Hi all!
My dad's first car in 1968 was a wee mini van. His dream car as a teenager was always a Mini Cooper.......
Fast forward to 2013 and my dad has just turned 65, and to celebrate him becoming a pensioner we have saved our pennies and bought a 1990 Mini Cooper RSP ripe for restoration, and a shiny new Portamig 185. Happy days!
We have just completed an evening class at College on MIG Welding and we are both ready to start stripping the car down. Our first mission is to replace the sills, replace the boot floor, inner wheel arches and the rear valance. Oh, not forgetting a little bit of plating around the fuel filler
My big question is, where do we start with welding clamps etc? I've been on Ebay and looked at C Clamps, magnetic welding clamps, Frost Intergrips. I really don't know where to start! Can anybody recommend what sort of clamps I should buy?
I'm looking at Jogglers (Joddlers?) on Ebay as well, as I'm contemplating lapwelds/plug welds for sorting the rot at the base of the rear quarter panels. Oh the joys!
Thank you in advance for all your help/advice. I've been a long term lurker on the site for the best part of a year now. The hints and tips on the forum have been instrumental giving me the confidence to tackle my first resto....
.... my second resto is an old MK1 Escort, but that's a different post for a different day!
My dad's first car in 1968 was a wee mini van. His dream car as a teenager was always a Mini Cooper.......
Fast forward to 2013 and my dad has just turned 65, and to celebrate him becoming a pensioner we have saved our pennies and bought a 1990 Mini Cooper RSP ripe for restoration, and a shiny new Portamig 185. Happy days!
We have just completed an evening class at College on MIG Welding and we are both ready to start stripping the car down. Our first mission is to replace the sills, replace the boot floor, inner wheel arches and the rear valance. Oh, not forgetting a little bit of plating around the fuel filler
My big question is, where do we start with welding clamps etc? I've been on Ebay and looked at C Clamps, magnetic welding clamps, Frost Intergrips. I really don't know where to start! Can anybody recommend what sort of clamps I should buy?
I'm looking at Jogglers (Joddlers?) on Ebay as well, as I'm contemplating lapwelds/plug welds for sorting the rot at the base of the rear quarter panels. Oh the joys!
Thank you in advance for all your help/advice. I've been a long term lurker on the site for the best part of a year now. The hints and tips on the forum have been instrumental giving me the confidence to tackle my first resto....
.... my second resto is an old MK1 Escort, but that's a different post for a different day!