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[minisi35]

Was just about to stone chip the sill and realised i hadnt plated the jacking point( which i wont be using)
made a template

these are still the best sheet metal cutters i find

drilled and ready to weld


not my best welding but its sealed the hole

[minisi35]

job done!!!!!!!!!!

[minisi35]

Bit more done, have test fitted the boot lid and marked up where the rubber strap is goin

[charlietuffery]

Brilliant job on the rebuild buddy. Just wondering what sort of Sealants and primers etc you would reccomend ?

[benjy_18]

looking pretty awesome so far buddy!

will you be driling some venting holes in the oversills?

[minisi35]

looking pretty awesome so far buddy!

will you be driling some venting holes in the oversills?

I wasnt going too, the only holes that will be through the sills will be for the roll cage. I hadnt really thought about venting

[minisi35]

Brilliant job on the rebuild buddy. Just wondering what sort of Sealants and primers etc you would reccomend ?

so far ive used granville seam sealer, gravitex stone chip, and hammerite underseal

[benjy_18]

its a good idea to put some holes in them, or even on the inner sills. it allows any condensation to evaporate and stops the sills rusting from the inside, out.

[minisi35]

good point , ive got a couple of holes in the inner sill where ive put wax in. I was going to fill them in but think i will leave them

[1977 Loud_Mini]

You've got some good welding and fabrication skills, I like the rear boot hook, very rally style. Heres mine on my mini, and the hook cost a fair bit of money really:



Evan.

[minisi35]

You've got some good welding and fabrication skills, I like the rear boot hook, very rally style. Heres mine on my mini, and the hook cost a fair bit of money really:



Evan.

Thanks Evan, i was lucky to buy the hook for £7 and got the hooks quite cheap through work. Yours looks great!! did you buy the headlamp covers or make them?

[minisi35]

finished the boot last night and fitted the mk2 handle

[minisi35]

Realised after fitting the dash rail that the works dash i had made using the original patterns , wasnt going to fit. This is because the works ones sat forward of the dash rail but my roll cage sits flush with the front of the rail. So i had to modify the "box" so it now sits flush. This also brought up another problem in that the front piece is bolted in 3 places along the top and bottom. The 2 end bolts are now not accessable do i had to weld in the strips of metal you can see in the pic


Im going to have to remake this front piece as its steel and some of the holes need changing. Ive got some nice alloy lined up to do the job

[minisi35]

bit more progress plated the speedo hole.
First bolted in the plate i had cut out


welded and cleaned up

from behind

[minisi35]

bit more done,im using different size heater hose so the hole doesnt need to be as big
Templates made

handy tool this magnet

not to bad was running low on gas

cleaned up and done, just got to sealer it