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[mini danny]

Ya defo! once most of the mini is fresh metal it's so much nicer to work on! Just glad most of the rust in mine has now gone !

Ya hate having to get up early for a new job now and am a land/building surveyor so also have to be up at stupid hours to get to site for 8.30ish.

Yup be worth getting new bonnet most of the van is new metal haha

Dan

[minimissions]

Yeah can imagine it goes from crusty to nice clean soon as the bottom end is in really :) Van is defiantly looking ten times better than it did when you started her mate :)

Most the mk1 should be new metal once I am finished as the roof is the only thing that's not being replaced haha

Good luck with the new job mate sounds like a good job though to be honest :) I get up and have to sit indoors all day hate it with a passion

O well hopefully soon i will have all the minis in one place and i can then start working on them :)

 

Marc

[mini danny]

Ya it's awesome knowing no more rusty metal to cut me haha

Yup get that mk1 done !!

Love my job get to travel Britian and sight see and also survey a lot of farms so get to have a peak in barns for minis hehe

That's what I want to do eventually start my own mini place :)


Dan

[Carlos W]

Ya it's awesome knowing no more rusty metal to cut me haha

Yup get that mk1 done !!

Love my job get to travel Britian and sight see and also survey a lot of farms so get to have a peak in barns for minis hehe

That's what I want to do eventually start my own mini place :)


Dan

If you're ever in Kent......

 

Missed you at L2B last year, saw the car though

[mini danny]

I was in Kent not that long ago actually !! next time I am I shall drop you a PM mate

Ah that's a bugger will be doing it again next year hopefully in the van :)

Dan

[SAL 821X]

I'll be at L2B next year too. 

[minimissions]

I will be there to in they clubby again most probably....

And yes your job sounds mint you must let me no if you find any others ;)

Also want to do the same one day just love working in them...

[Ben_O]

That's what I want to do eventually start my own mini place :)


Dan

well if you ever need any staff......

 

or fancy opening another branch??

[minimissions]

Well i dont mind being the northern branch... or set a place up in the middle ;)

[mini danny]

Haha seems there a few people that wouldn't mind a job then ahaha

I do have a few cars I need to get done for customers one being a mini need a panels- a wing-floor repairs-sills and get it running and driving for an MOT been off road 3 years I think.

Also have a an old Citroen DS I need to weld up as well. So much to do so little time. Espcially with the job I'm doing.


Dan

[minimissions]

Haha seems there a few people that wouldn't mind a job then ahaha

I do have a few cars I need to get done for customers one being a mini need a panels- a wing-floor repairs-sills and get it running and driving for an MOT been off road 3 years I think.

Also have a an old Citroen DS I need to weld up as well. So much to do so little time. Espcially with the job I'm doing.


Dan

Yeh can understand that mate, I would defo like to be in the that sort of job especially even more so as i have just watched my brother possibly have the worst service ever from a mini centre cant believe their attitude to it all! makes me want to do it and it properly :) 

[mini danny]

Ya defo man and yep that's the problem with lots of place don't the customer service skills. One day i will have my own place.

Dan

[minimissions]

Yep defo my job is basically customer service and just hate how he was treated. Count me in dude

[mini danny]

Ya I bet man and ahah will do...

Got a little bit done on the van this weekend. Decided after a good mate of mine said why not make a good fitting bonnet out of the 2 I have. The vans original bonnet was knackered the underside crossmember was all rotted out. So removed this from the good bonnet but the badly fitting bonnet. I will weld this into the vans original bonnet. And will take sections from the other bonnet to repair the vans one. Just trying to save as much of the original metal work as I can hahah not that's there going to be much mind.

In my excitement when doing the front panel and stupidly of me really I welded it wrong so the curve of the front panel as the top doesn't follow the curve of the bonnet so I've had to put a slit up and raise it and will then weld a filler panel in.


As you can see here the drivers side sort of going flat.



Strengthener panel for the underside of the bonnet will blast and get this cleaned up before fitting



Can see here now much I need to put in


It's really annoyed me that I made such a stupid mistake on such a easy task !! Won't be happening again. But on the good note look at this for a panel gap. Not done any fetteling yet to wings only front panel other side is exactly the same :)



more updates this week

Thanks Dan

[minimissions]

Nice one mate I understand the trying to keep bits original its nice when that happens but like you say so much of it has been replaced it would be nice to keep something, I am trying to work out what could be left on my mk1 lol haha not much it will be a new shell once done.....

 

Top pics panel gaps look wicked to :)