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[keenmini]

Been keeping an eye on this, very nice work, am about to start on my boot floor, should be fun.

Keep up the fantastic work

[Deathrow]

Been keeping an eye on this, very nice work, am about to start on my boot floor, should be fun.

Keep up the fantastic work

Cheers mate .

Good luck with your boot floor! It has to be my least favourite bit of a Mini to repair, I never seem to do it as well as I would like.

[Deathrow]

Not alot of progress today because I've hit a bit I need to ask for bodywork advice on.


Panels removed again.


Driver inner wing.


Passenger inner wing.


Stripped.


Stripped.


Test of wing to scuttle.


I can't work out the best way to replace the sections of inner wing I removed, which is why I stopped.

Thanks for looking .

[Deathrow]

Better get this back off the third page!


After the good advice I got in the Bodywork section I felt more prepared to tackle the inner wings.


Cut out.


Cleaned up.


Weld through primed.


A-panel I did for the flip front needed to come off.


Done and lip cleaned up and weld through primed.


Got the inner wing pretty close, still needs a bit more tweaking before I'll be 100% happy with it.


Doesn't quite come far enough forward at the top.


Overall look.


This is why safety gear isn't optional. This disc wasn't even cutting anything, I turned the grinder on and BANG. The disc shard hit me in the face (safety mask).


Tucked away in the garage.

Thanks for looking .

[analogue_radio]

Plain sailing as always Adam

[Deathrow]

Plain sailing as always Adam

Cheers Luke .

I'm gettoing anxious to drive it but I don't want to rush to the finish.

[analogue_radio]

Exams are no excuse

[tedmcedd]

looks good as always!!

[Deathrow]

Long time no update!


Driver side inner wing welded up.


Driver side wing gap.


Passenger side wing gap.


Driver side scuttle gap.


Passenger side scuttle gap. This one still has some more work to go before I'm happy with it.


Driver side stuff is pretty much all in the right place.

More updates soon .

[tedmcedd]

nice nice! coming along!! how tricky was it to line up everything?? i have my mates mk1 to do... lol

[Deathrow]

Allow yourself plenty of time Ed!

You can be there pushing, pulling, clamping, grinding, etc. for ages!

[Deathrow]

Well it has been too long since my last update.

Progress has been coming slowly but surely, Elliot currently sits in the garage looking like this:



I'm now back at home from Uni and I'm going to need my own car again by September so between now and then, some serious work is going to go in to Elliot.

Keep watching .

[tedmcedd]

looks sminty! i look forward to the more frequent updates!

[analogue_radio]

Yeah me too, looking forward to more

[Deathrow]

I'll start taking loads of pictures again once I've finished getting the front end to fit right so I'm happy with it .