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[Tom Sanderson]

Well I guess it's definitely going to be solid once it's done. 

 

Thats the plan!

I take it you are Matts brother? i race in the metro cup with him.

[lordyoung1980]

I love the way this is going. This looks like a lot of work but to me it's better than chopping out the rot and welding in little patches. And your progressing fast too.

[SAL 821X]

Like a life size airfix model!

 

Love it.

[hoody99]

Wow that's the way it's done lol love it will be keeping an eye on this. And I'm glad your not keeping tabs on the spend as you could probubly buy a decent daily for what you've spent so far ha ha keep the updates coming tho bud

[Tom Sanderson]

Did a bit of welding today and got the bulkhead, floor, heelboard and crossmember all as one piece.

First thing was to clean off the Ecoat and apply some weld through zinc primer to the joining sections



Then I got welding, I've got 90% of the spot welding done now but I am going to seam weld the structural sections for some added strength, mainly for safety as much as anything.

[DJREAD1971]

Hello, following your work with interest and I've noticed that the Spot Welding that you've been doing on the floor is obviously being done with a 'proper' Spot Welder, rather than the usual 'Plug' method that people use. Is it possible to show a picture of the Spot Welder that you have been using, as I'm interested to know how you've been getting to those difficult to reach areas like the middle parts of the floor ie. furthest from the edges. Is it an Industrial model with longer welding arms (like Longbridge workers and now BMH workers would've used)? Hope this makes sense..!

[Nino]

Thats just insane !   Great work 

[hoody99]

Building from the ground up love it

[Tom Sanderson]

This is my spot welder, I have a few different arms so I can get into most places ;)

[Alex_B]

This is fantastic! What a logical and mental way to rebuild it from the ground up! I will be watching this thread as its very impressive indeed 

[Simon1867]

I love this thread mate. I think you completely mental in the nicest possible way but you have had the balls to do what most of us would like to do. Great work matey, I'm following your thread more closely... A good learning thread.

[Nino]

This is my spot welder, I have a few different arms so I can get into most places ;)

Nice ! where can you buy those ?

[Tom Sanderson]

eBay?

http://ebay.eu/1fdnBak

[Tom Sanderson]

I got all the spot welding finished of at the weekend so I just dropped it out the jig to seam weld all the underside. Then I neatened all the welds and put a bit of primer on, just got the inside to go the same now.

Edited by Tom Sanderson, 24 February 2014 - 06:58 PM.

[DugganC17]

looking great i definately think this isthe best way to rebuild a mini and one ofmyfavourite threads on here at the mo