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looking really good mate

Team www.sheepspeed.com Racing

just seen this thread...

It's so nice to read something like this, actually makes me feel like getting a move on with my mini. The quality of work looks really good too.

Barcote is on

Primer tomozza

Cool!!!!


Will it be finished in time though?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!


Is Waxoyl featuring on the build list?

I could be missing something, but I thought that the whole point of waxoyl s that it doesn't set, and so can kind of "infill" itself?

No debating that, but i am still not using it, except for in the cavities!

Primer on today

Flat, and base colour on tomorrow

Flat, and shiney colour on Monday



Starting to feel like I'm getting somewhere

bloody hell u dont piss about, that looks lovely. id like to put some pics of mine up but im crap with computers so if any one would be so good for me to email them a few pics n post them for me id love them forever

My painter phoned in sick today, Typical

Still he is a mate and doing it for nowt.

so i broke open the paint and did the underside.

Oh and thanks for all the comments so far

cant wait till i start putting it back together

i cant believe how quick this is happening well done,

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

Firts coat of colour

The picture does not show the colour well what with the flourecent lighting and the harshness of the flash, but trust me, it is exactly the same white as what was on it, it is a blindingly good match to the original paint

Fantastic progress mate!

God I thought I worked fast, but you are going super quick!

I cant wait to see it at avon either

workrate is astonishing, cant wait to see this either.

Just out of interest how did u remove the soundproofing off the floor? I just did mine with the air-chisel which worked well. Not sure on it weighing 7kg though :o

I've seen the future and tbh its Pie

Thanks people

I just bought these on ebay



Any one knoe of a good way to fix these in before i go and re design the wheel

As for the sound proofing, I used the air chisle and it did weigh 7kg, youd be surprised when you get it all together in one bag.


building getting closer

mine are like this dude.

just a flat bar welded across the front of the runners that bolts into the stock bosses int he crossmember. with a piece of angle across the back bolted to the floor pan.

WELL! what can i say

TOP job....

if you want to keep the mini from rusting for a long time

spare no expence, flat the car again with P 600 wet and dry

and re apply another 4 coats as we talked about
then it will see you out

turbo dave has a well valid point with the waxoil

Thanks mate, but i shall pass it on to my paint man. He's a mate and doing it for the love of painting cars, though his trade is an industrial coatings apliction specialist (we are talking serious shit like coating pipes and pumps in neuclear power stations that you can stand in whilest suited up from the radiation) He does the cars as a hobby.

I went this route, not because I cant do it or learn but because I want a decent job, but dont have the time to flat out any mistakes that i will make. Plus the fact he is enjoying it.

That was the first coat of 50/50 and settled nicely with very few particles of shit sitting in it either. The shine was realy good for this first thick coat too. And yes, another three coats to go. Bit panicy about solvent entrapment, so letting this harden well befor the next coat and so on.

I could never have done anywhere near as good a job in the lightning speed that he moved at. I was his paint bitch do this, move this hold that, mix this.

I will paint the trailer I will build now i have seen it first hand

oh and the gravity fed paint gun is one of those nasty cheap ones, but does seam to give good results by playing with air pressures and paint

Oh and another thing, we're using Oxygen free Nitrogen from the cylinder. I can get this stuff at work without a problem. this means no noisey compressor :cool: and he supplied some 3M paint and vapour masks. You deffo need those. But the smell of cellulose thinners is fab, rhubarb and custard boiled sweets, mmmmm, nice.

fab....

yes the smell is great

i have fell out of the garage on more than one occasion .....lol

Nice Work

A word of warning,be careful with the Nitrogen.It does not take much in a contained area to lower the oxygen you are breathing.If your getting light headed don`t just put it down to paint fumes.

Hope you are ready for Avon and if I can get cover for standby at work there will be some beers in my beer tent.

Yes looks good, but i think in a few years with out the wax oil you'll be back to where it was before!:(

just speaking from me 16 years of mini owner ship!

Edited by Miniwilliams on 22nd Jun, 2006.

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
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To be honest with you there is still the original stuff under the stone chip i put on,, but ill see how it goes, i know where every one is coming from. Waiting till the car is finished before I do the cavities.

Progress so far

Well the paint is done though we made the decission to miss the 70/30, reason being the 60/40 in this heat had gone off in no time, leaving some overspray on the roof and a few other areas. There is deffo plenty of paint on the car and has a realy good shine as it is. Leaving it for a week or two then cutting it back for the real shine.

Assembly now in progress

Looking good mate, at this rate I am sure you will be ready for avon