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well after a hard days graft, the passenger floor pan is in, the flitch is done, just got the scuttle closing panel to weld in, repair to the top of the wing (cut abit out the wing to make flitch and closing panel easier to access) and fit up the a-panel, then thats all the front end welded up, and then finishing up with the rear end next week! will try get some pics up of progress so far! might even offer up the van sides tomorrow!

passenger side front is all done now... got the heal board ends to sort, tubb and turret the rear arches, graft in the van sides then its strip it all down and prep the body for paint! my plan is to have it up and running before the end of april, and i only have weekends to work on it!

coilovers arrived today! look sweet as!

Dude, I love your commitment, I wish I was the same!

calm down dear, ill post pics up tomorrow if i can get my camera to work! lol

only a small update but with a few added piccies this time new passenger floor pan seam welded in, seam sealed then painted with rubberised anti rust paint (used on the underneath of trains, paints on green, turns into a very tough wearing black once dry!) and a few shots of it in my "workshop" lol i also picked up some steel tube to turret my arches with regarding my coilovers, hopefully if the weather holds out, ill be doing that on sunday

new floor pan in and in 1st coat of paint



had to repair the top of the wing after a previous bodged repair consisting of part of a coke can, several rivvets and filler!


you can see where i sliced the rear section of wing off top make access to the flitch repair and scuttle corner repair much easier, then welded it back on with the new section let in along the scuttle join, excuse the red paint drips and runs, its only temporary to give the bare steel some protection from damp, hopefully stop it rusting before i get chance to get it in primer and top coat...


few shots of val in my "workshop"



tubing for my rear arch turrets! cost me a tenner from a local fabricators!..

damn thats a fine workshop!!!!lol lookin well great build, i'm hopin to do the same with an estate to a van,

dont suppose you have enough for of that 4" tube to make two sets, been after some for ages. where are you from?

1972 998 TURBO SLEEPER

Not far from you longy, 40 minutes probably.
Towcester, in Northants, just up the A43.

the place i got it from has loads of off cuts, nice old bloke too, its called osbournes in wood burcote, easy to find! but saying that i might have some left over once ive finished with what i need, will give you a heads up!

kenny2- u using flat sheet for your estate sides? or you finding a rotten van shell like i did and cut the sides out to graft into your estate?

dunno yet, i've got 4 saloon shells and a pick up to worry about first

did some more work on the estate today, got the passenger side rear wheel arch turreted, here are some pics!

started off by cutting out the old turret..




offered up the steel tube to get a good location for it..




after a little trimming, and some bending, i ended up with a tight fitting turret




then started to weld it in (including the top plate that coilover bolts into)..




all seam welded in, and making strengthening plates to beef it up further..




all done! just the drivers side to go!

Looking good mate! I saw this at MITP last year and its come along way!

Keep up the good work

Austin Mini Designer Stage 1 N/A 1098

Future build- 1275 with Gen' ERA Turbo setup

ive done so much welding in the last few weeks, even in the freezing cold! hopefully ill get the remainder of the big welding finished next weekend, inluding the heal board ends, the drivers side rear turret and fitting the van sides!

had another productive day today, ill let the pictures do the talking








you may recognise this face... look in the march 2011 mini magazine in the "on the job section"!





got 1 van side in, etch primed on the outside and seam sealed on the inside, took some doing as i had to tack weld it in until it was all seam welded in, to avoid heat distortion, and its gone very well! had a helper in the form of DaveVader who held the side in place while i marked out where to cut! thats pretty much the majority of the passenger side done, just need to sort the sill and heal board, ill be making my own sills also! watch this space!

Are they new van window panels? or have they been cut off a van?

If new please tell me where you get them from.

try mini machine tom

its alright we made our own inner sills for my mini, the ones you buy were too narrow so made some from sheet steel and a metal folder.

I've got some more pictures I'll stick up when I can be bothered.

there not new, i bought a cut and shut van shell which i cut up for the panels, you cant get van sides new, although someone in belguim made some but no one knows who he is or how to get hold of some!

ill be making my own outter sills out of thicker gauge steel than original, to make them last alot longer!

sounds like your going to be very busy. I would keep it as it is not a van but hey good luck with your build

Craig

my mini van http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=448248

cheers for the comments! the main reason for turning it into a van is that ive always wanted a proper van, but will never be able to afford one, but a clubman estate, there cheap, and a cut and shut van shell came up very cheap, so thought what the hell! lol and it'll look pretty cool when its finished, something different!

great build man

So are you round fronting it to make it into a proper van?