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[GraemeC]

Looking good bud. You hve put a sterling amount of effort into this and I am very impressed with the results given the learning curve you've gone through.

Keep it up and I want to see it when it's finished.

Edited by GraemeC, 29 June 2010 - 07:45 AM.

[Deathrow]

Looking good bud. You hve put a sterling amount of effort into this and I am very impressed with the results given the learning curve you've gone through.

Keep it up and I want to see it when it's finished.

Thanks for the kind words Graeme, I'll be more than happy to bring it round sometime to show you, although Elliot might look a bit rough around the edges compared to your Minis!

Update on the way!

[Deathrow]

Only a few pictures of todays work:


Fettled the front end some more.


Coat of red oxide on the back of the passenger side a-panel.


Second coat of red oxide on the back of the front panel, the more the merrier I say!


Second coat on the a-panel.


Front panel reinstalled, probably for the final time as all the holes are drilled ready for plug welding now.


Overall shot, I'm pretty happy with this side, I've got the door gaps to a point where I'm satisfied with them now.


Bit closer.

If the weather stays good, I'm going to aim to weld the front end on entirely before the end of the week.

[shaun617]

nice one

[Deathrow]

Todays work, one step forward and two steps back, doh.


Fettled around with the passenger side a-panel fit, got it all good and then pushed and pulled a bit too much and bent the a-panel. I'll pop to Mini Tech in the morning, with a bit of luck he'll have one in stock, else I'll have to wait for a Mini Spares order to come through.


Gap at the back of the passenger door.


Gap at the back of the driver door, it's bigger than the passenger side, but it appears the drivers door is at least 3mm shorter than the passenger door. I'm hoping I can solve these problems when I reskin the doors.


Front of the driver side door, does this seem too big? Should I be thinking about moving the a-panel back more?


Driver wing to scuttle, I'm proud of this!


As she sits now. If the weather improves I'll get some more work done tomorrow.

Thanks for looking .

[1984mini25]

Personally I’d re-skin the doors, get the gap right for the rear quarters and then fettle the a panels to fit, rather than trying to get the doors to re fit in a gap that was fettled previously.

Other than that top work

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Look's very good mate Well done

[jayare]

Front end panel gaps are looking very good! I'm with 1984Mini25 on the doors though - get them re-skinned first rather than trying to re-skin them and fit into the hole you've made - they'll never be the same shape afterwards!

JR

[Deathrow]

Front end panel gaps are looking very good! I'm with 1984Mini25 on the doors though - get them re-skinned first rather than trying to re-skin them and fit into the hole you've made - they'll never be the same shape afterwards!

JR

Cheers Jayare.

I've made a start on the first door today, although it's looking more and more like I'll do them both together then it's out of the way.

Update on the way!

[Deathrow]

Todays work:


This door will never be the same again!


Door locks and catches stripped off.


Handle as well.


Edges ground to release skin from frame.


After fighting with a few spot welds I didn't expect, it opened up like a clam shell.


Initially it looked a bit worrying.


And again.


But after some scraping and some white spirit, turned out it was all just waxoyl and it's done a brilliant job!


Small section here that will need replacing.


Then I started rubbing down the inside of the new skin so I could prime it ready to go on. Do I need to remove all the e-coat? As it really does not want to come off and it's pretty thick.


The previous owner must have installed some central locking kit or something as there were a bunch of ugly holes that didn't belong in the frame, not to mention the ones for waxoyling.


Got them all nicely welded up.


All repaired areas given a temporay splash of red oxide for protection.


And the rear of the frame.

I'm planning to prepare both the door frames and the door skins, prime them with red oxide primer and top coat them as well before I put the skins on the frames, I figure this way they will last the longest amount of time possible before they rot out at the bottom. The frames will also be waxoyled before I install the skin.

Thanks for looking!

[martcambs]

nice one for putting the tdk link on here as i never heard of this company im a nube so im glad to find fibreglass bits as i need a few bits

[Deathrow]

nice one for putting the tdk link on here as i never heard of this company im a nube so im glad to find fibreglass bits as i need a few bits

No worries mate!

David at TDK is very good to deal with, he's amazingly helpful.

[carboy001]

Good work, very neat lines, hope I can learn to weld one day, especially to your standard.

[tedmcedd]

looks ace man! she really is going to shine once she's done!! the doors should last a while too!! lol

keep it up! im liking the updates!!

Ed

[Deathrow]

Cheers guys .

Always motivating to get posotive feedback. There may be more progress tomorrow, if not, during the week .

I want to get away from the panel gaps and back behind the wheel!