Now that the mountain of metal work is done it is time to being slinging Mud(plastic filler) and priming and sanding. Here are a few shots after the initial primer and guide-coat. The extra holes in the firewall have been welded up and smoothed out.
Just finished polishing a tank for a customer, no not a mini gas tank but a motorcycle gas tank. It was a nice change to do something new, and keep a current customer happy.
The front end is spotwelded on and metal bumping and finishing has begun. The LH quarter was severely stretch from being pushed in and pulled out poorly. The only solution was to cut a slit down the center of the stretched area and weld it back together. The RH door skin has been installed and the lower edge is being ground and rewelded to create a gap (no rubbing on door opening). The Door skin was installed using a bead roller to avoid a bumpy edge left by the hammer and dolly method. Now to finish the metal work and begin the body work.
I have had a few requests for pictures of the finished moke gocart. The body was made from scratch using flat 16g sheet steel and formed with a sheet metal brake out of only 3 pieces of steel. The engine is a 1hp 4stroke scooter motor, chassis and hubs are scratch made to fit the body. The body is finished in spruce green.
Just opened up a new web store with items made by boot2bonnet. Nothing you see in my store is made in another country, shipped in, and I put my name on it. Everying is made in house, by me right here in the USA. Soon to come, Alloy radiator shrouds (to match your fancy radiator), and Cooper S lower radiator brackets.
Mini Meet was great fun, both the wife and I had a blast. Helped out a few old friends while I was there and made some new ones. Here are some pictures of my booth at the show and some of the shop Clubman Estate in the autocross. The last picture is of the trophy’s that I made for the event.
The front panel while being heritage is almost correct , but not correct enough for me. As you can see I spent the better part of a half of a day. Cutting out and making plates to replicate the original front end. The front licence plate brackets were removed and replaced with the correct ones. The front panel has been spotwelded to the wings and is ready for final installation.
The tough part of installing the crossmember is pulling the floor up tight, my solution was to build a jig to clamp everything in place for final spot welding. Notice the two different colors of primer, this is weld through primer that is used in all panel seams to prevent rust from weeping out later. After the cross member was installed, the new jacking points are were fitted and installed followed by installation of the sills. The new rear valence has been installed and along with the battery box.
The inner fender have been seam welded on. The inner sills are slowly getting there replacement sheet metal installed and ready for cross member installation. Also spent some time welding up extra holes in the fire wall that are not necessary.
Both inner fender are tacked into place, just waiting on one small bonnet prop bracket to install before I can seam weld the inner fender and spot weld the front end on. Going to go ahead and put the body back on the rotisserie and start working on the rockers while I wait. Also notice the FE numbers were removed from the original front end, cleaned and spot welded in.
