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[Deathrow]

Once the welds are cleaned up and the reinforcing plates are welded on and cleaned up, the subframe will be bolted up to the heel board and then the rear will be raised and the hooles drilled using the subframe as a guide . Then I'll weld in the top floor to wheel arch brackets, job done!

[guywithvan]

keep up the good work your home made patches are spot on and set a good example what can be recycled off old panels,i'll be watching closely

guy

[tedmcedd]

Ok, now you really are making me feel bad!

Top work sir!

[Deathrow]

Why thankyou kind sir!

I'm so much happier with the boot floor in comparison with the hack job I did on it last time.

I'm having a very unfun time trying to undo the bolt on the outside of the radius arms, should have done it when they were on the subframe, doh.

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

pour intrest that a clarke MIG ???

[GraemeC]

If you need to buy wire locally I'm sure EK's stock it or, failing that, Arc-Rite at Heysham.

In fact - Screwfix do it too!!

Edited by GraemeC, 16 September 2009 - 08:24 AM.

[Deathrow]

pour intrest that a clarke MIG ???

Yes it is.

If you need to buy wire locally I'm sure EK's stock it or, failing that, Arc-Rite at Heysham.

In fact - Screwfix do it too!!

We have a screw fix?!

I shall check EK's next time I'm down there, I need some more cutting discs anyway. Cheers Graeme.

[Deathrow]

Here's todays work:


Finished off the welding inside the boot.


Plug welded the arch lips and seam welded where I had to cut in order to form the metal.


Offered bumper up but it wasn't having any of it, did some measuring and corrected my rear panel some.


All plug welded up.


View from inside the boot, you can see the heat penetration in the far corner.


Bumper offered up again, now as a nice even gap inbetween it and the body.


Boot lid offered up as well.


Then the army wanted to know what the hell I was doing. Haha.

That's all for today folks, so tired now.

[GraemeC]

Screwfix is on White Lund - turn right onto the estate just past Asda, straight down, through the lights, keep going and it is on the left just before you get to the T-junction at the Fiat garage.

[tedmcedd]

Just lovely!

[analogue_radio]

Tidy

[1275 SPRITE]

Then the army wanted to know what the hell I was doing. Haha.

Thats not the army its the RAF

Looking good, starting to look like a mini again, keep it up. I wish I had the time to work on mine like you

James

[Deathrow]

Haha, my apologies .

I'm not going to have any time after september, really need to keep on with it . 2 weeks and the remainder of this week still to work on it. After that, it's back to just weekends. I really need to get it painted before it gets too cold, I don't want to have to leave it in the garage until next year.

Thanks for all the kind comments guys .

Edited by Deathrow, 16 September 2009 - 09:03 PM.

[1275 SPRITE]

Thats like me, just weekends. It never seems like enough time to get stuck in and make progress.

Are you going to do the spray job yourself?

[MR-SKIMMED]

just caught up with this thread from page 24.....

Excellent work, your confidence really shows from the last time i looked, your welding looks spot on.

Keep up the good work