beater skills

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guru_1071
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beater skills

Post by guru_1071 »

jeff ruggles emailed me this, but its so good i think its fair to share!

check out the restoration of this mini - the skills of the 'beater' are a thing to behold!

some real skills on display

http://www.pakwheels.com/forums/d-i-y-p ... mini-minor

nice use of child labour, but hell, start em young i say! :lol:

that boot lid and back valance are an amazing display of metal beating skills!!!

:geek:
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That is amazing....

The perfect Mini??

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Notice the high rust to metal ratio
What? Is this something that exists?? :)

I'm considering having my 62 sent to Pakistan for restoring :lol:
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im going to get him to make me some alloy doors 8-)
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I wonder how long it took to make that bootlid?!? :? :shock:

Rich, how about gettting a batch of Bentley wings :lol:
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Impressive beater job ! Funnily it reminds me this ad : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44aSlKyRhRY

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heres the best pictures - hats off to the beater!

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good eh?

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There are some serious skill on show there!

Doesn't it go to show that where there is a will there is always a way, I hope it makes the folks who moan about the crap quality of panels available in the UK think twice!

I wonder how much it would cost to get the speedwell car sent over to Pakistan? :D
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Someone's sooo got to get him to make some ally ones ! :idea:
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Awesome, guru is that your old saxo in for a bodykit and resto in the background? Image
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Truely amazing! I dread to think how long that would take to make even the simplest of panels.

Ive seen a similar beater job before done on a VW camper. I'll try and find a link.
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tomkidd wrote:Awesome, guru is that your old saxo in for a bodykit and resto in the background?

tom

i doubt even the skills of the beater would have returned that bad boy to the road.

i suppose he could have modified what was left....

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