In a desperate bid to get the girlfriend off my back, ive decided to get my arse in gear and sort out my driving license…
Ive been given a car to call my own - its a classic mini! - But have just found out its failed its MOT and needs a bit of welding doing… Nothing major, just a steel plate in the boot… Even have the steel cut to size ready to weld in!!
Ive also been given the previous quote to get it towed to a garage, fixed, and towed back… Which is about the same as the car’s worth LOL
So if ANYONE here knows somebody who can travel, or if youve got a bit of experience yourself, please feel free to reply or PM me!
If you find somebody good, let me know, because my mini will need some serious TLC this winter. I’d love to fix it up myself, just don’t have a garage with electricity …
Have a look at his website - Grim has been welding for 26 years The 2k is a customer job that came in for a ‘just a little’ job :PHe doesnt do mobile though, his welding gear wouldn’t fit in a car
Im half tempted to buy some gear off Fleabay, teach myself to weld and have a crack!..
Whats the worst that could happen?!
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Theres nothing wrong with teaching yourself to weld but thin corroded steel in a car boot/adjacent fuel tank/poss; cables hiding beneath …hmm prob not the best place to start.
Theres nothing wrong with teaching yourself to weld but thin corroded steel in a car boot/adjacent fuel tank/poss; cables hiding beneath …hmm prob not the best place to start.
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Aye… and if you buy an ARC welder you’ll blow holes in the boot.
I did a welding course and a vehicle restoration course (evening classes) at walthamstow forest college. It was really good fun and can recommend it. A mini would be a perfect project to learn, but the problem is that you need a decent space with decent electricity, which I don’t have
I’ve got the feeling mine will be like that (start as a “small job” …). It all looks alright on the surface except from the odd spot here and there, but I have a feeling once I’ll start to poke it it’ll just fall to pieces.
I’d love to get a professional job done, but looking at your work, I doubt I could afford it
As I see it, its failed its MOT once, so im just stretching its life expectancy a few years…
I plan to -de-rust/ fill and paint all the rust patches, of which there arnt actually that many, then with a few minor (Cheapish) tweaks have a look at the engine…
Then a full paint job!.. with this as my planned finish and inspiration!
pm me if you want his number
The 2k is a customer job that came in for a ‘just a little’ job :PHe doesnt do mobile though, his welding gear wouldn’t fit in a car 
