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[the_samkingdon15]

so far I've been told I'm doing everything wrong :/

 
Who's been saying that? To me it all looks like good work.

family, mates, people at work :/
but cheers mate

Edited by the_samkingdon15, 16 November 2013 - 11:15 PM.

[Rocket.]

Nice project

[the_samkingdon15]

Nice project

thanks buddy

[Archived4]

 

family, mates, people at work :/
but cheers mate

 

 

I can't see anything wrong. I'd personally do it in a different order, and do welding before paint prep, but it aint exactly a biggie is it lol Restored parts look nice too

[the_samkingdon15]

family, mates, people at work :/
but cheers mate

 
I can't see anything wrong. I'd personally do it in a different order, and do welding before paint prep, but it aint exactly a biggie is it lol Restored parts look nice too

I would do it that way too, but because the car is in a garage I'm not legally aloud to use the grinder or welder until I'm 16.. and I can't wait until February to start the car so part work it is

[HarrysMini]

 

Looking good.
That rough finish left by the sanding will be an excellent key for the primer, so it should adhere really well

cheers mate.. I really appreciate it..
so far I've been told I'm doing everything wrong :/

 

Haha, I think you have to just get used to that. I get told that as well...

 

I'm just doing my own thing, who cares what other people think? It's not their car!  

 

It doesn't matter really if you sand before welding, at least then you can see exactly what metal is still solid before cutting it up

Edited by HarrysMini, 17 November 2013 - 04:46 PM.

[the_samkingdon15]

Looking good.
That rough finish left by the sanding will be an excellent key for the primer, so it should adhere really well

cheers mate.. I really appreciate it..
so far I've been told I'm doing everything wrong :/

Haha, I think you have to just get used to that. I get told that as well...
 
I'm just doing my own thing, who cares what other people think? It's not their car!  
 
It doesn't matter really if you sand before welding, at least then you can see exactly what metal is still solid before cutting it up

exactly.. if I ******* up I deal with it :)
and yeah, that's why I did the scuttle.. I gotta buy the repair panned a for it instead of the whole thing RESULT

[minimk1]

family, mates, people at work :/
but cheers mate

 
I can't see anything wrong. I'd personally do it in a different order, and do welding before paint prep, but it aint exactly a biggie is it lol Restored parts look nice too

I would do it that way too, but because the car is in a garage I'm not legally aloud to use the grinder or welder until I'm 16.. and I can't wait until February to start the car so part work it is

Mm the legal part isn't to much of a biggie I was 13 when I first started using a grinder and them started welding a few months later hahahah i think it only matters if you have an accident but people still play GTA under age right ?

[minimk1]

Oh forgot to say I was going to do the car in the same order as you are as I was going to get it welded once I had done but then I got distracted with the welder and roll cage and mk1 conversions haha

[Archived4]

Iirc his car is in his parents garage (e.g a car garage people put their cars in) so presumeably health and safety will restrict what he can do.

[the_samkingdon15]

Iirc his car is in his parents garage (e.g a car garage people put their cars in) so presumeably health and safety will restrict what he can do.

yeah, i was caught serving petrol by the employment inspector guy and the garage got a hefty fine.. don't really want that again

family, mates, people at work :/
but cheers mate

 
I can't see anything wrong. I'd personally do it in a different order, and do welding before paint prep, but it aint exactly a biggie is it lol Restored parts look nice too

I would do it that way too, but because the car is in a garage I'm not legally aloud to use the grinder or welder until I'm 16.. and I can't wait until February to start the car so part work it is

Mm the legal part isn't to much of a biggie I was 13 when I first started using a grinder and them started welding a few months later hahahah i think it only matters if you have an accident but people still play GTA under age right ?

I took my brothers car across the road and welded in an empty car park.. just kinda desperate to get cracking :/

[brad101]

 

Looking good.
That rough finish left by the sanding will be an excellent key for the primer, so it should adhere really well

cheers mate.. I really appreciate it..
so far I've been told I'm doing everything wrong :/

 

looks like your doing pretty decent work to me, I always have 2-3 rebuilds going at once doing all the work myself, and im a mechanic on top of that. I cant see anything that would be called wrong.

[the_samkingdon15]

Looking good.
That rough finish left by the sanding will be an excellent key for the primer, so it should adhere really well

cheers mate.. I really appreciate it..
so far I've been told I'm doing everything wrong :/

looks like your doing pretty decent work to me, I always have 2-3 rebuilds going at once doing all the work myself, and im a mechanic on top of that. I cant see anything that would be called wrong.

thanks mate., that's the dream ;) I love cars so a couple projects and mechanic all day is pretty much heaven

[brad101]

 

 

 

Looking good.
That rough finish left by the sanding will be an excellent key for the primer, so it should adhere really well

cheers mate.. I really appreciate it..
so far I've been told I'm doing everything wrong :/

looks like your doing pretty decent work to me, I always have 2-3 rebuilds going at once doing all the work myself, and im a mechanic on top of that. I cant see anything that would be called wrong.

thanks mate., that's the dream ;) I love cars so a couple projects and mechanic all day is pretty much heaven

 

no problem... some times I get in over my head this summer I built a 500hp engine for my Camaro, did a substantial amount of work on a friends corvette engine, started to restore a small chevy pickup while doing a v8 swap in it plus scouting for a classic mini to restore. all while working 50-60 hours a week!!! I hardly know what sleep is now LOL and all I found was a rally convert 70 mini that is complete garbage non salvageable and the guy wants $5000 for !!! I think I can import one from England for that kind of money!!!

[the_samkingdon15]

Small update for you all :)

Been a while since I have updated, so a brief summary of work so far.

The shell is now stripped of both subframes. The rear was a bastard to get off, but with some persuasion, he let go and dropped onto my lap (ouch)

The front came off easily. Sort of. I forgot to undo the steering rack and wondered why it didn’t drop    eventually I realized and he came off easily.

 

My engine had a half rebuild (dropped off gearbox from block, cleaned and rebuilt) and has been painted.

 

So ralph is now just a shell with no front end and lots of rust..

I promise the next update will be sooner ;)

Heres some pictures from the last couple months  :)

 

 

 

Thanks for reading :)