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[mini danny]

Thanks buddy hopefully get a lot done this weekend with it being the bank holiday on monday :)


Dan

[mini danny]

Not got anymore done yet went up Yesterday and just cleaned my unit up.... I did test for a grill off my red mini which went to l2b last year hence the plaque ad will be there this year to :)








Cheeky edit





Thanks

Dan

Ps loads of undates this weekend

[minimissions]

Looking good maybe one day you will be in this doing the l2b :)

[mini danny]

Thanks buddy an she will be at next l2b no problem :) I want her done really for MITP but don't think that gonna happen now

Today didn't go to plan finished work late then got my hair cut and by that time I couldn't be bothered to go to the unit. So instead I've decided to go out on the town and get drunk... And then get up early and go to the van.

Updates tomorrow guys

Dan

[minimissions]

Sounds like a good deadline for l2b next year mate. Shame that you won't get it done in time for August though. I get a bit sick of looking at my projects and having no where to work on em still..

Hope you get some done this weekend though mate

[mini danny]

Cheers buddy and ya such a pain man.

Well I finally got the inner sills strengtheners on and got the load bed fully welded on.
















Plug welds knocked off and panel primered



Not happy with my heritage bulkhead they can't even put the hinges on straight....

This side is straight



This side is all over the shop



See if fouls the inner wing so I'm going to have to remove it and put it on properly



Drivers side inner wing strengthening welded on and then inner wing welded on







Got my scuttle test fitted and fits perfectly





Top dash tail test fitted to



And finally before I went home

Got the front panel welded on





Also had to cut and shut these 2 inner wings together as mine was missing the vents





Thanks Danny

[peter-b]

I mentioned in another post about the extent you guys go to, to repair a car. I said you'd replace everything except the roof, this confirms it.
This is great reading, I keep an eye on these Mega builds. Keep going.

Just curious regarding the replacing of panels, how do you deal with the vin stamping?

[minimissions]

Nice bit of work there not long until the body comes down, cant believe the fit of those hinges tho never seen that panel do that before?

[mini danny]

I mentioned in another post about the extent you guys go to, to repair a car. I said you'd replace everything except the roof, this confirms it.
This is great reading, I keep an eye on these Mega builds. Keep going.
Just curious regarding the replacing of panels, how do you deal with the vin stamping?

Thanks :) and yup replaced pretty much everythink bar the roof...didn't expect it to be such a big job when I first started..but at least I'll know it's solid haha

And the vin plate was in the original scuttle I have cut that section out and will weld it into my new scuttle :)

Nice bit of work there not long until the body comes down, cant believe the fit of those hinges tho never seen that panel do that before?

Thanks buddy and nope not long until she back down for good :)

And nope I've never herd of the bulkhead hinges being out before really annoyed me as that means I've got drill then and plug weld and you will be able to tell


Dan

[Ben_O]

 

And nope I've never herd of the bulkhead hinges being out before really annoyed me as that means I've got drill then and plug weld and you will be able to tell


Dan

 

Little tip Danny, drill the hinge bracket spot welds out carefully from the inside of the bulkhead being careful not to drill into the hinge bracket itself.

 

Once split and re-positioned, you can plug weld them back from the inside and grind the welds up nicely (much easier from inside than outside due to the lack of manoeuvrable space round the hinges) and then it will be invisible as if it hadn't been touched.

 

Ben 

[mini danny]

And nope I've never herd of the bulkhead hinges being out before really annoyed me as that means I've got drill then and plug weld and you will be able to tell
Dan

Little tip Danny, drill the hinge bracket spot welds out carefully from the inside of the bulkhead being careful not to drill into the hinge bracket itself.
 
Once split and re-positioned, you can plug weld them back from the inside and grind the welds up nicely (much easier from inside than outside due to the lack of manoeuvrable space round the hinges) and then it will be invisible as if it hadn't been touched.
 
Ben

Why on earth did I not even think of that haha

Thanks buddy will do that at some point


Thanks Dan

[myredmini]

Orrr.. drill them out. Weld the holes up and spot weld it back on for uber originality! Just spot weld next to where you mig'dthe old holes up.

[peter-b]

[quote
And the vin plate was in the original scuttle I have cut that section out and will weld it into my new scuttle
Dan[/quote]

Here in Aus the rules are oh so wacky, you're not allowed to rebody a car with new body but you can replace everything except the piece with the number stamped on it. So if you buy a new body you have to weld it to vin section, you can't weld vin section to new body. Absolutely NUTS!!

[Jared Mk3]

And the vin plate was in the original scuttle I have cut that section out and will weld it into my new scuttle
Dan

Here in Aus the rules are oh so wacky, you're not allowed to rebody a car with new body but you can replace everything except the piece with the number stamped on it. So if you buy a new body you have to weld it to vin section, you can't weld vin section to new body. Absolutely NUTS!!

 

Here in SA you cannot touch VIN tags or move them over to anything. They stay put . . . 

[Ben_O]

Surely there would be an exception in this case though as the VIN is stamped to a panel that is very susceptible to rust and often needs replacing.