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So last night my mate and I wandered down to our local college and signed up for one of the courses they're running next term - Basic Welding Skills. It's something I've always wanted to have a go at, and something that I reckon may come in handy... Signed up, got my photo taken, got an ID card printed and handed over some wonga ;D
One night a week, two hours, ten weeks (up til Christmas)... So look out for an announcement in the New Year when I open up Retro-Motoring Classic Vehiclebodging Restorations hah hah
It's mainly cos we've set ourselves a goal to get this fixed up and running:
I'm ace with Mini mechanical stuff (well kind of, I owned LOADS of them years ago) but the bodywork gives me nightmares!! It's been stood in a lock-up in Liverpool for 15 years, we used to bomb round the City and various places here when we were sixth formers - getting parts for our other Minis we had at the time ;D Mechanically it's OK, we got it running and it just needs new brakes and fuel lines etc, but the bodywork was heavily bodged by loads of past owners, layer on layer of patchwork, so we'll be stripping it, flipping it over, cutting out all the grot and (hopefully) welding in fresh metal ;D
Wish us luck eh? If it goes well we'll be doing the advanced course next year and then the fun will really begin!
Oh, and it's keeping the stock 998 lump, maybe some twin carbs... No VTEC power or bike engines!! This is our inspiration right now:
We've got some slotmags that were originally on it, but really I think it'll look just like that one (hopefully)...
So last night my mate and I wandered down to our local college and signed up for one of the courses they're running next term - Basic Welding Skills. It's something I've always wanted to have a go at, and something that I reckon may come in handy... Signed up, got my photo taken, got an ID card printed and handed over some wonga ;D
One night a week, two hours, ten weeks (up til Christmas)... So look out for an announcement in the New Year when I open up Retro-Motoring Classic Vehicle
It's mainly cos we've set ourselves a goal to get this fixed up and running:
I'm ace with Mini mechanical stuff (well kind of, I owned LOADS of them years ago) but the bodywork gives me nightmares!! It's been stood in a lock-up in Liverpool for 15 years, we used to bomb round the City and various places here when we were sixth formers - getting parts for our other Minis we had at the time ;D Mechanically it's OK, we got it running and it just needs new brakes and fuel lines etc, but the bodywork was heavily bodged by loads of past owners, layer on layer of patchwork, so we'll be stripping it, flipping it over, cutting out all the grot and (hopefully) welding in fresh metal ;D
Wish us luck eh? If it goes well we'll be doing the advanced course next year and then the fun will really begin!
Oh, and it's keeping the stock 998 lump, maybe some twin carbs... No VTEC power or bike engines!! This is our inspiration right now:
We've got some slotmags that were originally on it, but really I think it'll look just like that one (hopefully)...