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 Posted: Oct 4, 2018 06:40AM
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Nice video, but then, I have actually been to Longbridge when they were building Minis. FWIW, too bad Heritage isn't building REAL MKI shells. It takes as much effort to build them incorrectly as it would to do it correctly. I guess the plus to this is that there won't be a whole rake of Cooper S cars pop up for sale with these "new" shells. I guess the uneducated will still be vulnerable to the scammers out there, but those of us in the know will still know.

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 Posted: Oct 4, 2018 03:47AM
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Originally Posted by MD-IN-UK
This is great detailed video of a fuel tank being pressed and assembled. Nothing about a shell, :-(

...sorry, this is the one I meant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffm4s3MmC7E
cheers,

Abel

Yeah, that's pretty cool, but I've always wondered how they make the gas tanks.....

 Posted: Oct 2, 2018 05:36PM
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Originally Posted by MD-IN-UK
This is great detailed video of a fuel tank being pressed and assembled. Nothing about a shell, :-(

...sorry, this is the one I meant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffm4s3MmC7E
cheers,

Abel

 Posted: Oct 2, 2018 05:14AM
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They seem smaller than they used to be. 

 Posted: Oct 1, 2018 05:20PM
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This is great detailed video of a fuel tank being pressed and assembled. Nothing about a shell, :-(

IF IT WEREN'T FOR PHYSICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, I'D BE UNSTOPPABLE

 Posted: Sep 29, 2018 03:59PM
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We have all seen old footage of the Longbridge factoy, but it is nice to see how the new MKI shells are assembled nowadays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP5vA1hX4gg
cheers,
Abel