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[sashafelix]

Excellent work, amazing welding skills. Just went throught the whole build. Keep it up

Quick question though. Can the underside be treated with polyurethane ruberising? Would it work and hoe durable would it be.

Cheers. And again well done

Frank

[Minidarren83]

Thanks for all the comments fellas it means alot

Fantastic work,  your welding is excellent, so much neater than mine ever was and the grinding back makes an invisible repair.  Well done..  Are you just seam sealing on the inside or doing some tacks in there too ??
 
Graham

When I cut the bumper lip off and debumpering ill be doing a few 1" welds on the inside just to make sure then seam sealing the lot up

[Niko-mini1275]

nice work,love how its going slow but followed with lots of pics,detailed and nicely explained...there is a lot to learn from your work...keep it up

[Minidarren83]

nice work,love how its going slow but followed with lots of pics,detailed and nicely explained...there is a lot to learn from your work...keep it up

Cheers mate not long left on the welding hopefully lol

[Niko-mini1275]

believe me,thats one big chunk of work done once welding is over ;)

[Minidarren83]

Small update!!

Getting very bored of bodywork welding at the moment and had a full day off yesterday so started on the new frame and the first logical step was to weld in a cross brace for towers



And a cheeky close up of some real welding lol



Then on to a jig so I can start chopping



It ties in all the major points so it will do



Then my last cutting disc shattered so no more play so got on with removing most of the carp out the way of the zr engine ready for removal

[Skortchio]

Bwahahaha, I knew you'd crack! On with the fun stuff!

 

You won't care what the back end looks like once you have a go pedal with 160bhp anyway

[Minidarren83]

Haha got my cutting discs today so can Carry on but ended up stripping the loom out of the mg ended up removing the dash heater aircon blower pedal box and steering column and finally it all came out but unplugged most things and never labeled it so that's another day sorting that out lol

[Minidarren83]

Big day today!!





And there we have it all removed plenty of sweat and blood no tears sadly but it's out and first thoughts are Jesus it's big better get cracking now

Cheers Darren

[Skortchio]

 first thoughts are Jesus it's big better get cracking now

Cheers Darren

 

That's what she said!

 

Congrats on the big step.

 

So tell me, is it the 50kg lighter that it's supposedly?

 

Time to get exciting, dude!!
I should have the new car delivered by Thursday evening ready to go (hopefully) so I'm at your disposal should you want/need me.

 

I won't bring my subframe just yet

 

More progress!

Edited by Skortchio, 15 July 2013 - 03:48 PM.

[Minidarren83]

 first thoughts are Jesus it's big better get cracking now

Cheers Darren

 
That's what she said!
 
Congrats on the big step.
 
So tell me, is it the 50kg lighter that it's supposedly?
 
Time to get exciting, dude!!
I should have the new car delivered by Thursday evening ready to go (hopefully) so I'm at your disposal should you want/need me.
 
I won't bring my subframe just yet
 
More progress!

Not sure on the weight yet I let the crane do the donkey work for once plus it may be lighter but couldn't get my arms round it lol

Exciting as it may be I still need to remember I've git the rear end to do before i can move it

[Skortchio]

Haha, did she say that too?

 

You've got some dollys, put the rear end on that

[Minidarren83]

Haha, did she say that too?
 
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Ha ha defiantly not lol

I need it rolling on the back so when I get the frame done and in I can take the first test drive without worrying about the rear end

[Skortchio]

You and your sensibility!

[Domeo_Jones]

You and your sensibility!

haha!!