almost done with the round butt body work

 

Hey buddy! This is a family forum! Take that trash talk to another forum!

 

ghetto booty conversion

 

lol!

 

getting there......still shaping the round bottom...but almost ready for paint

 

are you doing the same to the front?

 

naaa....gonna keep the front because i want the over ride kit for the fron bumper

 

I don't know if I'm amused or frightened that you can move that thing around on furniture dollies, Norm.

 

Big Norm ,
Just wanted to say Hello , been reading this thread from the 2nd day of your posting . I am amazed at how much you have accomplished . From the picture on the trailer to what you have now . Just Wow ! I know you do not sleep , but how many man hours do you think you have put in so far.
Great Job and Good luck with your mini !

 

i found them at harbor freight and the sayed "Mini Dolly" ......I sayed "perfect, just what i was looking for" ....lol.....they work great....even if the mini is complete with engine and all.....no probs.....i think they are 900lbs per dolly......if it falls and breaks something i can sue the company for false advertising..

 

With the engine out its probably less than 900 lbs total. I have the fancy harbor freight steel wheel dollys and they really arent any better than those wood ones.

 

the dolly's i have are pretty cheap but have been great......easy to just wheel the car around it the garage.....works really good when you wanna store multiple vehicles.....i can fit 3 classic in my garage when the jet ski is not here.....(which is getting out of the garage wednesday) thank god.....lol

 

alright so here's the update.....wednesday we will finish sanding and smoothing the entire mini, Thursday we will be spraying the car with a urathan high build primer, Friday we will be wet sanding the high build primer with 400grit till smooth for paint, then maybe sunday we will spray it......we are gonna attempt this on our own.....lol....i have a buddy who has sprayed cars before so i wont be totally solo, but should go smoothly....(fingers crossed)......

 

Can you roll the car around when the engine's in it?

 

Yeah you can roll around a complete mini with no problem. I can put my ranger on the steel ones which is 3200 lbs with no problem and a mini is about half that weight.

 

Yeah you can do it sitting in the driver seat with one foot Used to do it a lot when I snuck out of the house when I was a teen and didn't want to get caught

 

You use 400 grit before paint?

 

400 wet sanding,

 

well, i had to work a day shift at work but meet a few tampa bay bucs players while at work....hung out with Earnest Graham for a few hours but 30 min prior to that i got my pic with Warrick Dunn.....tampa's all-stars.....i did manage to sand the interior today when i got home though......E.Graham wants me to do some tattoo work on him, and i know he just signed a 10million 3 yr contract...so he better tip well...lol



!!!!GO BUCS !!!!!

 

alright, so here is where were at, im gonna be pre occupied with some personal stuff for the next 2 weeks, but my friend will be finishing off the this and thats....all and all we have about 4-6hrs of body work left....sand doors, more shaping of roung butt, finish some other dings we found and boot lid, then we will wash the car down with wax and greese remover then spray high build primer, sand that and paint....sept. 1st was the first real day that body work actually began so, about 17 to 20 hard days of work and should be done with this stage....sucks that i have to take care of some things right now but i will keep you posted when my friend sends me pics of more progress.....p.s. bonnet lid is a fiberglass lid....i'm leaving the factory hinges in because im gonna make a sign that goes from hinge to hinge with my logo and info....pretty cool i guess...lol

 

See you got that jet ski out of the garage. Maybe you could combine the two.

 

Be sure to waterproof the backside of the valance panel heavily, especially at the weld. Water will creep under your filler and lift it. Maybe a thick coating of bed liner?

 

Looking good Norm! I'm amazed at the progress you've made in such a short amount of time. keep up the good work!

 

my dolly's say 1000lbs....so i gues you would multilpy that by 4 for grand total....but i wouldn't chance putting more than a mini on the ones i have...lol

 

Hi..Norn may I ask why have you removed rear bumper flange is it purly custom or for a special project....................as IT ruins a mk1 shell as they are rare enough.............