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[blue redtop]

thanks.
has anyone got any pics of that area?.

I'll get some for you tomorrow, i have a shell with it removed and i have the heritage panel I'll get some photos of where it needs welding/is welded aswell from another shell aswell

top man.
give this guy a beer

[mini.rich]

thanks.
has anyone got any pics of that area?.

I'll get some for you tomorrow, i have a shell with it removed and i have the heritage panel I'll get some photos of where it needs welding/is welded aswell from another shell aswell

top man.
give this guy a beer

Right, heres some pics and i'll try to explain how the panel fits and what it is welded to. Ideally you will need a spot welder with long arms to reach parts of it, although you could do it with a MIG.

OK heres the heel board.


What goes where.




Here you can see where the different parts go over the floor and sill. Not the best pic though, plus rover decided to cover the late minis in stone chip.



Here is the outside



The inside, you can see where the floor panel butts up against it, i'm not sure if the earlier minis had this fold at the end of the floor pans i will have to check, think they were just straight ends.



Heres the companion bin, the other side of the inner sill/floor (vertical part) is where the support is spotted on, if you look hard enough you can see the welds.



EDIT: *man danglies* click post instead of preview

Edited by mini.rich, 31 December 2008 - 07:15 PM.

[blue redtop]

those pics are great.thanks

do you know what other panels i will need,in my bins the inner sill is corroded and the bit at the top of the pic is all rusted through.

where ive put the red its rusted through

cheers

[mini.rich]

those pics are great.thanks

do you know what other panels i will need,in my bins the inner sill is corroded and the bit at the top of the pic is all rusted through.

where ive put the red its rusted through

cheers

Ah, they always go lol, the inner sill part is quite easy, you can either buy a repair panel and cut off what you need or you just need some sheet to make a piece with the same profile, use a sheet bender or a vice to get the right angle (this is my preferred method, but i have a sheet bender and a tight wallet ).
You can get a repair panel for the top part, can't remember if its a heritage one or not. But you can make it aswell If you need to you can also get the piece between the rear quarter and inner sill.

[blue redtop]

thanks for the info.it looks a bit tricky to me,not much room to get the mig welder in.

[mini.rich]

thanks for the info.it looks a bit tricky to me,not much room to get the mig welder in.

I know, the shell i was replacing it on had the seat base and companion bins cut out which made it alot easier.

You can get a repair panel for just the ends, these can be seam welded around the edge, only thing is there's no support, so you have to leave the old one there and weld it to. All this is easier if you have no outer sill on the car, that way you can get to every side to weld- and your inner sill.
They are good if you can get it square and lined up correctly with the subframe, but as with any panel its a case of checking and re-checking measurements before welding.

[GreaseMonkey]

I believe this is the panel for the top part



Linky

[blue redtop]

thanks greasemonkey .i thought they were like £30 a side.

im in 2 minds at the moment. weather to get a different shell or fix the rear end of mine.

it also needs repairing where the rear mounts connect on the subframe.
thanks for all the advice rich. i think ill repace the whole heel board panel,if one side is gone the other side wont be far off.

cheers

[Goopster]

This is also useful information for me as I will be tackling repairs on my car in this very area later this month. Many thanks all, much appreciated!

[blue redtop]

im sure it will be very helpful for lots of people.

im surprised there isnt a how to do it guide on here somewhere.

[blue redtop]

some pics of my rusty bits.

passenger side bin. notice the rust hole in the closing panel.(you can see the subframe mount bolts).


passenger side again.looking at there the subframe mounts.looks like someone in the past fitted the corner bits of the heel board,but just fitted it over the rusty one.


drivers side, rusty inner sill in bin.


drivers side again,looking where the subframe mounts.rusty.


the joys of minis.

[partsguy1]

Extreme HeelBoard replacement. Pics may help though.
Terry
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Easier to do when you remove the floors.
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Job done.
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Edited by partsguy1, 01 January 2009 - 04:52 PM.

[ANON]

if it needs work on the rear of the boot floor you might as well replace the whole boot floor/seat base, it's only about £100.
rear bins are about £20 so it wont cost you much more and you get rid of all the old nasty metal.

[edi57]

Sorry to hijack the thread but I've got a question.

I understand that A is the inner sill/floor pan.

B I understand is this panel...



C is what I don't understand?? Would the original pressing have just be a part of B?

Thanks,

Ed

[blue redtop]

i think
a is the floor pan (not sill)

b is closing plate
c is inner sill,gets welded to floor.

Would the original pressing have just be a part of B? dont know to be honest

nice pics partsguy

Edited by blue redtop, 01 January 2009 - 06:54 PM.