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24-09-2007, 12:20 PM
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The Brown Bomb - A Mini Adventure 56k forget it
I bought this for Mrs Rat last Monday
As it was when it arrived home
Now a few piccys of it after owning it for 6 days
Hope you like
Day 8 - Not much done today, I got the old flitch panel removed and prepared for the new panel, just the bottom of the windscreen to sort now and then get the welder out
There wont be any updates for a few days as the weather is not looking good until Saturday, so the min has been tucked up is a warm blanket
Day 13
After much deliberation upon discovering the A Post was shot I've decided to replace the whole A post and O/S inner wing.
So it was out with the, drill, dremel and grinder again
Day 14 of ownership
Finished work @ 3, collected inner wing, got to work on the min
Only screwed on at present, hoping to get it all welded up tomorrow night
Day 15
The panels and big hole required to replace the A Post and inner wing
Day16 rain rain rain
So I put up the gazeebo to work under
The front is all screw on now, just got the final panel alignment to do before I fire up the welder
Anyhoo on to the pics
Its a mini again almost
Day 26
After not having any time this week thing have slowed down but I got the inner wing, bulkhead and scuttle done today
Day 27
N/S almost ready for A panel
Hole in O/S floor to deal with
Removed rear subframe and found more holes
Sheared off one N/S bolt, i'll weld a nut on to remove it but at least the heal board looks ok
The old subframe Mmmmm, remember this still has over 8 months MOT
It fell over
Bottom cleaning
horrid job
Bit more tin worm to kill
Day 51
Well Brother is now married, the sun is shining so I spose I ought to get me fingure out
Bit of bird shit
Little better
New bum
Day 52
Scooby scooby doo
The last few rusty bits first
The floor panel marked for cutting
Few repairs
I need sleeeeeeeepppppp
Day 60
Only a quick update for today
Day 61
More tin worm to kill
Doobery doo
Paint prep at the front cos I got borred of welding
Day 65
Good bye paint
Thats it for the time being
As it was when it arrived home
Now a few piccys of it after owning it for 6 days
Hope you like
Day 8 - Not much done today, I got the old flitch panel removed and prepared for the new panel, just the bottom of the windscreen to sort now and then get the welder out
There wont be any updates for a few days as the weather is not looking good until Saturday, so the min has been tucked up is a warm blanket
Day 13
After much deliberation upon discovering the A Post was shot I've decided to replace the whole A post and O/S inner wing.
So it was out with the, drill, dremel and grinder again
Day 14 of ownership
Finished work @ 3, collected inner wing, got to work on the min
Only screwed on at present, hoping to get it all welded up tomorrow night
Day 15
The panels and big hole required to replace the A Post and inner wing
Day16 rain rain rain
So I put up the gazeebo to work under
The front is all screw on now, just got the final panel alignment to do before I fire up the welder
Anyhoo on to the pics
Its a mini again almost
Day 26
After not having any time this week thing have slowed down but I got the inner wing, bulkhead and scuttle done today
Day 27
N/S almost ready for A panel
Hole in O/S floor to deal with
Removed rear subframe and found more holes
Sheared off one N/S bolt, i'll weld a nut on to remove it but at least the heal board looks ok
The old subframe Mmmmm, remember this still has over 8 months MOT
It fell over
Bottom cleaning
horrid jobBit more tin worm to kill
Day 51
Well Brother is now married, the sun is shining so I spose I ought to get me fingure out
Bit of bird shit
Little better
New bum
Day 52
Scooby scooby doo
The last few rusty bits first
The floor panel marked for cutting
Few repairs
I need sleeeeeeeepppppp
Day 60
Only a quick update for today
Day 61
More tin worm to kill
Doobery doo
Paint prep at the front cos I got borred of welding
Day 65
Good bye paint
Thats it for the time being
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27-09-2007, 06:49 AM
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Cheers for the encouragement everyone, I'm going to move it upto to my lockup tonight to stop if from turning orange all on its own 
All work will continue at home so it'll live on the car trailer for a while and I'll tow it over to work on it
Hopefully the bits should arrive today to fix the compressor so battle can commence again on Sunday (Saturady is the Mini show at Combe)
All work will continue at home so it'll live on the car trailer for a while and I'll tow it over to work on it
Hopefully the bits should arrive today to fix the compressor so battle can commence again on Sunday (Saturady is the Mini show at Combe)
27-09-2007, 08:18 AM
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Great work. Reminds me of my old 1963 Beetle. Had a similar level of grot. I didn't do the work, but the guy that did was very talented. At one point he had the bottm 8-10" cut out of the car and it was all a bit floppy. By the time he welded it all up, the doors shut first time, the hinges didn't even need re-aligning.
Not for the faint-hearted though, looking forward to seeing the end result.
Not for the faint-hearted though, looking forward to seeing the end result.
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Ta for the kind words, finally got it under cover
Day 80
New profession
Stripping
Start the inside
Bugger more rust to cut out
Day 80
New profession
Stripping
Start the inside
Bugger more rust to cut out
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Day 93
Inside nearly ready for painting
Outside prep continues
Gazebo spray booth starts to take shape
Also finished painting and applying stone chip to the underside
Inside nearly ready for painting
Outside prep continues
Gazebo spray booth starts to take shape
Also finished painting and applying stone chip to the underside
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Been a little busy with weddings, stag do's, building a house etc so not had much time to work on the car but heres a little update
Day 114
Stone chipped bum
Front is now all welded up
And finally the misses has decided on a colour scheme
Surf Blue (the colour of the bonnet) with black roof
Day 114
Stone chipped bum
Front is now all welded up
And finally the misses has decided on a colour scheme
Surf Blue (the colour of the bonnet) with black roof
Love minis yet never had one. Nice work.
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This looks absolutly mint, cxant wait to see the finished product!
Only problem is me + my mate bought a mini when we was 15 and its still sat there in a field, now I'm getting ideas!!
Only problem is me + my mate bought a mini when we was 15 and its still sat there in a field, now I'm getting ideas!!
