Thanks for reply Nige, you're right about not an easy job!! still thinking about the best way to tackle it whilst practising on the easier bits. I was toying with cutting the scuttle off leaving say a 10mm lip (ie around the scuttle/wing seam) to weld the new (cut down) panel on to. Going to...
Seems to be a few people who weld Minis on this excellent forum can I ask a quick question - is it possible to replace the scuttle panel WITHOUT removing the wings? The mini I'm working has good wings & A panels and the scuttle ends are ok - the rust is around the lower windscreen + wiper...
I bought an auto dimming helmet a few weeks ago from ebay seller lilacsusan, £25 + P&P. Only just started at this welding malarky so I can't make experienced comments but it's the one thing thats really helped - the hand held mask that came with the MIG (Clarkweld 130EN) is probably ok once you...