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PostPosted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:01 pm 
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Well finally i have made a little tiny bit of progress but hope to get futher along soon

Had a few mates over saturday afternoon and got this far

Removed front and rear subbys and steering rack

Then put on the rotissary (which TK kindly lent to me thanks)
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and yeah plan to get all the rust ahem i mean paint off the bottom and paint wth POR 15 in the next few days and then get front pans welded in (once again anyone around with a welder and some time to spare)

AND heres what will be going in soonish

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The mini man is building up a rear subby for me with some goodies in it (a dry one - Hi LOs adjustable gas shocks and yeah new bits sandblasted and painted)

Anyways there the 1st installment


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thats awesome. mini spit roast :lol:


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Looks like you are off to a good start Marc 8)

I'll let you know if I get 5 mins to scratch my bum, hopefully I can help you weld up those pans.

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Good work Marc,

The hardest bit is always the start.

Cheers,
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:08 am 
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yeah thanks guys i am happy to get something done finally and hope to have an update by end of the week
quick question how do you know if the sills are needing replacement they look ok from the outside bt do you have to take them off to really tell??


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:14 pm 
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get wire wheel on them . if there appears to be any rust come through than yeah, but its hard to tell unless you can see inside


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