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[Mini-Mad-Craig]

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Edited by Mini-Mad-Craig, 16 April 2013 - 06:58 PM.

[HarrysMini]

Looking good mate. How rotten is the rest of the car? Is it as bad as the floor?

Looks like an interesting thread anyway, will be following.

Harry

[mini danny]

if I was you my next step would be to think logically what does the floor weld to ? toe board, headboard door steps ect I would see what they are like and do them next so the shell can have the floor welded in then the shell will have regained a lot of strength, then I would worry about stripping the car down any further


Dan

[ToM 2012]

Looking good mate. How rotten is the rest of the car? Is it as bad as the floor?

Looks like an interesting thread anyway, will be following.

Harry

hi harry basically its going to need new metal from the bottom a foot up. the whole floor has gone. the boot floor is like sogey cardboard. i dont even want to look at it yet cheers tom

[ToM 2012]

if I was you my next step would be to think logically what does the floor weld to ? toe board, headboard door steps ect I would see what they are like and do them next so the shell can have the floor welded in then the shell will have regained a lot of strength, then I would worry about stripping the car down any further


Dan

sounds good. will have to get some panels how much isit to buy a complete floor panel?

[Andrew O]

Christ another one already, you've either got too much money, time or are just mental. Haha only kidding.
I shall be following

Andrew

[mini danny]

from what I remember there about 500 from m machine. I would inspect the above areas and order those nesscery panels first unless you can afford to order them all lol

[ToM 2012]

Christ another one already, you've either got too much money, time or are just mental. Haha only kidding.
I shall be following

Andrew

i was putting 20 a week away for it lol ive wanted a mk1 for ages. and this one popped up 5 minutes up the road so was very ideal. everyone even my old man thinks i am tapped in the head and hes not sure im hes restoring this ile prove him wrong!! enjoy.

[ToM 2012]

nope lol will be long time before i can buy any panels just need to get a added price up so i can start thinking about saving up. cheers tom

[ToM 2012]

£500! dam. must be a cheaper option.

[Minidarren83]

You can get them cheaper buying the floor halves and tunnel and welding together but the full £500 floor comes with outer sills and heal board in line as it should be so takes the guess work out of it when you have as little reference points as you do

[ToM 2012]

You can get them cheaper buying the floor halves and tunnel and welding together but the full £500 floor comes with outer sills and heal board in line as it should be so takes the guess work out of it when you have as little reference points as you do

cheers darren looks like a full floor is the way then. thanks tom

[mattprinn1997]

I've had an idea of how you can cut the boot off, and everything under it, all in one go: take off the boot lid wire, then just let the lid drop, im sure most of it will come off in one go

[chabmk]

After seeing it earlier it does need some love, but it will be so worth the effort, especially being a Mk1!

thanks. it needs alot of work but as its my first time doing something this bad! it makes me think it impossible to rebuild

Nah it's not impossible, I thought that about mine, and I'm sure there I much worse out there. If you put your mind to something it can work. It's justs awesome to see someone wanting to keep another classic alive!

[jagman.2003]

I forgot to mention how much sweeping up is needed in this sort've restoration...! Something I did a few times was use an existing panel that was slightly rotten just as a reference. It would be in the right place & basically strong enough to hold. I would screw the new panel to it, then replace all those around it. The passenger doorstep & was an example. I screwed the new floor to it, welded up the floor completely, then took out the passenger doorstep.Hope that makes sense.

Edited by jagman.2003, 17 April 2013 - 12:07 PM.