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[big-jay]

Parts Update,

We went to the Minispares event yesterday, was a good turn out. Got a nice discount and some free food !

I've got all the panels I'll need to finish the car off now so will get cracking with that on the weekend. Here's a few pictures.

The panels -



Also bought all the rubber mountings I'll need to re-fit the front subframe when welding the front end on -



And here's a picture of some Minis that were there -



I've also nearly finished stripping the front bulkhead back to bare metal, so some progress / pictures of that coming soon !

Edited by big-jay, 09 July 2014 - 08:34 PM.

[Ben_O]

Blimey it's like a monsoon!

[big-jay]

Blimey it's like a monsoon!

British summer time at its best

[big-jay]

Update,

Well I've finally finished sanding down, treating the surface rust and zinc priming the bulkhead. It's took a good week of doing a few hours before work and most of today, but it looks really good !

Here's a few pictures -









Just need to sand down the outside of the drivers side inner wing, prime it and then that's the front end ready for the new panels !

I also removed this bracket from the bulkhead -





As you can see it's really corroded, was thinking about buying a new one and welding it on, but it doesn't do much. I had a look at my dad's car and it's only got one relay sitting on it, so I think I'm going to leave it off, it will de-clutter the bulkhead which is always a good thing !

I've also had to take back the two wings and bonnet I bought from Minispares. I checked them over when I got home and they had quite a few dents in them, plus the bonnet was a really poor fit ! Should have known really with them being Magnum panels.

Anyway I've now ordered the Heritage alternatives to those panels (which I should have bought in the first place), hoping they'll be a better fit. I'll see how the Magnum front panel fits and if it's as bad as the bonnet was I'll be sending that back and buying the Heritage version too. Will put some photos up when I have them.

Edited by big-jay, 13 July 2014 - 05:28 PM.

[Ben_O]

That bulkhead came up really well mate.

 

You are almost done! Puts me to shame!

 

Ben

[big-jay]

That bulkhead came up really well mate.
 
You are almost done! Puts me to shame!
 
Ben

Cheers Ben, I'm quite happy with the way it looks now.

You've done some cracking work on your Mini, it's coming along really well !

[big-jay]

Update,

I decided to flip the car over today as I wanted to clean of the remaining under seal from the tunnel and boot area. Here's a few pictures.

Flipped on her side (uncle and grandad looking impressed with their efforts )







State of the underside, plenty of surface rust appearing on my welds -



Cleaned up all of the under seal -



Then I sanded down, treated the surface rust, zinc primed and then primed the passenger side floor pan. Will repeat this process on the rest of the floor tomorrow, then I'll seal it all up with some Tiger Seal -



That's all the progress we've got done today.

I've also been thinking about colours for the Mini to be painted in, I quite like this -



I think it's Willow Green with a Snowberry White roof. I'll be pretty much going for the same style as this, low, wide and nicely stance'd with the wheels poking out of the arches. Looks the dogs in my opinion, let me know what you guys think !

[HarrysMini]

Good progress 

 

I like the colour, it's nice to see something more unique. 

[big-jay]

Good progress 
 
I like the colour, it's nice to see something more unique.

Cheers Harry.

I love those bold 60s colours, and I've not seen another one in this colour in the flesh as of yet !

[Daviewonder]

Nice progress. This is fast becoming my favourite build thread.

[big-jay]

Nice progress. This is fast becoming my favourite build thread.

Thanks buddy !

Edited by big-jay, 13 July 2014 - 07:58 PM.

[MiniElliott]

Love this build! 

I have gone for a similar colour to the one you like 

 

 

 

Its Reed green a VW colour and it seems to appear a different shade every time I look at it 

 

Elliott

[big-jay]

Love this build! 
I have gone for a similar colour to the one you like 
Its Reed green a VW colour and it seems to appear a different shade every time I look at it
Elliott

Thanks mate.

That colour actually looks closer to the colour I want. It's so hard to judge from just the pictures. Reed green looks as if it's got a slight grey tinge to it, whereas willow green looks more of a solid green colour, will have to do a bit more research on this !

Do you have the paint code by any chance ?

Edited by big-jay, 13 July 2014 - 08:49 PM.

[MiniElliott]

 

Love this build! 
I have gone for a similar colour to the one you like 
Its Reed green a VW colour and it seems to appear a different shade every time I look at it
Elliott

Thanks mate.

That colour actually looks closer to the colour I want. It's so hard to judge from just the pictures. Reed green looks as if it's got a slight grey tinge to it, whereas willow green looks more of a solid green colour, will have to do a bit more research on this !

 

I will try and get a few pictures of the colour tomorrow for you. Its a hard colour to judge as it always seems to look different in person to the pictures, it certainly is alot lighter than the swab I picked.

[big-jay]

Love this build! 
I have gone for a similar colour to the one you like 
Its Reed green a VW colour and it seems to appear a different shade every time I look at it
Elliott

Thanks mate.
That colour actually looks closer to the colour I want. It's so hard to judge from just the pictures. Reed green looks as if it's got a slight grey tinge to it, whereas willow green looks more of a solid green colour, will have to do a bit more research on this !

I will try and get a few pictures of the colour tomorrow for you. Its a hard colour to judge as it always seems to look different in person to the pictures, it certainly is alot lighter than the swab I picked.

If you could mate that would be great !

Cheers