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[scsracing]

Just a little bit done today, Dad's given the r/h seat crossmember a thorough de-rusting prior to welding over the end




and then fabricated a repair panel to close it up once the cross member has been internally etch primed primed and top coated. This seems to be an ongoing theme with my car.


Yet again we have been let down with replacement door steps being the wrong shape again. This time SC Parts in Crawley, and the funny thing is they are identical to the Magnum panels Mmmmm!!!!!! so that's it time to modify panels that should fit AGAIN > > >

Anybody going to the Himley Hall show next month, my wallet is going to get a very thorough spanking, full suspension, hi lo's, calipers, disc's etc etc etc, not sure if dad's car is going to be big enough.

[sonikk4]

I mentioned about poor fitting door steps in an earlier post so here's the proof


so it was time to section it and shrink it down in size, 2 cuts later with a 1mm steel cutting disc and a little hammer action you get this


then out with the clamps and the welder and you get this a some what better fit bar the sill flange


Then once its welded in you get this with some more hammer and block work.


All i all a lot of work for a poxy small panel. I had chopped down a Magnum door step but it was even worse than the old Sc parts step. Not only was it too wide but the stepped sections were totally different to match the existing contours on the car. I suppose this is the price you pay for after market panels.

[exuptoy]

Amazing work, a credit to you both..................but mainly your dad. Lol

[mini670]

Fantastic work with the door step, blends in lovely now.
I thought mine was bad, i had to do a bot of slitting also.

[rick.spi]

HI. ive heard all about this project this weekend, now i can put images to the stories haha.

its come on along way from the beginning, itl be nice when its on the road, it will be a mega sense of acheivement.

loving the powdercoated bits, look very yummy.

i can now vouch to how good your dads welding/fab skills are, as he has been welding my sills over this weekend. which turned from a 1 day job to a 3 day job chasing rust .

i'll be following this to see how it comes together... best of luck

Edited by rick.spi, 18 April 2010 - 11:27 PM.

[sonikk4]

Cheers to everyone for your comments, it defo a labour of love minis, more finicky than women and thats saying something.

Just got a quote for the respray £1400 large but there is a lot of spraying to do, hopefully we will do the majority of the prep work before it goes to get its new shiney coat in the summer.

[davej]

Excellent work by both of you

[scsracing]

Things have been a bit quite work wise with the car at the moment as dad was busy welding rick spi's mini but in the mean while he made these at work



and this new inner sill section for the l/h side



He has got a few days off now so hopefully he will finish the r/h side of the car apart from the door skin which he is going to do again but this time with a Heritage panel as he was not happy with the way it bulges out at the top. Shame really as the rest of it looks really good.

[vaughn1]

Things have been a bit quite work wise with the car at the moment as dad was busy welding rick spi's mini but in the mean while he made these at work



and this new inner sill section for the l/h side



He has got a few days off now so hopefully he will finish the r/h side of the car apart from the door skin which he is going to do again but this time with a Heritage panel as he was not happy with the way it bulges out at the top. Shame really as the rest of it looks really good.

sorry for my ignorance lol but what are they in the top picture???

[scsracing]

Things have been a bit quite work wise with the car at the moment as dad was busy welding rick spi's mini but in the mean while he made these at work



and this new inner sill section for the l/h side



He has got a few days off now so hopefully he will finish the r/h side of the car apart from the door skin which he is going to do again but this time with a Heritage panel as he was not happy with the way it bulges out at the top. Shame really as the rest of it looks really good.

sorry for my ignorance lol but what are they in the top picture???

Ahh they are for repairing the window frame edge sections for the windscreen, rear screen and side windows. They are pitted in several places so as he is putting in so much work replacing and repairing practically all of the car structure then it would be a shame to leave these to rust later.

[scsracing]

Well today Dad fitted the r/h outer sill


and then plugged a few more drain holes in the r/h rear floor, before

after


There are a few more drain holes to plug then he will finish fitting the r/h A panel before moving onto the window cutout repairs on the r/h side of the car.

[Rented]

amazing build thread so far , loving the detail taken and also the attention to prep of surfaces and protection from future problems by tackling every head on !!!

I will anticipate the next update !!!

[scsracing]

Dads been busy again this time with the steering rack mount which was getting a tad crusty

Removed mount



rust on the bulkhead covered by the mount


cleaned up mount


cleaned up bulkhead


he will will refit it tomorrow, he also finished fitting the A panel with just the skin peg holes to weld up

[scsracing]

Dad welded on the steering rack mount but had problems with his welder now sorted thankfully


he then moved on to sorting some of the smaller stuff namely the gap between the A panel/wing flange and scuttle flange



He can be picky and was not happy with the edge of the wing/wheel arch to front panel

so he cut through the welds and tweaked it slightly to get this


He also tidied up some other welds before re-priming, tomorrow he will definitely be cutting out the crusty window flanges.

[edi57]

I'm absolutely loving your top quality metal work. It's great to see a project coming together at a good solid pace and being done to such a high standard.

Super work!

Ed