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#16 minimissions

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Posted 23 September 2013 - 12:38 PM

Lovely Mini Special project i had one of these, but the (Leaf Silver one) which was meant to be my first car, and had to sell it when i needed funds which was gutting :( was just ready for the paint all the hard work had been done, the new owner has since finsihed it and its stunning.

 

 I will ne keeping an eye out on this build :)

 

good work so far...


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Posted 23 September 2013 - 06:58 PM

A bit more repair work today on the inner wings.

 

L/h inner wing at the front looked very iffy and covered in gunk along with the r/h inner wing.

L/h inner

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R/h inner

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Once the crap was off on the l/h inner i found this, some previous rust removal that had thinned the metal drastically

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New metal in place

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New metal welded in

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Desperately needing panels now as there is not much more i can do apart from the old little repair on the roof guttering.



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Posted 23 September 2013 - 08:25 PM

Hi sonikk4

I've not spoken to you before but thought I should take the time to thank you for posting and contributing.

Before I started my mkII project  I was lurking on the website and have been watching your work for a while, project erm and paddy. I've taken quite a few tips from you and its all helped inspired me to get the welder out and start dealing with the rot.

I look forward to seeing this one progress.

Cheers, Ollie



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Posted 23 September 2013 - 08:39 PM

Hi sonikk4

I've not spoken to you before but thought I should take the time to thank you for posting and contributing.

Before I started my mkII project  I was lurking on the website and have been watching your work for a while, project erm and paddy. I've taken quite a few tips from you and its all helped inspired me to get the welder out and start dealing with the rot.

I look forward to seeing this one progress.

Cheers, Ollie

 

Glad the threads help out Ollie.



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Posted 24 September 2013 - 06:55 PM

Had a look at the roof today and all is not well.

 

The guttering on the r/h side was somewhat crispy

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so a bit of cutting and metal fabbing i ended up with this

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There was rust in other places as well some not so obvious until the paint came off

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paint off

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so instead of chopping out a large section i individually ground back each area of rust with a die grinder

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with all of the rust ground out i then filled with new metal

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The same process was applied here as well

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This took a lot longer to do and was a real pain in the backside. Carbide burrs of different shapes and roloc discs plus the use of a flat wire wheel got the surface rust out.

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This in turn got polished back with a DA sander then treated so no more rust there. I really did not want to have to cut that lot out. (not shown in this picture)



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Posted 24 September 2013 - 07:03 PM

Good work neil. Is the anti-warping  stuff reusable?



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Posted 24 September 2013 - 07:06 PM

Good work neil. Is the anti-warping  stuff reusable?

 

Yes it is apparently. If it dries out you can add more water to it. I did find you need to use more than what i did there as there was some heat transfer. Still trial and error at the mo so i also had a wet cloth to hand as well. 



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Posted 03 October 2013 - 07:42 PM

Hi, have you got a link to this anti warping clay your using? I've not seen it before.

I've been using the wet rag technique as you mentioned and some sheets of copper but I found the copper affects the penetration of the weld, I like to be able to grind it back on the inside as well. This clay your using looks more user friendly.

Thanks, Ollie



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Posted 03 October 2013 - 07:55 PM

This is the link to their page

 

http://www.frost.co....ront-414ml.html



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Posted 04 October 2013 - 06:41 PM

very nice, inspiring to see some of these techniques



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Posted 11 November 2013 - 09:32 PM

Finally received all of the panels for the mini today. Disappointingly the doorstep panels from M machine are not their own but from Magnum so about as much use as a chocolate tea pot.

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Posted 12 November 2013 - 08:45 AM

Looking good Neil. I've just bought heritage door steps as you mentioned the m machine ones might be magnum, I didnt think they were that expensive either. Maybe a swoops in order?

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Posted 12 November 2013 - 10:55 AM

Looking good Neil. I've just bought heritage door steps as you mentioned the m machine ones might be magnum, I didnt think they were that expensive either. Maybe a swoops in order?


Yep I need to talk to Will as these will be a waste of time. Not sure what's going on with M Machine as they say the new steps are their own pressing.

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Posted 14 November 2013 - 03:28 PM

Ah, didn't realise cold front was reusable! Cracking work as always!

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Posted 18 November 2013 - 07:13 PM

Nothing much done to the car but i did get this

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and made this, 

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so any clues as to what it is






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