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Post by AntMan on May 31, 2007 19:43:18 GMT
lol guess the car game is in the General Eastbourne & District Mini Club Board section of the forum Jim lol, you must have got yourself lost around the forum  ;D hehe!!! Ant  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2007 19:54:16 GMT
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Post by Simon1275mpi on Jun 3, 2007 7:53:22 GMT
Cracking job, carry on the hard work, your putting a lot of us to shame (me) ;D
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Post by MiniGT5 on Jun 3, 2007 18:38:38 GMT
Starting to look like the duckling. N |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2007 18:23:30 GMT
Works been a bit slow because of exams and stuff  But today i manged to strip and primer the bonet looking quite good ;D   |
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Post by MiniGT5 on Jun 13, 2007 11:19:03 GMT
you want to paint that fairly quickly as the primer is porus, otherwise you might end up preping it twice.
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Post by Bean Machine!!! on Jun 13, 2007 15:22:40 GMT
I spy an estate ditched in tree lol future project lol
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Post by Simon1275mpi on Jun 13, 2007 15:42:52 GMT
I spy an estate ditched in tree lol future project lol Project club trailer, started 1bc (before club) |
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Post by futureminidriver on Jun 13, 2007 16:22:07 GMT
looks like it could bee a nice mini lol tht clubman i mean!  ;D |
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Post by MiniGT5 on Jun 13, 2007 16:42:10 GMT
tis the arse end of a van so will never go back on the road under its own power
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Post by futureminidriver on Jun 14, 2007 10:00:27 GMT
oh well i spose it wuld be quite hard too clean anywai lol
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2007 19:29:33 GMT
Well yet another day working on the little car. Stared off alright, decided i would switch the boots over. Nice, simple and easy task...or so you would think! Removal of the old boot was easy. A few bolts, a few screws and some sticky stuff behind the number plate. It was all off within about 15 minutes. All proud of myself, i decided to crack on putting the new boot lid on. Put the lock mechanism in, simple enough...or maybe not. Trying to turn the handle and nothing happened, it wouldnt move an inch. Grr. So i take the lock back out and try to work out whats going wrong. The lock works fine off the boot, so why does it not seem to work while on the boot? After many attempts at putting the lock on i finally gave up, or should i say the bolts gave up? Both of which decided to sheer off whilst in the process putting back on! Not a happy chap! Screwdriver was rapidly thrown against the tool box and the lock was also thrown in some silly dierction. I stopped for a little break and to calm down. I then tried to place the lamp back above the number plate on the new boot lid, but yet again more problems! One of the bulbs had come out and was virtually impossible to put back in again. That was it, i'd had enough by now, so i just hid the wires in the box and screwed it back on. Whilst putting the wire boot straps back up, the screw that was originally holding them in place decided not to fit the hole anymore, just brilliant! So i hunted round the garage for a nice big, thick screw, that did the job well. Boot is now locked, but with my invisible lock on the front of it, clever hey  I then decided to take the rear passenger window out and spray around the frame as i had not done this part, even though the rest of the pannel had been done. This job went eaisly, I was expecting to smash the window after all of my other problems today! Work finished for today, shall crack on again during the week, hopefully that will go smoother than today! Some pics of the latest work... New boot  Boot before...  Boot after...With invisible lock and grease finger prints  Rear side pannel, with dodgy weld  Wheres the weld gone?     |
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Post by oldgit on Jul 3, 2007 19:39:25 GMT
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Post by Rachel on Jul 3, 2007 19:44:45 GMT
He did swear lots today  Had to duck to avoid low-flying objects Dale is just pleased the number plate hadn't been fixed on with bathroom sealant, which had been used as filler on front panel  ;D |
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Post by joski on Jul 3, 2007 20:05:08 GMT
Sounds like it's becoming a rather interesting project there! ;D Well done though - keep going with it!  |
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I then decided to take the rear passenger window out and spray around the frame as i had not done this part, even though the rest of the pannel had been done. This job went eaisly, I was expecting to smash the window after all of my other problems today! Work finished for today, shall crack on again during the week, hopefully that will go smoother than today!
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