289 replies to this topic

[grahama]

Nice work as always Muk.

[minimuk]

Thank you Graham, MOT in October for your mini should be achievable

 

had a few hours this afternoon, de-greased the NS belly and gave it 2 coats of zinc primer, tmz stone-chip and top coat.....

 

de-greased

 

primed

 belly NS 3.jpg   98.6K   5 downloads

 

getting there....

[minimuk]

could not wait till tmz so done the stone-chippin after work tonight

 

 

ready for top-coat tmz....MITP......

[Shifty]

MITP Woooop!!!

[minimuk]

MITP Woooop!!!

 

 

hopefully, will finish body work by Tuesday...... start on engine next week, 

Edited by minimuk, 13 June 2013 - 10:21 PM.

[minimuk]

first top coat belly done

 

 

front arch area next

Edited by minimuk, 14 June 2013 - 03:59 PM.

[minimuk]

started on the engine bay painting, after I had done the front arch and bits here and there, first coat is on,....always looks great with some nice paint

 

sanded and keyed the inner panels (Por15 coat) first then sprayed with etch primer

 

then coated with 2K Russet Brown

 engine bay painting 2.jpg   107.09K   10 downloads

 

all starting to take a step closer to finishing the body overhaul, still the nearside door repair to do and the bonnet.........

[minimuk]

cleaning the bonnet yesterday, omg, noose like a sugar shaker, asked TMF on Fb what to do........ended up like this

 

porous noose

 bonnet repair 3.jpg   49.77K   24 downloads

 

4 pieces welded in and sanded back

 bonnet repair 6.jpg   26.03K   24 downloads

 

etch primed

 bonnet repair 7.jpg   24.08K   20 downloads

 

a bit of filler tmz and should be ace...

 

thanks for looking

[minimuk]

delicate nearside door repair has started.....

 

 repair 1.jpg   45.59K   5 downloads  repair 2.jpg   50.05K   4 downloads  repair 3.jpg   38.03K   5 downloads

 

weld repair pieces on tmz and start on outer corner

[littlenelly69]

Brilliant work mate, I've got the same amount of work to do on mine and the photos are a fantastic reference 

[minimuk]

Brilliant work mate, I've got the same amount of work to do on mine and the photos are a fantastic reference 

 

 

cheers, that is the whole idea of the forum ,...watch and learn , good luck with yours, feel free to ask....

[minimuk]

door surgery/repair continued,

 

side of the door, inner panel outer flange;

 repair 4.jpg   37.52K   7 downloads  repair 5.jpg   23.85K   5 downloads

 

bottom door lip;

 repair 7.jpg   23.92K   7 downloads

 

slowly but surely.........

 

thank you for looking

 

 

[minimuk]

after collecting an oil boiler from Tamworth today, I lost 5 valuable hours....how ever.....

 

still managed to do the bonnet and bottom door repair.....

 

 repair 9.jpg   22.24K   6 downloads

 

 

will try and spray paint tmz and see how the colour comes out 

 

thanks for looking

[minimuk]

starting to finish body, painting certain panels before the lot, bonnet and NS rear door after repairs

 

Bonnet flatting after first 2 coats using 1200 and soapy water;

 

rear NS door, after repairs, first 2 coats, then flatting using 1200, found a few patches so needed filling

 

just sealed the scuttle-wing opening joint with tiger sealant

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busy at work tms, sunday picking up a VW golf Mk1,1981 this one was locked away in a garage for 19 yrs, hence 62500 miles only,.....

Back on Huye on Monday......

 

[rally515]

Ahaa so that was you on facebook with the bonnet issues, haha looking good :)

 

Cliff