Won't be long before I can get it out of the cradle and brace frame and onto the spit. I'll get the drivers A post/top sill welded into place first and maybe fit the drivers door.
Bought a NOS genuine door skin yesterday for the job as original drivers doors in excellent condition seem to be non-existent. Interesting that the skin has lots of tiny factory drilled holes along the swage line. We are presuming its a Hornet door skin ?
Little bit of a milestone as I'm starting to have to cut some of the brace frame out now. In reality I can probably take it all out but I'm a little apprehensive, or nervous
So, I cut a little away at the front so I could get this closing panel in to see how it fits .... very well I'm pleased to say.
I also have spot welded the inner wing return lip to the A post, as originally done.
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Great progress Andrew. Assuming you have electricity in your garage, I have found one of those oil-filled radiators a very useful form of heating in my workshop. I was given one by a neighbour a year or two ago. Doesn't seem TOO expensive to run, doesn't move dust around or make a noise and also, if you're doing little bits of painting, you can hang small parts onto it - or close to it. It just takes the chill off a bit . Just the ticket - we'll all need to get out of the way of the family later this month won't we when they all arrive for a few days
Tonight Richard, I am thinking I should have took your advice and bought one of those heaters - its bloody horrible out there
Now got the inner closing panels for the A posts and screen pillars fitted and welded (save for finishing top and bottom). The inner screen pillars, removed from the Heritage screen surround, have been the most awkward panels to fit thus far. I think the triangular shape of the pillar makes it difficult to get the flanges to line up with the adjacent flanges.
Anyway, I managed it and next move is to remove the (already partially removed) brace frame and get it onto the rotisserie so I can finish off all the bits I couldn't get to without it being on its side or with the brace fitted.
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Andrew, you're certainly having to replace panels which I never had to when working on Minis - anything THAT rusty was simply thrown away! You are indeed doing a sterling job there. Great progress.
I thought yesterday was the coldest and most miserable day we'd had for ages. Although it wasn't actually freezing here the wind and rain made for a thoroughly unpleasant day and I didn't spend much time in the garage.
One of those heaters will make all the difference Andrew
Your tenacity and the sheer speed at which you're tackling HOY never fails to amaze me........... Just browsing through the pictures reminds me of those old what we used to call 'flicker books'.
That's a great achievement in what looks like a small garage.
You have to be very organised with limited space but what you are doing is quite remarkable.
Come on tell us the truth ..it goes out to a big restoration shop round the corner then home for the photos
