Mini Thirty 998 Project by Andrew O

5 minute(s) of a 148 minute read

Well i have been getting very annoyed with the weather having not being able to work on the car at all.
I then had a great idea, I remembered we had an old tent in the Attic that the Mini might fit in.
And what do you know -

First we put the frame up -

And then the cover on -

I wish i had thought of it months ago, Its just like having another garage -

Got my work bench tidied up with just body work things -

I bought some blue piping for the engine bay, I think it looks good -

I managed to sort out the rust i found.
First we cut the rust out -

Tacked ( To avoid heat distortion ) a new patch in -

Then ground down -

Seam sealed -

Then filled -

This panel is now ready for topper which i will do tomorrow -

Got the A Panel in its layer of topper -

The two corners of the roof are almost ready for topper -

Also put some silent coat on the parcel shelf -

And gave the wheels a polish to keep them in good condition and protected -

That's pretty much it for this update people, but now i have the tent up i can work on the car come rain or shine so there will be updates most nights.
I will also be putting strip lights in the tent which will enable me to work after dark.

8-26-2012

Right i.m sorry there haven't been any updates in a while but its been all boring filler work.
Anyway i have some excellent news.
I got the Mini featured in this months Mini Magazine which im delighted about -

The Mini is now very near going up to the paint shop ( Where i work ) with the back end pretty much ready -

The Roof is also finished -

I'm happy i went with the decision to remove the bumper because i think it looks great -

Also got the replacement gutter piece tacked in -

I saw on Graham's thread that he had seam sealed the whole of him gutter so i also did this -
Masked up

And then seam sealed -

Hopefully there will be another update in the coming days with the front end looking the same