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[joezone2001]

Hi all
Not a fantastic update. I have welded the bit that the subframe rests on onto the repair piece that I did the other day. The picture is rubbish though.



I seam welded round the edge as before it was just welded on at each end and all round the sides had gone rotten as that was where all the road crap had gathered. I think it should be better protected now though. I will grind it all down when the car is on its side. It should look 100x better.. (hopefully)

Hope everyone's had a great weekend!
Joe

Oh, by the way the shocking wheel arch repair isn't mine.. It was on the car when I got her. I have yet to investigate properly.. Doesn't look too bad from the top so im unsure why the patch is so big.. The mind boggles.. Haha.

[joezone2001]

Hi All.
Today we fitted the new door step and rear quarter repair section on the passenger side. It went ok but I think that a genuine repair section would have been a better idea due to fitment etc.

We have checked the door gaps and they seem really good.

Clamped on


Welded on




We also dropped the car down from the stands onto a pallet. My camera is now on the blink though so no pictures. My next bit to tackle is the scuttle and roof area.
Thanks for looking. Comments always welcome
Joe

[Jasonc]

Welded on

Looks like someone had their Weetabix!

[joezone2001]

Welded on

Looks like someone had their Weetabix!

haha. yes.. best meal of the day.
joe

[joezone2001]

Hi All. Today I have been doing some more stripping. I removed the rest of the windows, the headlining and the rear seatbelts. I shouild

have done this ages ago but didn't gete round to it.



I also ground down the rust round the rear windows.. 1 hole found.... Bonus! haha. thought it was going to be much worse..

There was a bad looking piece round the front windscreen that I was worried about. Turns out it was just surface rust! I treated

it and etched over to protect.



I also did some playing about with my new panels and mocked up one of my new wings.. A LONG way off but it's nice to have a bit of

inspiration...

Lol.

Tomorrow I will work towards removing the scuttle panel. Comments always welcome.

Thanks for looking, Joe.

[joezone2001]

Hi Everyone.
Today I have removed the scuttle and found that it had been 'fixed' before.. When I say fixed I mean bodged.. Never mind I was cutting it off anyway.. I also ground all the welds back that we did at the weekend and etch primed the new doorframe.

The old scuttle looked worse for wear so I knew I had to replace it. I drilled out the spotwelds and started to prize it away from the car. All went well actually. I had an idea that the drivers side had been repaired before but I almost laughed when I saw how it had been done. Someone had actually BONDED a new piece over a rusty hole and then slapped filler over the top!



Drivers side.. Gulp... The closing plate wasn't there anymore so I knew it would be bad..

Passenger side.. Not too bad..



Overall view


So overall I don't think its too bad. Shouldn't take too much to put the new one on.

The new side panel and door frame.




I also welded up all the holes that we had bolted the door frame brace through.

Thanks for looking. Comments/advice always welcome.
Cheers, Joe

[Jasonc]

Can't wait to see the finished mini! All this hard work you are putting in will be worth it :)

[joezone2001]

Can't wait to see the finished mini! All this hard work you are putting in will be worth it :)

hi. thanks for the comments. glad to know someones reading lol. I can't wait either. ordered new scuttle and closing panels yesterday. got to get some more metal to sort out the tops of the flitch/ inner wings.. will get there though..
cheers.
Joe

[Jasonc]

Hi Joe, I'm following it, only problem is I am getting increasingly jealous lol

[joezone2001]

Hi Joe, I'm following it, only problem is I am getting increasingly jealous lol

haha thanks but don't be jealous.. I honestly have no clue what I'm doing lol.
today I ground down some rust patches round the body, treated them and etch primed them. she is getting there slowly.. you will get there with yours. I recently purchased a welder and things are progressing a bit quicker now.
thanks for the comment. joe

[sonikk4]

You are cracking along with it but i would seriously recommend you chop out the area you have treated along the top of the rear quarter panel. Its pitted so will rust again. It will be the same for a lot of the other areas as well. Remember the metal is less than 1mm thick on 90% of the panels on the car.

I maybe went over the top with Project Erm chopping out all of the pitted metal but at least i know the rust will not come back.

[joezone2001]

You are cracking along with it but i would seriously recommend you chop out the area you have treated along the top of the rear quarter panel. Its pitted so will rust again. It will be the same for a lot of the other areas as well. Remember the metal is less than 1mm thick on 90% of the panels on the car.

I maybe went over the top with Project Erm chopping out all of the pitted metal but at least i know the rust will not come back.

thanks for the comment. I know the bit you're on about. I think you're right. I had already mostly decided to chop it out. just building up the courage haha. my panel making skills aren't up to scratch yet. I'm sort of building up to it till I'm ready. I think the passenger side has been bodged before as there is a long dint under the window that was filled with filler. its easily get out-able though so I don't understand why someone has filled it.. the mind boggles. I suppose its good to have all these previous bodges to sort out.. it teaches me how NOT to do things lol.
thanks for the advice I value people's opinions as I am a total novice. I have also decided to take all the paint off the car as I have stripped paint back before with no visable blemishes and found rust. so I'm not chancing it.
cheers. Joe

[joezone2001]

hi All.
this isn't a fantastic update.. I've been busy these past few weeks on other things ie, garden, house and stuff. not really done much to the mini.
I have now bought all the materials needed to make the spit. I got a long tube from parkside steel in Mansfield that'll do the job nicely. well priced too. I also got plenty of sheet metal. 18guage and 20guage.
today I made a piece to repair under the passenger side rear window. its come out OK. just needs cutting out and welding in. that will be tomorrows job.


thanks for looking.
Joe

Edited by joezone2001, 17 September 2012 - 05:04 PM.

[joezone2001]

Hi All.
Today I welded the repair piece in for the rear passenger window.It's not come out too bad. There will be filler needed but for my first cosmetic repair I don't think it's too bad.




Comments always welcome.
Cheers, Joe

[stretch tech]

Hi joe, some cracking work here since I last checked, great job :) this is really weird how your 30 has rotted exactly same as mine :0 I had virtually non existent scuttle closures and a pitted rear quarter window frame too :L lol

Keep up the great work mate, don't worry, it won't be long before you are fitting the arches ready for paint prep haha

Rhys