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[Retro_10s]

Click the Guessworks link on my siggy. you wont regret it

Edited by Retro_10s, 05 May 2008 - 09:09 PM.

[liam_italian]

Click the Guessworks link on my siggy. you wont regret it

Does he rebuilt engine aswell or just the gearboxes?

[Retro_10s]

The whole banana. send him a Pm on here.

username is Guessworks.co.uk

[liam_italian]

Well the drivers side sill is now finished, thank god! I had a bit of a disaster the first time I applied the stonechip because the pressure from the conpressor was too high and the was going on to thick, and once it dried it cracked really badly. So I stripped it all and started again, but this time I used stonechip from a spray can as my regulator on the compressor is knackered


I hand brushed schultz on the sill but up to the join line between the sill and floor i sprayed the schultz on.

Edited by liam_italian, 13 May 2008 - 08:37 AM.

[liam_italian]

Well Ive started work on the Passenger side floor now, found a few unexpected holes after I took the sill off. Id already started some of the repair work before I took the pics.







Just out of interest, does anybody actually look at my thread? Im getting the impression im wasting me time!

[HARBER07]

Im looking . Very impressed with your work so far, so your not wasting your time at all!

[minimanclive]

Great pictures. Very helpful for when I tackle the rusty bits on my Mini.

[gemma loves her mini]

WOAH Liam i forgot about this ! Impressive!! nice to see its nearly there! I have a lot of respect for you, A lot of people would've scrapped it, what an inspiration. keep up the brilliant work!! GREAT to see you never gave up!

Edited by gemma loves her mini, 28 May 2008 - 09:06 PM.

[liam_italian]

Sorry for the shameful bump but its taken me the better part of a day to find my old thread.

I'll have an update soon on what ive been doing over the last few weeks/months since I got my motivation back!

[daveminimad]

1st class mini rebuld i hope mine turns out as good as yours
nice to see all your hard work on sunday

Edited by daveminimad, 05 October 2009 - 10:16 PM.

[liam_italian]

Thanks

I aint been able to take any pics this week as its too dark when i get home from work. Ive been trying to get the door to fit better this evening but its being a right nightmare, think I might need to widen the holes for the hinges so I can slighly reposition the hinges to get the door to open properly.

[jaydee]

Good luck, theres a lot of work involved with this repair, great to see you didnt scrap it. Dont give up!

[liam_italian]

Small update:

Bulkhead is now in primer, floor has been repaired and painted with rattle can, unfortunatle those fools at Halfords couldnt mixed the exact flame red for my car so I had to use flame red (89)



I was going to use Bitumen pads from Newton commercials but they are very expensive, anyone know where you can get stuff cheaper?

Also trial fitted the n/s A Panel, as you can see the door isnt flush, so off with the door and make the holes alittle bigger to give me some adjustment.


More updates over the weekend.

[liam_italian]

Well not much of an update, but the subframe has been bolted on and the front end seems to be fit quite well, just a few things that need sorting with a panel beating hammer.



Hopefully Ill have it all welded up by next weekend!

[leaky]

Wow you've done loads. Iv just gone through this whole thread. Well done on repairing this. Most people wouldn't have bothered.