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[Minidarren83]

Fantastic fabricating skills Darren, bonnet is awesome.

cheers grahama i can always rely on you for the positive comments

[Domeo_Jones]

Hello fella, don't worry iv not lost faith just yet lol, mate she's looking the tits, and I may have to increase that beer to include a packet if crisps lol keep it up mate.

[Minidarren83]

Cheers mate good to hear from you

[Minidarren83]

little update from last weeks work. Not a great deal but just little fiddly bits still with the front end ive been trying to work out a way to secure the whole front without any visable fixing to keep it standard looking so i welded little tabs to the a panels just like everyone else does but im not using dzus fastners or anything so welded a little interlocking tab to the wing and with my hinges being at the back and the a panel support the wing to a panel gap is solid so all good





i was also racking my brains on what to do with the bonnet gaps and how was going to stop the water just running in so i folded the wing lip over the bonnet lip just like a a panel round the door it also pulled my bonnet gaps in much closer and has left me with a gap that can be sealed just like any other seam for a water tight rust free joint, well thats the plan lol



you can see i need to weld that lip in places and remove the ugly bits i welded on before. And this is how my bonnet gaps turned out





and the last bit i removed one of the front panel mounts as they wont be needed and the new frame front beam will need its space





should get the rest done this week as im on nights and the wife works days so i get a couple of free hours per day

as always comments welcome cheers Darren

[Skortchio]

Good pace, dude!
Really starting to take shape now, wicked stuff!

At this rate you'll be bringing it to mine before I bring mine to yours.

[F1L8EY]

you could always put a clip or fixing in the lower part of where the wing meets the lower a panel depending on your clearance when the wheels are on ??

just an idea ?? great work as always

[okc78]

Love the title of your build thread, how true.
Great work too by the way.

[Minidarren83]

Good pace, dude!
Really starting to take shape now, wicked stuff!

At this rate you'll be bringing it to mine before I bring mine to yours.

Ha ha I doubt that somehow

[Minidarren83]

you could always put a clip or fixing in the lower part of where the wing meets the lower a panel depending on your clearance when the wheels are on ??

just an idea ?? great work as always

Cheers mate but I'm avoiding any clips straps or pins I want it work just like normal internal release bonnet

[Minidarren83]

Love the title of your build thread, how true.
Great work too by the way.

It is soo true lol but she is warming to it so might need to change the name by the end

[Minidarren83]

Bought this a couple of days ago and should be here Thursday
http://www.ebay.co.u...cvip=true&rt=nc

A bargain at £16 and will help out with the lifting saves me manuaky removing engines

Edited by Minidarren83, 28 April 2013 - 07:45 AM.

[Minidarren83]

Not done alot to the mini this week but did get the wing and a panel tags welded o. For the passengers side and seal seamed the front end ready for stonechip and for anyone who read the last post my engine hoist arrived so I used the two brackets provided to mount it



As you can see by this picture u made the two into one with some high power welding inside and out



And a quick close up of the welding



Also turned the car around so I can get the back end done so should make a start on that next week

Darren

[grahama]

Oh for a hoist to put my engine in,  very nice Darren.

 

Oh and a garage to put it in lol !!

[malcs_miniturbo]

Very nice mate nice work

[Minidarren83]

time for a long overdue update!!
 
well the last couple of weeks i have not even looked in the garage with work and one thing and another just been buying a few bits so ill start with those
 
bought a mitre saw that can cut steel so getting precise angles on the frame will be easy now
 

 
and then got myself a 6m length of 30mm box section with a 3mm wall ploenty enough to build the frame
 

 
Then today i got out for a couple of hours the wife went shopping so i made the most of it. first up was to move the hoist as where i had it the garage door did not open fully
 

 
got the car turned on its side and still sitting on the dolly's so i can wheel it around
 

 
 
then started chopping at the boot corner and grinding away until i was left with just the subframe mounting bracket
 

 
 
then made a massive hole in the boot
 

 

 
the boot panels are fairly poor and needed quite a bit of pushing and hammering aroud the battery box and wheel well curves but got it all tacked in ok
 

 
thats all i got done today hope to have it fully welded tomorrow
 
as always comments welcome cheers darren

Edited by Minidarren83, 11 May 2013 - 04:35 PM.