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[panelbeaterpeter]

Sam - yes I etch primed the sill and then applied the zinc weld through primer.

You can get that sound deadening from any bodyshop suppliers, or even online.

[HARBER07]

Top quality work

What do you use to dress down the welds?

Metal grinding stone on a grinder, followed by 60 grit fibre discs on a backing pad on the grinder, and a die grinder and a belt sander for tricky bits.

Any chance of some pictures of these Pete?, as i could do with getting something decent to finish welds.

Wish i could make panels like that!

It's just a normal 4.5 inch grinder with a metal grinding stone, the same grinder but with one of these with a 60 grit fibre disc, a die grinder with a conical metal burr, and a normal 520mm long belt sander.

Cheers Pete! Was never sure how those fibre discs worked to be honest, I've never seen the backing pad.

[panelbeaterpeter]

Small update - I got the pictures of the other sill..

Queue lots of pictures or rusty holes..

Rear floor area


Middle of inner sill


Front of inner sill


Rear subframe mounting point - no welding required!! yippeee


2 little holes in the front floorpan


Another nice plate on the flitch, welded by me, before seam welding had been invented.


Hole on bottom of rear quarter


Holed rear bin area


Got a little welding done tonight, cut out the rusted area of the rear floor



Plate made and tacked in


Plate fully welded with new hanger bracket

[guywithvan]

any reason to put the 'slinging' bracket back,other than originality? im cleaning my floor up at the mo and decided just to loose them (even though still solid) to save enticing rust in the future....

other than that fancy a weekend in my garage it's taking me ages to get my outer cills off ,and of course your doing a cracking job here fella im using it for inspiration

[panelbeaterpeter]

Nah just for originality really, and to practice my fabrication skills

Cheers..

[mighty mini jack]

Nice work Chicken.

[Pauly]

Nice work, how did you make the little bump in the floor panel? Good bit of fab skill .

[panelbeaterpeter]

Thanks Jack..

Pauly - I just marked where the bump should go on the plate, and hammered it over an open vice, open to the same width of the bump, with a panel hammer.

[jack_marshall]

Oh dude those previous flitch repairs are fantastic!

But seriously, it will be another minter when you've had your wicked way with it.

Is it staying COF?

[panelbeaterpeter]

Haha tell me about it!! I remember thinking they were really good when I did them..

And yeah it's staying flame red, it's the colour it left the factory in, and I don't want to have to repaint the inside

[Deathrow]

It's just a normal 4.5 inch grinder with a metal grinding stone, the same grinder but with one of these with a 60 grit fibre disc, a die grinder with a conical metal burr, and a normal 520mm long belt sander.

Just purchased one of those backing pads and some 60 grit fiber discs. Cheers Pete . I have many welds that need more dressing now that I've seen how neat yours are again!

[panelbeaterpeter]

Cool! just don't dress it too much, or you can end up burning through!

[Deathrow]

Cool! just don't dress it too much, or you can end up burning through!

I shall be warey! Can't wait to say the welding has come to an end, I've learnt alot, but I'd like a break from it for a few years (while the Mini grows some fresh rust).

[MiniHarriett<3]

Naughty bad poorly rust!

Attack it with vengeance!

i hope we'll be seeing you al malvern!

keep the good work up! x

[James182]

Looks great as always buddy! Flo needs to meet Moe soon. I think flo is older though so may not work out? hmmm we shall see.

Ta ta