After having to take the shell to another guy to get the bad workmanship (of guy No.1) repaired, I picked it up over the weekend. He has done a pretty good job to fix what he could considering the sh!t he had to start with.
I thought I'd post some pictures of the worst repairs that were performed, even though (further to these photos) what also had to be fixed was multiple other panel fills that had to be cut off and redone, bad panel alignments that had be redone and many many crappy welds that had to be ground back and redone - not to mention the large number of pinholes in welds. I was and still am shocked to think that anyone would think this kind of workmanship is acceptable. Just email me if you want to know who NOT to work on your car.
On a good note though, my engineer has inspected the completed subframe and is satisfied with the customisation, bracing work and quality of the welds. His first words after checking it over was "It's all very good... yeah, you won't have any issues with this holding the engine"
Alignment of rear boot opening panel
More misalignment and you can see the panel overlap (not welded) in the boot area over the subframe bolt holes. This overlap was so bad that it caused the rear subframe trunnion to not sit flat when bolted on. The difference in height between the two trunnion bolt holes was 6mm
Patches on the rear valance (as it turned out, the patches were welded straight a previous dodgy repair)
More misalignment, and replacement boot opening panel was really badly dented and full of bog.
The rusty rear valance and closing panels that were welded back on
Bad Front valance alignment
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-Alan
I blame my dad for my love of minis. I think I was conceived in the back seat of one
I also blame my Dad for me being 6' 1" - not really the optimum height for driving a Mini.