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[Ben_O]

What thickness steel did you use for the rear quarter panel repair.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

0.9mm i think.

 

It was from a sheet that i had left over from another job. it was slightly thicker than the metal on the quarter panel.

 

Ben

[clubman91]

Ok cheers, enjoy your holiday, Look forward to you update when you get going again.

 

Mark.

[Ben_O]

Hi guys.

 

Not really much of an update today, more of a tidy up,clean up and get ready to go away for a month.

 

before i left, i wanted to make sure that i covered any bare metal to keep rust away whilst its stood.

 

as you can see, leaving the new quarter in bare metal just fr a week was not a good idea....

 

 

 

I had planned to finish the welding before priming it but that's not going to happen this side of going away so i decided to clean it back and prime it up

 

So cleaned back using a filament brush in the drill

 

 

And then i primed it up as well as these areas inside that i cleaned back after this photograph

 

 

The i wheeled it outside whilst i cleaned the garage up and sorted out and put away tools etc.

It looks so tiny on the driveway

 

 

So here is the quarter all primed up.

 

 

 

It's a bit streaky but that doesn't matter as it will all be coming back off when i get back to it.

 

And here are the bits inside done

 

 

Having it out in the sun really helped the primer dry quickly.

 

So now he is all tucked up in the garage waiting for me to come home and carry on.

 

 

I think from now on, i'm going to work on it outside weather permitting. It's so much nicer than the garage!

 

Anyhoooooo that's about it until August.

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[James_eaton_thewholething]

wish i had the chance to work outside. i admire all of your work when this is finally finished i don't think il be able to not keep going through this thread

[Ben_O]

well that was nice of the mice

[Carlos W]

well that was nice of the mice

 

What have they done?

[Ben_O]

started eating my interior which is made of unobtanium

[Carlos W]

started eating my interior which is made of unobtanium

 

that rare?

[Ben_O]

Not so much rare but impossible to find in nice condition.

 

They can't be recovered because nobody can get the material

[clubman91]

Dam that's crap, Hopefully you can find something else.

[Carlos W]

Not so much rare but impossible to find in nice condition.

 

They can't be recovered because nobody can get the material

We'll speak to Lee

[Ben_O]

I hope so. That was the only immaculate thing about my mini when i got it.

 

Problem is, they are stored in my mums loft and nobody ever goes up there. It's only that i am down visiting her at the moment that i decided to check on it.

 

I have never seen anything like it and she has lived here for 30 years.

 

We have clothes etc up there too in boxes and everything is covered in ****

[Carlos W]

Are they chewed to bits?

[Ben_O]

Are they chewed to bits?

Ive not had a proper look yet

[rally515]

Looking great Ben, your garage does look like a man cave in the making with all the cupboards and worktop to bru up on ;).

I little sound insulation, tv and couch and you're onto a winner  .

 

Enjoy your holiday anyways buddy, don't dream too much about the mini whilst on your hols