63Ragtop

b bbb bbut black plate??

fuck yes! ps, that's not the Marsh's bach is it?

fear is a great motivator.

Ah, that view! now this makes sense, I thought you where just some kind of doomsday prepper or sumfing. i look forward to next years update!

like this? http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Black-case-19mm-Red-LED-car-Fog-lights-symbol-metal-Push-Button-on-off-switch/1984772198.html?spm=2114.10010108.100010.41.dDxsAh

so this came with a smashed axle/diff? at least you know it's been use correctly.

I think that will need more than just a scuff or the new paint will never stick. shit goes to the bone.

FUCK YES! can't wait to that engine bling.

So I want these doors solid, I'm just not completely disassembling them like the shell. That said the bottom hinge on the drivers door needs some major work, some numpty(me) tried to drill out the pin about ten years ago, removed runningboard, jack car up on one side and drilled straight up, sept the car was on a angle this it's self would be bad enough, having to drill out the rivets in the door, fit a new hinge and then suss out nuts and bolts to hold it in place, but I can't. Because someone at some point folded this door right round and half ripped the rivets out, and then welded everything back together. So. This is stuffed anyway, so off it came. See how I skillfully drilled out half of the pin! this is looking from the bottom of the door, there is even less meat left on the top of the hinge. I was hoping to somehow fix this half of the hinge and just use half of the new hinge, but everything is so bent and twisted it really needs replacing. after thinking long and hard about the easiest, fastest or best way to fix this thing, I did this. and chopped the inner panel, hinge and all, out. started removing rust and hammering the folded door skin flat, something I couldn't do with the inner panel in the way. Also cut this out of the other end on the bottom of the same door. very krusty in here. removed parts and new hinge from this angle you can see how far the hinge has pulled though the door. it's going to take some work still to separate the hinge without damaging the door panels shape. Again, What have I done!! started making a patch for the bottom corner, might have to wait till the weekend till I can cut the hinge out of the door panel. Also finally welded up what must be the last rust hole in the body, on the passenger rear quarter window sill. and just a wide shot of the shed just to prove I haven't cut the whole thing into tiny chunks. my names Angus and that's my story.

in case it takes two days to get there.

that was quick!

coolest GN ever!

awesome work on the frame, would love to learn to do this one day, keen to build a rod for some kind. and gassers are crazy!

cool mini, person who owns this mini, I likey!

here is what i'm dealing with on both doors, although the passenger side seems a little worse than the drivers. I plan to extend the inside lip so the window scraper will have something to clip or glue to. Stupidly I went over the bottom of the passenger door with the wire wheel, hmmm why so much bog? Oh. Oh shit. Oh well! blasted in a wee thing to hopefully hold the hinge to the door and bent up a very small patch for the outer corner. And then covered that rangi shit up with this neat little thing, was fun to make. I'm a bit over this bullshit in case you're wondering, gotta get this sucker on the road. that'll fookn do! outside corner This was welded over the top on the outside of the door, at the other end along the bottom. so I made a new inner lip smoothed it out. made this to fit the outside. and done. It really needs this doing to the whole bottom of the door as the very bottom of the inner panel is nearly completely gone, but not keen after the mess I made of the quarter panels, to big and flat. and I still haven't started with the window holes!!

get at it son!! good work.

well that sounds pretty fuckin sweet! good job. what else needs done?

super sweet!

FUCK, That's not spost to happen till it's in the engine! gutted mate.

nice work on the engine/engine bay.

finished up the last of the scuttle transplant yesterday, not bad Thought I'd make a start on fixing the doors, pulled out the super rusted doners from under the house. hoping to make one good door outta these two sets. need to sort the bottom drivers door hinge, its fucked. I also want to make it so my one piece windows actually work and have something for the scrapers to attach to, so i harvested the drivers hinge, inside and outside window sills from the doners. The half ass plan is to use the rear half of the sills to replace the front half of the good doors to replace the narrow area where the quarter windows go, this area has always pissed me of as there was never enough inner sill to even glue the scraper to, but after this I'm hoping to be able to clip the one piece scraper all the was along the sill to give it a almost factory look and function. Only problem is one of the doner is completely rustfucked! Also in the above pic is the engine lid vents and hinges which is a bonus as two of mine had threads stripped out,now all blasted and primed, and a check rod for the door, anyone got another one laying around? this car has never had any since I've had it. Felix wanted to practice his metal work, so I let him lose on the old scuttle, train em up!

This car is about as far away from my type of car as you can get, but all fucking credit man the work you do is awesome, and drive the wheels off that thing! sweet pics also!

fuck yes, so much better than all the factory snakes and ladders.

well well, what have we here. yes , some very cold welds, but I didn't want to blow any holes in this right now. I had to plug weld the corners as the spot welder couldn't get in behind the corner air vents. all stitched up. and smoothed out. managed to keep the joins looking factory as. and the bonnet fits much better than the kippered old scuttle. just need to weld up the folded over thingys and that is the rust and metal work just about fucking done! So I need to find something else to do huh? One of these finally turned up on TM cheap, didn't want to spend to much on something I was just going to chop up. excellent. gunna make me a vert lid!

what'ch doing?