my 1978 estate rebuild update 9/6/09
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Well after 3 engines and 7 years of abuse its finally off the road for a rebuild make her look her best for mini 50, pannels to be replaced so far are :-
rear quarters and windo frame lower rail
wings
scuttle and top dash rail
a pannels
complete front pannel
sort some rust on drivers door and rear doors
then paint and put her back together, just a few pics of progress so far not bad for three days work.

Edited by turboestate on 9th Jun, 2009.

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no hanging around here ey fella!

while its out get a leaf blower on that engine.......

haha its in the pipe line believe me everything i put back on is going to be modified for that purpose so i dont have to re do anything later all wireing is going to be hiden aswell there will be more pics to follow.

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Nice, whats the intended spec?

Is it staying the same colour?.

I dare you to add up how much money youve got in boxes when its all in bits, thats whats scary.

Rick

Theres no way im adding the money up not enough fingers n toes, the colours staying the same aswell apart from all seperate parts will be black instead of yellow like they are now, anyway just some updated pics think they speak for themselves.

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looking good.

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Hi,
Nice neat repairs there! :)
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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You don't hang about fella - as usual!!!

hope it goes smoothly for you

JK

If Carling made Mini engines
it would probably be like this one!

thanks lads i try me best the spot welder was the best thing i bought makes life so much easyer and keeps it looking right.
to be fair ive had plenty of practice on the old bodywork and i love a bit welding find it so theraputic

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Christ! When I saw this at Mini's V Beetles (at least I think thats where I saw it) it looked immaculate to me. I can only assume that its gonna be even better when it goes back on the road this time.

another update a bit more steel back where it should be.

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You don't mess around do you!

well bin buisy again today getting the front end to fit nice had to modify the genuin front pannel as the drivers side headlight pannel was lower than the passengers and a bit fettling of the inner wings to get the bonnet gaps nice (just bigger than a pound coin) just got to spot it all on now might be tomorows job.

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Coming on well, you're making a lot faster progress than I am that's for sure.

I need to me every day car at the moment is a daihatsu fortrack swb whith a 3.9 rover v8 and 33" tyres, it like a drink costing me a fortune me own fault realy i built it lol.

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Haha nope sober hows that like.

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another up date frond end is all on and lined up a treat now to start on the quaters.

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Looking really good!

Few questions...

a) What have you done with the wing/scuttle seams looks really tidy.
2) What's the box on the inner wing for??
D) What's the little black boxes on the inner wing for??

all the seam are brazed up no more rust there the st/st box is the new washer bottle going fo a tidy engine bay all the wiringwill be hidden aswell and the little boxs are the ballasts for HID lights.

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today's activities started on the drivers side rear quarter all fits now and ready for some welding no nastiness uncovered.

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Bloody good Job mate, Hope to see it back on the road soon!

are you going to tub the arch's while in that prime position?

"Cars are a lifetime of pain"

Blimey this is a fast project!

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

well bin a while but progressing nicely passenger side quarter all on and finished.

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