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[penfold38]

Actually pushed the car out of the garage today for the firstime since fitting the front and rear subframes, assesed the body work and started to rubdown and prepare for spraying, took some radom pictures.

underneath

[dezshearer]

Looking spot on mate, keep it up!

[penfold38]

About time i updated with some progress, its been very slow as i have been prepping the body, plus its been freezing in the garage.
So just a few pics of what i have prepped sofar.

[Sir Cheat]

Love that green, I had a mini clubman pickup in that colour. Wish i had it now

[BigDave99]

Penfold
I am seriously impressed, for someone who hasnt done this before you have done a quality job!
I want to do the same to my mayfair next year and like you have no experience what so ever, how did you find learning to weld and did you buy all the gear to do it?
Any idea how much the total build is going to cost you?
How long from start to finish as well.

Good luck with it all, will be keeping an eye on your progress - good to see an amateur take on such a major build!

Dave

[penfold38]

Hi Dave,
Thks for the comments, i purchased two mini restoration books, one a Haynes and the other by Practical classics and found these very good indeed, then beg and borrowed a lot of the gear it does help where i work as we have two guys that are qualified welders so they taught me a lot, must admit found it very hard at first but learnt when you weld on the mini you cant weld rust the metal has tobe perfect.

The cost well i'm frightened to add it all up, but almost everything i have purchased is brand new including nuts and bolts from many of the mini specialist out there, the only thing second hand was the roof off ebay £20.!!

Time scale sofar car collected end of may this year plan to finish intime for my wive as her birthday present in June 2009.!!!

One thing if you can get a spot welder do so found it a god send.

Rgds

Ian H.

[buddylove]

Just saw this thread, very impressed with the work done so far Are you going to get the 1275 GT decals refitted to the car?

[penfold38]

Yes back to original with gold decals.

[penfold38]

As i'm starting to think about grtting some paint on sticking with the Java green, but was thinking off maybe a black roof???

any thoughts.??

Edited by penfold38, 10 January 2009 - 08:15 PM.

[flat-eric]

As i'm starting to think about grtting some paint on sticking with the Java green, but was thinking off maybe a black roof???

any thoughts.??

gloss black roof with gloss black arches "mmmmmmm drooles"

ask for a photoshop jobby for inspiration.

rob

[penfold38]

It does make you drool, i think i'm liking that colour combo.!!

I have arches that came with it as well.

[edi57]

You're making this all look waay to easy. Keep up the fantastic work!

Ed

[BMC Paul]

Hey you doing a really good job mate, keep up the good work, im also finding it hard going out doing themini in this cold damp weather but evert hour is a hour less ! Keep up the good work again mate !

[penfold38]

Update...as the weather was a bit kinder today i managed to push the clubby out and finish putting the last panel on the a panel.



Never fitted an a panel before so was pleased with the fit and door fitment.







And finally bent the lip round the a pane using the instructions posted on here, using these tools.



More updates soon.

[Down&Out]

nice to see this progressing. good work