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Great skills Rich. Its getting there isn't it.

woaw , thats some work you did

keep up the good work.


J C

Feast your eyes on this = http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Mini- ... 2a2a7a1bb8

JC T ONE wrote:Feast your eyes on this = http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Mini- ... 2a2a7a1bb8

your a bad man


tc news is that ive had to put it into storage due to loosing my rented garage

Do it Rich, Do it but keep it on standard offset wheels to ensure you get the desired effect

rolesyboy wrote:Do it Rich, Do it but keep it on standard offset wheels to ensure you get the desired effect

i could paint it yellow and change my name to buzzby as well

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buzy_ ... rom_BT.png

Go on...

guru_1071 wrote:

your a bad man

I try to do my best

bet you all had forgotten this car!


I had a nice break away from it, got my gtm finished, did a load of work on a couple of other minis I have


its been more boring welding, and we all know what a rusty mini looks like now!

back qtr off




and back on




both back qtrs. are done now, as is all the rear valance, the closers and all the boot holes and furniture.


'all' that's left do is finish the rear back panel, new LH inner wing and a panel and it will be creeping towards prep and paint.


that will be next year though, its gone back into storage as I need my garage for another project!




oh, and notice the bottom corner of the door, where the king of the dick heads rolled the shell over on the spit and remembered just too late that the door wasn't latched.........

argggg!!! that was a mint door before that, it made a real mess of it


what a prat

rich@minispares.com wrote:

Sorry Rich, I hate to say it but it looks like you've got your rear subframe/heelboard alignment all wrong.

Interesting thought removing subframes for a wooden chassis and shortening the wheelbase... Has given me much needed inspiration for my project!

chichestermini wrote:Interesting thought removing subframes for a wooden chassis and shortening the wheelbase... Has given me much needed inspiration for my project!

its not wood, its rusty 2x2 box section

a decent shell trolley is a must, it helps you quickly roll a project out the garage when your sick of the sight of it!


this one is the size it is so that it doesn't get stuck on the 'legs' of my spit, I can roll it under, drop the shell from the spit onto it with out any messing


it originally had small wheels, but the tyres kept rotting and going flat, I got so sick of it that I altered it to use mini wheels

Yes you can't beat a good trolley rich . Built this last week . The uprights unbolt so as to allow the subframes to be fitted . Once on the wood the entire car can be built up , even possible to fit the exhaust to in the gap between the wood and shell .

swifty wrote:Yes you can't beat a good trolley rich . Built this last week . The uprights unbolt so as to allow the subframes to be fitted . Once on the wood the entire car can be built up , even possible to fit the exhaust to in the gap between the wood and shell .

Swifty, that's a hybrid of both myself and rich's idea!!

(And there's me thinking I'd be a multi-millionare with my new invention!)

P.S. Looks great!!

swifty wrote:Yes you can't beat a good trolley rich . Built this last week . The uprights unbolt so as to allow the subframes to be fitted . Once on the wood the entire car can be built up , even possible to fit the exhaust to in the gap between the wood and shell .

Looks great! Any chance you could share the blue-prints for this ?

I'd love one - but having it shipped over here would cost a fortune so only option would be to make one here...