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[miniboo]

May deadline....maybe. would be nice to have it on the road for my 30th borthday.

Being doing more welding today and i am starting to get bored. i havent even started the drivers side sill which is in worse condition than the one i just did. I have been patching the arse end today, rear set and the like. pics to follow

[miniboo]

PICTURES!!!!

[miniboo]

Onwards and upwards well actually its a bit of a step back as i flipped teh car over to start the other side and OUCh!! the rust is bad!!

Going to try and break theback of it today though:





more to follow of the gore later on.

[Rosslin Racing]

lots of worm! keep at it

[miniboo]

MOre rust removed and weldsing done. still lots to do though.

[miniboo]

Did a bit of work on the short engine and it is now built. just need to stick teh gearbox on then i can take it off the stand and and add all the ancillaries and the cylinder head.

[Jackman]

Moving along well now

When you expecting to have it finished by?

[miniboo]

your guess is as good as mine.....my People carrier has a problem with the engine so will hve to fix that first. probably will be big money!!

[miniboo]

People carrier was an $8 fix!! seems to be ok now ish....

Have had manflu but have been doing a few things today.

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[Jordie]

oh my!!! that looks beautiful boo. Top work!

[miniboo]

Thanks Jordie. This is the final build now. Just need to get the bodywork finished now

[miniboo]

Well with the engine nearly done and the bodywork no where near done i did a bit more on the body this afternoon. Quite pleased with how it came out. still have some tweaking to do but the cormer pieces look ok and after a bit dressing of the welds and a skim of filler it should look ok i reckon.

[miniboo]

couple of days off so hoping to crack on with fitting the rear valance and generally getting the back end finished. Then it will be onto the drivers side inner sill. then a few more spots around the car that need a patch or two and the welding will be done.

hmmmm makes it sound very easy.....

[miniboo]

Flipped the mini back up onto its side and finished welding the new wheel well in form underneath. also fitted the rear valance and cleaned uo the welds. Not the prettiest of welds but it is solid and most of it will be hidden by seam sealer and under coat.





Oh and i love my spot welder. makes things soooooo easy!!

Still have to finish the lower corner piece of the wheel arch as it was bad but i have rebuilt most of it and will weld in the final piece tomorrow probably.

[miniboo]

Just run out of welding wire again!! off to the shop in a bit to get some more. no pics as the bit i am doing is horrible. its threar seat base where it joins the bulhead. was rotten as hell inside and out. did the poutside a while ago, am now doing the inside. Once its done i will flick the car back on it side, tidy up and clean the rear end and get some seam selaer on all the welds.

Hopefully i can get the nack end of teh car finished today. Then I might even put the subframes abckl on and do the inner sill when it is on four wheels!!!