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[Affer]

Still road worthy back in time

[Affer]

Photobucket is playing up so please bare with me




The holes that a previous owner had put in the bulkhead for dustbin lid speakers !!!!!!!

this was the rear parcel shelf when i removed the chipboard and speakers

Edited by Affer, 12 April 2013 - 02:03 AM.

[Affer]

I sort of started some patching up but tired of trying to weld good onto rust so went a bit mad and started a rip down. So far as far as I can remember i have replaced the following.
75% of floor
cross member
both ends of the rear heel board (subframe mounts)
bottom of door frames both sides
both sills
both door hinge pillars and i believe their called filtch panels that are in the front wheel arches.
full boot floor
both rear wheel arches
rear bulk head and parcel shelf(chiselled out of a donar in a scrapyard in -5 degrees)
various smaller closing plates etc some i fabricated myself and others bought
full scuttle panel
both rear side windows bottom inner frames
both companion boxes and all accompnying blanking plates etc

Still to get and fit:
rear valance
two front wings.

Edited by Affer, 12 April 2013 - 02:01 AM.

[rally515]

Wow, thats some big ass holes
Still a lovely mini though

[jagman.2003]

Great looking mini, keep up the good work.

[Affer]

little clean up jobs when the sound of the grinder got too much

seems like along time ago


The boot/seat and arches replaced

[Affer]

These are the bulkhead abd parcel shelf i salvaged from the scrappy. The omly damage was on the bottom corners of the b/head which I have cut out replaced and welded up

before

After

[Affer]

up on the spit to weld up underneath
believe it or not I managed to use the old battery box !!!


subframe mount

[Affer]

I have now finished the underneath so can turn the right way round and start sorting out the inside.

 

All etch primed, primed and ready for undersealing

[Affer]

Undersealing

 The headline on the newspaper is quite apt I think

[Affer]

Rear subby fitted

 

 

 

Engine bay cleaned tidied and painted. Thought it was easier to do while the car is still on its side

[olds_kool_lews]

Looking good!!

[silve1999]

nice work there

[Affer]

maybe looks better in the pics than it really is haha, but thanks for the words of encouragement it goes a long way from fellow mini istas.

[Affer]

Found this picture from many moons ago. Just wondering if any of my fellow restorers can remember waht there garage/shed/lockup looked like before it was full of rusty Mini