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#316 James_eaton_thewholething

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Posted 27 February 2016 - 07:06 PM

Looking good mate.
Can I offer some advice? Keep away from the Stella when you're lining your doors back up

Will keep that in mind and only drink jaegermeister straight instead. It's also a good job I've already lined my doors up and will just need to put them on once painted which I know I will probably ruin any paint when fitting them back on
More of a Guinness man myself. Maybe why the car's going back to green

I love Guinness but for lining up doors not strong enough haha. I've just got to get the filler rubbed down then finish off the doors get the filler on them and rubbed down and then seam sealer on them get them in primer and put back on the car again to test

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Posted 27 February 2016 - 07:13 PM

Nice one, you'll soon be booking your MOT.

Gonna have another go at welding on Wednesday. Can I ask where you buy your sheet steel from?

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Posted 27 February 2016 - 07:14 PM

The mirrors look good, are you painting the brackets black or polishing the alloy

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Posted 27 February 2016 - 08:22 PM

Nice one, you'll soon be booking your MOT.
Gonna have another go at welding on Wednesday. Can I ask where you buy your sheet steel from?


Got the first lot from frost up in Rochdale. Recent stuff I bought from the metal store. Decently priced and so was delivery charges

The mirrors look good, are you painting the brackets black or polishing the alloy


Going to paint them satin black. Thinking of using stone chip to add a little texture or will just paint them with regular satin just got to add a bit of knifing putty to remove some small tool marks

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Posted 27 February 2016 - 08:39 PM

You could use crackle black paint on them if you want some texture, or you can get a textured paint for bumpers.

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Posted 01 March 2016 - 08:52 PM

Progress on the mini has stalled for a short while due to lack of time with work and also for the fact yet again I'm having to do some repair work to the 205 oh the joys of owning classic cars. I have learnt very quickly though that I have been spoiling my self working in the garage with heating and haven't missed working in the cold.

Any way 205 needs a couple of patches in the the boot and some surface rust tidied up along with me having to replace this

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The rear beam and now having to clean up and re grease the rear hub bearings which has been fun because they come apart like this

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Both have a good few ball bearings in them. Hopefully will get this done soon so I can get back on with the mini as I'm really missing working on it 😔

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Posted 04 March 2016 - 11:53 PM

Currently still cracking on with the 205 repairing some patches.

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Hopefully get them done tomorrow weather dependant.

Tonight though after work I got time to do a little something on the mini. First I got the rear cage back into the car without scratching the paint on the car just a few nicks on the cage but will give them a quick spray over with some satin black.

Then I moved onto fitting my new screen wash bottle/bag

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Looks like the sort of thing I could use if I got caught short stuck on a motorway haha.

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Ran the pipe and sorted out it running to the. Washer jets. Just had to file the original hole out a little.

Now just need to finish the 205 then back to pushing through quickly and getting the mini finished

All for now

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Posted 05 March 2016 - 03:47 PM

The look on your face when your misses stabs that bag with her stillettos will be worth it ha ha



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Posted 05 March 2016 - 07:59 PM

The look on your face when your misses stabs that bag with her stillettos will be worth it ha ha


Was gonna say she doesn't wear the but that would be a lie. The look on her face when she has to climb over a door bar in stilettos will be worth it. Any she's not going to be getting in the car remember. It's also behind the front cage leg so fingers crossed 😳

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Posted 05 March 2016 - 08:16 PM

How did you get on with the 205 repairs, is that all done now

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Posted 05 March 2016 - 08:34 PM

How did you get on with the 205 repairs, is that all done now


Cough! cough! yeah 🙄. Managed to finish the patches this morning now just have to clean up the bits to bolt onto the new rear beaming paint them. then just need to paint the underseal on the welded bits over the stone chip and bolt the beam back on guess that's tomorrow's job weather depending. Hate working out side now

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Posted 05 March 2016 - 08:57 PM

 

The look on your face when your misses stabs that bag with her stillettos will be worth it ha ha


Was gonna say she doesn't wear the but that would be a lie. The look on her face when she has to climb over a door bar in stilettos will be worth it. Any she's not going to be getting in the car remember. It's also behind the front cage leg so fingers crossed

 

At least the floor will be clean when she does



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Posted 05 March 2016 - 09:02 PM

I hope that's the only bag she stabs lol



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Posted 05 March 2016 - 10:17 PM

I hope that's the only bag she stabs lol


Would be the only one she would do by accident lol

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Posted 05 March 2016 - 10:18 PM


 

The look on your face when your misses stabs that bag with her stillettos will be worth it ha ha

Was gonna say she doesn't wear the but that would be a lie. The look on her face when she has to climb over a door bar in stilettos will be worth it. Any she's not going to be getting in the car remember. It's also behind the front cage leg so fingers crossed
 
At least the floor will be clean when she does

Good job I'm just putting grommets in the the drain holes then




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