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Really enjoying this build - it's nice to see I am not alone The full boot floor (although not cheap) is a great way to sort out the back end - it does away with all the horrible patching that so often occurs in Minis. Seeing how well that new panel has come out it has got me thinking of getting one to sort my boot which is a real quilt. I wasn't brave enough to consider doing it before without a full chassis jig. Thank you for posting about the alignment holes, that gives me a bit more confidence to go away and rethink... Keep up the great work James |
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Looking good great when things go right
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Just spotted this thread. Not hugely up on my Mini pricing, but I wouldn't be shocked to find anything Innocenti going for stupid money. I'd chuck the lights on eBay with a buy it now of £470 and leave them there. If you're not going to use them anyway then no harm done.
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Great work, keep it coming. I fancy getting a mini again for a bit of fun but they are silly money now. I had a cooper and a couple of cooper s back in the seventies, great fun. Norman
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ivangt6
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Great work, keep it coming. I fancy getting a mini again for a bit of fun but they are silly money now. I had a cooper and a couple of cooper s back in the seventies, great fun. Norman They're great cars. The only way to do it cheapish now is to by a rusty one and fix it up. |
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2007 VW Golf GTi
1979 VW T25 Leisuredrive
1988 Range Rover Vogue SE
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Norman
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Maybe I am not looking in the right places but rusty ones seem to go for more than a £1000 now. I will need to finish the Vogue first, my wife will have a fit if I mention getting another car, not that it will stop me. Norman
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So what do we thinks underneath this badly tacked on oversill then? The remains of the original?  Well. No surprisingly  So what do we have? Starting at the back, the subframe mounting area is holed, thin and crispy. Scrap. The side bin stiffener looks OK for the most part.  The seat belt mounting point itself looks ok  Jacking point and surroundings. Scrap  Front sill stiffener. Scrap. Although the a-post stiffener looks OK.  The door step has also been replaced at some point and is tacked on poorly. All will be replaced apart from some of the rear inner sill. I've got sheet steel and the inner sill panel I bought for the other side was rubbish so I'll just make this side Hopefully you can see, but there's pink lines where I'm going to cut and replace.  Unfortunately my steel sheet isn't long enough to do it in one go.  Outline of what I'm saving around the seat belt point.  And the area of floor pan that'll be removed.  Starting at the back. Chopity chop  Small repair needed to the bottom of the door bin.  Repair piece made and welded in  Ground back, painted and the hole added.  And where the slinging shoe will go.  More soon |
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1972 Triumph GT6
2007 VW Golf GTi
1979 VW T25 Leisuredrive
1988 Range Rover Vogue SE
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This level of detail is great, please continue it! I'm going to be doing a very similar job on mine and it'll be the first time I've done such extensive body repair, so I'm a bit nervous!
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ivangt6
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This level of detail is great, please continue it! I'm going to be doing a very similar job on mine and it'll be the first time I've done such extensive body repair, so I'm a bit nervous! Just get stuck in and have a go. Worst case scenario is that you have to cut out what you've done and start again, something I've had to do many times and there are still areas on the car from my early work about 15 years ago now that'll need chopping out and re-doing. All I would say is wear decent goggles, ear defenders, mask and gloves as a minimum. You can redo work on the car but not replace eyes, lungs etc. And most importantly keep it fun. If you're not in the mood, leave it a few days. There's no rush. |
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2007 VW Golf GTi
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1988 Range Rover Vogue SE
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ivangt6
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My cheap, pattern wheel well turned up today so thought I'd get on with that.  I only want the front and back sections so I went for a cheap panel as I was only going to cut it up.  Measured up and cut out the bit I need for the back. And its nowhere near the correct shape  So this plan has backfired already. I tried making this section from flat sheet a couple of weeks ago but was beaten by the compound curves and didn't want to make a patchwork quilt by chopping it up and stitching it together. I wanted a single panel to let in but now I'm going to have to butcher this to get it to fit. I ended up chopping a bit out from further up the pattern panel as one edge was much closer to fitting.  The other end however was miles out and needed a fair bit of massaging to get it to follow the right curves   I could then use the bottom section from the piece I originally cut out. This also needed a lot of fettling and chopping to get it close but we're getting somewhere.  Welded up on the vice. It then had the welds dressed back and plug weld holes added  And its in. Not happy but it'll do.  Next to replace the section of adjoining panel. Which has a joggled edge  Welded  Then dressed back and seam sealed. I'm trying to replicate the factory seam sealer so it is quite scruffy I suppose  Some round the back.  And inside. I might have ballsed this up as theres a subframe mounting point reinforcement bracket to weld on around this area. So some of the seam sealer might have to come back off here.  And some paint. Doesn't look as bad with a lick of paint although there's a dent that now obvious. I'll dress that back next time.  I'm thinking of leaving the front part for now despite having the panel to chop this section out. The reason being that the closing panel just in front of it and the heel board and front subframe mounting bracket need to be done before it so that I have access to weld them in properly. I don't have those parts yet and to attach the heelboard/subframe mount to the car I need to repair the inner sill in that area. So that needs doing next really  Enjoy your evening! |
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2007 VW Golf GTi
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1988 Range Rover Vogue SE
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Try turning your wire speed down a couple of notches you l get less build up, your doing a cracking job, I tip my hat to ye.
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Davenger
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The rot in your roof is nothing.
I had to cut 2 inches up and 12 inches back to get rid of the rot in my Mini Ritz roof.
Stop being a wimp and get welding.
After sorting the boot floor, it should be childs play.
Yours
A long suffering mini owner.
(Until I got sick of them}
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ivangt6
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May 10, 2020 19:18:50 GMT
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Try turning your wire speed down a couple of notches you l get less build up, your doing a cracking job, I tip my hat to ye. Wire speed is actually about right. It might just look a bit heavy in the pics because of the zintec coating burning off around the welds |
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2007 VW Golf GTi
1979 VW T25 Leisuredrive
1988 Range Rover Vogue SE
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ivangt6
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The rot in your roof is nothing. I had to cut 2 inches up and 12 inches back to get rid of the rot in my Mini Ritz roof. Stop being a wimp and get welding. After sorting the boot floor, it should be childs play. Yours A long suffering mini owner. (Until I got sick of them} It's probably good enough to Pidgeon s**t the holes up but a carbon fibre roof bonded in its place would be a nice addition |
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Last Edit: May 10, 2020 19:21:35 GMT by ivangt6
1979 Mini 1000
1972 Triumph GT6
2007 VW Golf GTi
1979 VW T25 Leisuredrive
1988 Range Rover Vogue SE
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ivangt6
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May 10, 2020 19:27:11 GMT
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I got 2 hours free today so thought I'd carry on with the sill  All the flanges look good. So welded up where I'd got a bit keen with the grinder and spot weld drill bit and treated with some hydrate 80  Inside the crossmember is surprisingly good. Just a small bit seen on the right that got wired and treated  And the next section made up  Hopefully I'll get away without too much distortion when I weld it in next time |
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2007 VW Golf GTi
1979 VW T25 Leisuredrive
1988 Range Rover Vogue SE
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ivangt6
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Got this welded in today. I got a little bit of distortion despite welding up slowly. The nature of the beast I suppose. So I'll be dressing it a bit to get it flat again.  For now its been ground back carefully and some etch primer applied  I'm pretty much out of gas now as well. Might be a little while before any more updates as I've a few other things that need paying for at the moment |
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2007 VW Golf GTi
1979 VW T25 Leisuredrive
1988 Range Rover Vogue SE
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May 12, 2020 17:27:18 GMT
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looking good
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ivangt6
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Well I didn't take any pictures of the destruction. But the rear subframe mounting area has been cut out and repairs made to the inner sill  The lower skin in this area looked a bit suspect and there were 2 sets of sills welded to the lower edge  Decided to strip it back  It doesn't look too bad but underneath was a different story. You can see some light coming through  No point in cleaning up the lower edge then as it'll be coming out. Just waiting on gas and panels now. I don't want to do too much more until I can get the subframe mount back in and make sure that's all still square |
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2007 VW Golf GTi
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1988 Range Rover Vogue SE
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May 21, 2020 13:03:41 GMT
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That's coming round nicely
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The full boot floor (although not cheap) is a great way to sort out the back end - it does away with all the horrible patching that so often occurs in Minis.
