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Apr 10, 2005 20:47:35 GMT
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Apr 10, 2005 20:53:26 GMT
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Looks really cool. All the hours must have been worth it in the end.
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BS Nymph
Singer Chamois Coupe
Series 3 Landy
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Apr 10, 2005 21:28:08 GMT
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Very impressive...seeing stuff like that certainly puts my buy-it-and-slam-it system of car ownership to shame. I am in awe.
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Apr 10, 2005 22:38:25 GMT
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thats one serious transformation!
well done...
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Davenger
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It's only metal
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My '79 1275GTDavenger
@dminifreak
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Apr 10, 2005 23:06:24 GMT
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Hi mate, glad to see you found your way over here from That mini forum I thought I recognised the user name.
Glad to see you got her fixed up; Looks alot like mine ;D
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Last Edit: Apr 18, 2005 12:47:45 GMT by Davenger
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My '79 1275GTBenzBoy
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Apr 10, 2005 23:17:09 GMT
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Nicely done!!! Looks like a completely different car. Top resto!! ;D
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Kris
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Apr 10, 2005 23:29:00 GMT
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Nice work  What's with the roof, I see that there is a sunroof in the first 2 pictures its gone after the resto, did you change the roof skin? |
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That is great work!,.. very impressive, well done!
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slater
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@slater
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I'm going to ask the roof question aswell Ive got to reskin the roof on my mini soon, how exactly did you do it? doner car or brand new panel? Very cool btw  |
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Hi this is my 1275GT whichI bought it in Febuary 2004.  What a transformation! - it looks really nice. Clubbie Minis & especially the Gts are my favourite  P.S; You have a very clever dog - looks like he's really enjoyed taking the Mini for a spin! ;D The young lady in the passenger seat doesn't looked too fussed by her canine driver either. |
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Apr 11, 2005 16:29:37 GMT
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Thx for all the comments ;D. Lol. I can assure you, the dog isn't too clever  Its my sister in the passenger seat. Anyway. I wrote a long explanation of how I did the roof for someone. I will find/re-write one if anybody wants me to? I did use the roof skin off of anouther car (only because I was working on a tight budjet, it cost me £5, I think they are over £100 for a new one). It was supprisingly easy to do but you deffinatly need to use a spot wealder. Thx again |
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My '79 1275GTDarrenW
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Apr 11, 2005 21:07:21 GMT
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That's fabulous! Excellent stuff! Can you not get the bigger rear number plates anymore?
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That's fabulous! Excellent stuff! Can you not get the bigger rear number plates anymore? A Volvo dealer might be able to help, as those size plates were also used on the back of the 700 & 900 series estates |
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Apr 12, 2005 18:56:29 GMT
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Great work! Your GT looks fantastic (well I would think that) ;D
A belated welcome to Retro-rides BTW
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Apr 15, 2005 13:55:41 GMT
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For the guy asking, the easiest way to replace a mini roof skin is to chop a good one off another car half way down the pillars, do the same on the other car and mate them together. Actually replacing just the skin is very time consuming are there are hundreds of spot welds holding it on! Why not chop it at the same time ??  |
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Cheers S
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slater
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Apr 15, 2005 18:17:11 GMT
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Thanks for the tips on changing the roof. I was thinking of getting a old roof off another car and cutting the gutters off so your left with a bit of the seam still on the roof skin itself (no drilling spot welds ), then cutting out the original roof leaving about 1/2" of it around the edge and then spotting it back together with the MIG. Only down side is you get left with 4 layers of metal but i don't think it will matter as you can put seam sealent back in the gutters to cover this up. sound anything like what you did smurfy? Id love to chop it but don't have time, its alot more complicated than a repalcement as you have to cut the roof into 6 sections and let in strips of extra meterial. |
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Apr 16, 2005 10:33:37 GMT
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I wish I had taken pics of what I did  . I cut the donor roof off of a mini around the roof pillars. When I got it home I used an angle grinder to separate the roof skin from the roof gutters (does that make sense?). This just leaves you with the roof skin, like what you can buy new. Next I roughly cut the roof off of my mini, fairly close to the edge of the join. I then used the angle grinder to get rid off the roof skin from the gutter. I then just placed the roof skin on the roof and spent a couple of hours spot-welding it on. Doing it this way means that the roof is welded exactly how it would have been done at the factory and you don’t end up with several skins in between. If any of the above doesn’t make sense (I’ll be surprised if it does  ) just give me a shout. P.S It can probably be done in less than a day. |
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Last Edit: Apr 16, 2005 10:35:29 GMT by PSmurfy
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slater
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@slater
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Apr 16, 2005 16:22:10 GMT
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Makes perfect sence ;D Basicly the same as i was planning but i thought it would be a bit difficult to grind off the gutters fully without damaging the skin itself never the less il give it a go and post up the results |
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Its my sister in the passenger seat.
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) just give me a shout.