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[Minilegs]

Great work Tom !! Your doing a top job with what youve done so far, looking forward to seeing it move on as well.
It's nice to see someone else is as mad as I am, as I'm currently doing a very similar project to you by the looks of it, and probably at a similar stage also.

There's no better feeling than looking at a nice new panel on the car, and thinking, ' I done that !'

Following your thread For sure!

[ToM 2012]

thanks mini legs keeps us busy anyway lol you have a project thread on here? ile take a look cheers tom 

[Minilegs]

No project thread yet , I'm errr, lazy, and every time I visit this site, I end up reading through everyone else's projects and not making my own lol!

Mines a 61 Morris that's had a hard life , used to have a turbo and rallied by looks of bulkhead etc and dash that was in it. Still, I like a challenge hehe

Currently fitting floorpans, they are the one piece,no outer sill style and keep my head scratching lol anyhow, I'm ssshhhh now, this is your project thread !

[ToM 2012]

dont bother me mate ide be bored otherwise lol would be nice to see your project i dare you to do one now!!! 

[Minilegs]

Lol @bored hehe.

I've kinda misplaced my early pics of the car when I got her last year,I think they are on my lappy at work, I need to check. I've only got currentish pics to hand, so my thread would be a bit incomplete I guess! Leave it with me though Tom, I WILL do it soon, as you have so kindly layed the gauntlet down for me

[ToM 2012]

haha ile be waiting let me no once you have posted it. 

[rally515]

Looks like another good days of progress Tom, may i ak what you clean the ash base up with and how you got into the raer seam were it meets the bulkhead to clean it up ? doess look like you,ve done a "Proper job"

 

Hopefully i'l be abe to get abit of time in once i,ve sold/listed the metro up for sale so i can start catching you back up again  , i'l be doing the doorskin on mine T (when i order the correct side!   )   so you can follow my progress as i'l be stripping it down to the bare components pretty much to aid clearing out as much rust as humanly possible, Don't want some rust dust from the wire wheel sticking in the inner seams and ruining my paint job in years to come do i

 

I bought some new hinges in a kit form aswell and there alinminium but still quite strong, also with regards to the bit you say is partly ok , partly not under the sliding glass, its called a  lowwer window channel mk1/2 and support rail (depends who you ask)

and is only spot welded in a few places so you can easily remove and replace with this:

http://www.m-machine.co.uk/cat.pdf

 

Go to page 150 in the link and to M-mahine and look the G section

[ToM 2012]

just looked and only £8.00 god im happy with that cheap for once  and i got the grinding disk so far and then i used this round wire disk loads of wires coming of it like a wire brush and attached it to the end of a power drill and blasted all the paint of to bare metal in the seems it come of easy. there was a few places where i didnt get it back to bare metal like right underneath the lower dash rail but i shuved the wire brush underneath and give it a few swipes. best i can do anyway im not going to sit there with a little dremal forget that lol. yes come on mate your starting to slack! im sure i will have to have a break some time i just want to get the drivers side all nice and clean and new metal in the next 2 weeks. i think i am going to run out or welding wire and gas again  cheers tom 

[blueovalcraig]

Great work. Makes me more determined to get a project

[ToM 2012]

Great work. Makes me more determined to get a project

thanks craig 

[STREET TWEAKS]

i was showing this to a panel beater i know and he said you must be off your head for a 1st timer but well done mate .

[ToM 2012]

 got to learn somewhere might aswell learn the hard way. cheers mate 

[STREET TWEAKS]

well why not lol

[Minilegs]

dont bother me mate ide be bored otherwise lol would be nice to see your project i dare you to do one now!!! 

Ok I've done it. Thank you for your inspiration

http://www.theminifo...t-wish-me-luck/

[ToM 2012]

woop woop!! panels come today for m machine first thing this morning before i even go out for work excellent service. anyway got some panels tacked in place and clamped just making sure i am doing right before i fully weld the inner wing doesnt touch the bulkhead dont no why just wont push in anymore? and i dont no what to do about where it goes at the top where is meets the scuttle do i just cut it of and round it the same shape as the window? thanks tom o and what would you do next? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also forgot to mention got the snapped bolts out from the top suspenion arm drilled and re taped and those sandwich panels i had to make and weld on last update. i did not need them as the new inner panel come with them on so well chuffed with that   thanks tom comments welcome.