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[Carlos W]

I am even tempted to cut it out and start again 

 

IMM 2016 is fast approaching

[Ben_O]

I know!

 

Might have to go in yours??

[Mini Waco]

ah.. another fabulous restoration.  Thanks for sharing your project.  Haven't finished it all (yet), but will do so in the coming days.

[ToM 2012]

Doesn't look bad at all Ben done a lovely job of the floor you won't notice or take much attention once it's on the wheels. cheers Tom

[Ben_O]

Cheers guys.

 

No more progress yet as my eye hasn't fully recovered yet.

 

Should get back to it after Christmas if all goes well.

 

Ben

[Zeemax Adventure]

Haha you sound like me....perfection is key although from the pics that floor looks pretty good to me

[Ben_O]

Haha you sound like me....perfection is key although from the pics that floor looks pretty good to me

Cheers!

 

yeah, i am aiming to get it looking like it hasn't been touched. I'm not a fan of visible plates and patches even underneath the car or beneath carpets etc where you might not necessarily see them.

 

I'm not trying to fool anyone by doing this, i just want it to have that factory fresh look through and through if i can

[Ben_O]

I clamped up the inner wing again today to have a look at the mammoth gap there seems to be between the bottom front edge of the Inner sill where it tucks behind.

 

Got a pair of c grips in through one of the drain holes and it's almost there. I don't know how it happened because the inner sill is straight and so is the floor.

 

I guess it's just a Mini thing...

[Zeemax Adventure]

I completely agree all plates wherever they are should have welds ground down and then skimmed and made invisible.  Having a retired panel beater for a dad defo helps :)

 

Glad to hear you've sorted the panel gaps...another one of my pet hates haha

[Ben_O]

Here is a few pics of what i mean.

 

General fit is pretty good considering everything that's been done in this corner!

 

 

Nice and snug to the toe board

 

 

And here it is pulled into the sill with C clamps

 

 

Better than it was, i could get my fingers in the gap that was there and i can't move it up anymore. The floor/sill will have to come down to the inner wing.

 

Just this gap to sort now

 

 

I will clamber into the shell and knock the floor down with a block of wood and a BIG hammer

[Stu.]

Ben, cant you cut the lip off, remove some metal and re-weld it on to lose the excess rather than bashing the floor out

 

Out of interest, would you mind me asking where the inner wing was from, I see its heritage. I was thinking of ordering one from M Machine but looking at the price I guess they are non-gen ?

[Ben_O]

Ben, cant you cut the lip off, remove some metal and re-weld it on to lose the excess rather than bashing the floor out

 

Out of interest, would you mind me asking where the inner wing was from, I see its heritage. I was thinking of ordering one from M Machine but looking at the price I guess they are non-gen ?

I did consider that but as it fit's so badly there, it must mean the floor is too high so it will have to go down.

 

I won't be bashing the floor about, it will have 1 or two sharp blows with a nice big block of wood. It won't do any damage if done correctly.

 

My inner wing came from M-machine. I think they are about the cheapest.

 

Ben

[lyndseyp27]

Pffffft. Still not finished Ben?!?!?! ;)

[Ben_O]

Pffffft. Still not finished Ben?!?!?! ;)

Just the carb to tune a bit now and it will be off for it's MOT test

 

[ToM 2012]

Mine stuck out abit when I done mine i got the hammer and taped it in to the floor and then clamped in place I had to do some trimming here and there to get it to fit good tho. Also on the other side when I offered the wing on it had a finger gap all the way down the top edge where the bonnet sits I had to add a bigger piece in so the wing sat better and level with the other side. Test your wing before you weld it on . Looking good tho mate keep it up cheers Tom