Project Cliff - The Cherry Red Thirty by stretch tech

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hello people, i have not been able to do much on the car this week as i have been working with my uncle to earn a bit of cash for the money pit

all i have been able to do is give the car a good vac out and paint the cab floor



we seam sealed the remaining welds and gave the floors and sills a good thick coat of stone chip









we also cleaned out the rear bins, seam sealed the welds and gave them a stone chipping but there is no flash on my phone and the sun light was fading so i couldn't take a photo ...we will fill them with wax oil when we are finished rolling the shell onto it's sides all the time

we were also going to finish the boot but we ran out of seam sealer half way through *typical*

tomorrow we were going to fit the front end but my dad's car needs some attention first so we will just fit the scuttle and paint the underside instead

it'll get done eventually ..............sooner rather than later hopefully as it needs to be done by the end of may

Cheers

3-10-2012

went down to the unit today, took the photos of the rear bins that we finished off yesterday

N/S



O/S



then we seam sealed the repairs in the boot



wheel well



N/S rear arch



O/S rear arch



we then primed and stone chipped the entire boot floor, battery box and rear arches...but i forgot to take a photo

we planed on starting to fit the front end today but we only had enough time to fit the scuttle because it took longer than we expected to repair my dad's car for it's re-test but then, when we thought we couldn't get held up any more, we ran out of gas for the welder so we didn't bother trying to attach the scuttle...so the plan (version 5 or 6 by now ) is to paint the underside of the car and wax oil every where necessary during the week so that we can finally get the front end on next weekend...then next week we will start sanding all the paint down and then it's ready to go off for a re-paint ................................................................................................i can't wait

any comments or advice on what i have done is always welcome

Cheers

3-14-2012

bit of a boring update, this week my dad has been painting the underside in cherry red paint on his way home from work so it's ready for wax oil on the week end, i will post pics then

3-16-2012

just got a delivery from mini spares, special arch kit (4 factory fitted arches and 2 sill trims), fixing kit and 2 new rubber tear drop front sub frame mounts

change of plans, we can't work on cliff this week end so we are going to fit the scuttle and front end next week end...we will take the subby, mounts and bonnet to help get the alignment just right

3-24-2012

hi all, today we made quite a bit of progress

underside all painted in cherry red paint















i have decided to paint the engine bay and boot in this paint too so that will be done during the week

then we attached the scuttle, even though it is a heritage panel we still had to mess around to get it to fit spot on...which it does...





then we bolted on the subframe, the black paint and red poly bushes really stand out against the fresh cherry red paint











this enabled us to fit the front panel...



...N/S wing...



...and A panel



for pattern panels these fit really well and the gaps are good





during the week my dad will fit the other wing and A panel then next week end we will remove all the panels whilst they are still attached to each other and weld the seams. then we will fit the whole thing as a solid front end, this will allow us to properly seam weld all the joins and make it stronger.

before we left i primed the exposed metal on the scuttle



all these panels, other than the heritage scuttle, are from old skool minis...we can't recommend them enough, very friendly and helpful staff.

Cheers