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[domdee]

 

i cant believe this guy welds with gas! what a talent that is!

 

There are only a few of us left in the UK that still use Oxy gear for welding LOL. Mind you, i do use Mig, stick and brazing too, it all depends on the job in hand. 

 

I will continue to follow this thread as it reminds me of how we did things years ago. How many new panels have been used so far?    

 

 

er, try NONE!

 

 Love it.

 

i use tig, oxy, stick and brazing too, job dependant, but not to weld up 2 halves of a mini... thats class!

Edited by domdee, 29 October 2013 - 12:22 PM.

[Richard1]

In the weekend I just spent in Tarija I got a few things done. 

 

First put the rear wheels with 3/4" spacers on. From there we could see what needed to happen to finish the design of the flares, bringing the rear in closer to the wheel well and narrowing it a bit so it just passes the tire position. What you see here is the final design (except it is missing a little tail piece in the front.

 

Then the front discs. They will set the track 6 cm wider in front than the rears with the spacers, so the flares needed to be 3 cm wider than the rears on each side.

 

So a little forming, welding, forming, etc. In these pics the front one still needs some rounding, plus forming of the ends. But you get the idea. Then we will add the inner liner, welded to the inner wheel well.

 

 

Final design

 

 

 

heating to bend to wheel well

 

 

[bpirie1000]

Well done.. Looks good..

Love the fact that your shaping panels... AND doing it in flip flops.... Health and safety will have a fit with that...

Anyways like the arches... Different.....

[Nossedout]

great work! love the build! post more photos!!

[Archived2]

great work! love the build! post more photos!!

+1

[DugganC17]

great work and love the fact your doing it the old skool way of making your own panels and using good oxy welding keep up th egood work

[Richard1]

Today's update, finishing the flared fenders and cutting away the insides, 

 

This week I've stolen a few hours away from work to get into details, as we approach the painting stage. Putting in the seats I found that the steering wheel is too far inboard to center on the ones I bought with the arm rests, so I went to the used auto parts store and picked up a couple of u-joints, relocating the steering column a few inches to the outside.

 

Also decided that the little chain and pin on the tailgate were not of the quality I wanted on the finished truck, so I bought some plastic coated stainless cable and a couple of stainless bolts, chopped off the threads, inserted the cable, etc.

 

And painted all the little parts that would need it. Here is the brake booster.

 

Finally I got the wooden dash from MiniSport out and modified it to receive the dash cluster from the 94 Rover, adding a tach, oil temp, and oil pressure gauges. 

 

 

[domdee]

those wheel arches look fantastic

[1293gt]

Those arches look ace!

[greenwheels]

Those arches look ace!

+1

[newenglandmini]

Richard, I just happened upon this thread, though I see it was started in 2011.  I'm Corey in Connecticut, you may remember me from the Corvair forum.  I restored a  1962 Corvair convertible, which I completed several years ago.  I remember your postings on your Corvair sedan, and when you posted pictures of your recently purchased Mini pickup.  I can see from the thread that you've been as meticulous with your Mini restoration as you were with your Corvair.  Here are pictures of my Corvair and my current Mini project.

 

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[Club-MAN]

Lovely little pickup, some unique feature. Keep up the good work.

[Richard1]

Took the engine to the body shop to install and it won't fit the subframe. They apparently shipped me a manual transmission subframe. Now I have to get them to send me the right one (and tell them how to identify it.

 

Also cleaned up the gas tank to install an in-tank pump.

 

[Richard1]

i found another sub chasis to measure, and modified mine to fit the automatic.

 

And the body shop finally got moving again. Here is this week's progress

 

[minimikej]

Fantastic work, keep the updates coming!