happy with it to be honest, still a bit pissed it needed doing but then before i started the resto the original bonnet gaps were quite poor.

[sonikk4]

had to do that to my bonnet too.. at first I thought it was me with aligning the front end badly, but then tried a second bonnet and it was misaligned totally differently - the other side was out more and the front didn't meet the moustache as well. no biggy but it just adds time and frustration to the project!

 

I didn't  have quite the patience as you do to get it perfect though - well done!

 

 

This is the work i did on my lads car

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not a stranger to doing this though.

[sonikk4]

L/h A panel now welded up after sectioning it

Back of the panel primed along with the A post flange

A panel plug welded in place

Then folded

Just this upper part to add some metal to for the gap to match the rest of the A panel and then dress the top of the A panel to match the door swage line.

[venkman]

Sat and read all this over last week!!!!! Amazing amazing, if mine got anywhere near yours I'd be pleased.

2 things I'd like to ask, how do you get it ground back so well and, (this is not to be taken offensively) why go to soooooo much trouble for door gaps etc, surely yours are better than it came out of factory!!!

Still bl##dy amazing!!!

Edited by venkman, 01 November 2016 - 07:12 PM.

[sonikk4]

Sat and read all this over last week!!!!! Amazing amazing, if mine got anywhere near yours I'd be pleased.
2 things I'd like to ask, how do you get it ground back so well and, (this is not to be taken offensively) why go to soooooo much trouble for door gaps etc, surely yours are better than it came out of factory!!!
Still bl##dy amazing!!!

When I linish back I take off most of the weld with a cutting disc not a grinding disc. This is purely edge on and not on the flat surface of the disc. Be very very careful doing it this way, I have been doing it like this for sometime and have a knack doing it. Very large welds I will knock back with a grinding disc.

Once the weld is nearly flush I then use my high speed die grinder with a roloc disc holder and suitable grit disc to finish off flatting the weld flush. Then a quick go over with a DA. Tight corners I use the die grinder with a shaped carbide burr.

As for the gaps it's just my thing. I want decent gaps and I have the ability and patience to make them just right so why not.

[venkman]

Why not indeed, my patience would run out first and also think the so small a strips of metal I would blow holes galore, it be more of a sieve than a door!!!

Still congrats and all hats off!

[sonikk4]

L/H A panel done and dusted gap wise now

Then onto the r/h A panel, scuttle gap to close and top of A post return

Welded up ready for A panel.

And A panel on although the gaps are not perfect but will be sorted shortly

[Ben_O]

Looks good Neil 

 

What ever came of your lads Mini?

[sonikk4]

Looks good Neil 

 

What ever came of your lads Mini?

 

Its sitting all forlorn and lonely in my garage waiting for a heart transplant. Oh and me to fit the CF roof. I think once he's back from Cyprus he may have made his mind up. He's still thinking R1 power.

[rich2]

At this rate even my mini might be on the road before erm ;)

 

Pro standard work on that door, as usual, by the way!

[sonikk4]

At this rate even my mini might be on the road before erm ;)

 

Pro standard work on that door, as usual, by the way!

 

Yup yours will be i'm thinking Rich, cheers for the door comment.

 

Right on with the A panel, gapping done

Happy with that although a bit of distortion but nothing that a skim of filler cannot sort.

Now it's time for the front panel so everything was stripped off, an absolute skinful of 1/4" holes then all back on to make sure nothing had moved, thankfully its was all spot on

Then it was welding time

 

Still a lot to do, lots of knocking back but then thats that. Still have some tweaking of the r/h wing as its not too good around the indicator hole but a tweak and cut will sort that out.

[Will16]

This is amazing! Are you still putting R1 power in it?