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[colinf1]

Gonna have to go stainless for this if I want to etch it, they cant do Aluminium to a good enough quality.

 

Mock up of dash - I haven't included the cut out for the speedo surround, will need to refit it to the car, get some dimensions and cut the stainless to suit. I decide to put a glovebox compartment in it too, but will need to size something to suit later on in the rebuild.

 

 

Detail around speaker area. The speaker mesh will be glued to the backside of the stainless, then the L cut out will be glue to the mesh

 

[colinf1]

Also, does anybody know if I anybody does a boot badge that says Leyland Mini with the Leyland logo on the right?

Mini is faded, was thinking of getting a vinyl sticker made to stick over the top of it, like so..

 

Edited by colinf1, 10 July 2014 - 04:31 AM.

[timmy850]

A bloke on here does them... this is his site

http://martincull.cr...ear-Badges.html

[megamini_jb]

The dashboard looks great!

[colinf1]

Excellent, thanks, will order one shortly, saves me messing about trying to restore this one!

[Jared Mk3]

Yes, Sticky Fingers do a really good job and are so helpful. They gave me free stuff as well when I ordered my things.

[colinf1]

 

testing some chrome vinyl stripe. need to straighten a bit of the metal up,its a bit wonky in places!

[colinf1]

Test fit of the switch panel (printed card version), Looks like a snug fit! Will need to sort some brackets out for it to screw into.

 

 

Back to the boot lid, sanded down the outside, removing all visible surface rust. Onto the backside and gave it a quick going over with the wirebrush on the grinder, revealed some patchy bits of tinworm. Treating this at the minute with rust convertor, hopefully be able to fill it up with weld.

 

 

 

 

Will let the rust convertor do its thing for an hour or so, then hit it with a bit of etch and move onto stripping a door

[colinf1]

Started on the doors, decided to start with the drivers door. A nice thick layer of paint stripper and let it sit for a while. After 20 minutes are so the paint started lifting, only to reveal another layer of top coat red. So, used a scraper to remove what had lifted, then applied another layer of stripper. Covered it up with cling film this time.

Left it for another 20mins and still no reaction had taken place. Decided to get into it with the scraper, it started to peel off what looked like a plastic coat, followed by some nice yellow primer, followed by some filler and eventually the original paint and primer.

 

 

 

 

Passenger door was alot easier, although I still need to get down along the bottom edge, see if there is any rust holes.

 

 

 

Boot lid got a sanding

 

[Jared Mk3]

That switch panel will look really good in there. Keep it up, enjoying the updates.

[colinf1]

Cheers mate, hopefully will get a price early this week coming.

 

Back to the doors today, another 2 coats of stripper eventually got the drivers door in a state where I could attack it with the wire wheel on grinder.

 

Have no idea why there was so much bog on it, no signs of any kinks or dents, a few rust holes along the bottom and side and around the hinges, but no reason for all the bog in the middle of the panel. Used the gloss of the wet etch to sight it for distorsion, but couldnt see anything obvious. A bit dinged along the top where the bottom window seal goes.

 

 

 

 

 

Passenger door cleaned up pretty good, again one or two rust holes along the bottom, but nothing major.

 

 

 

Got the boot lid etch'd up too,

 

 

Another part cleaned up nicely, number plate light.

 

 

Salvaged these from a commodore, should fit ok, the metal on that was on the drivers door had worn the paint off, so as these are plastic, should be ok.

 

 

Need to try and remove the piece of metal thats on the lower dash rail that you can see on that photo, possibly going to have to cut it off and plug weld it in behind, then smooth it all off.

[Ben_O]

Nice work

[colinf1]

I got a bugle on the tunnel, I assume this is from the floor start on older models? I noticed the carpet set I got says it will sit proud on this bugle, i.e its not moulded to cover it nicely.

 

Could I, just cut it out and weld in a piece that is folded/bent to suit the profile of the tunnel?

[colinf1]

Got cracking a bit on it today, well had a bit of a tidy up 1st. Then I put the wheel back on, reattached the steering column and decided to take it outside to start stripping paint.

 

 

Pickup up a stripper disc for the grinder, its good, but it wears out pretty quickly. Leaves the metal nice and fresh tho.

 

 

 

Hopefully its a good day tomorrow, get it back outside and get the roof cleaned up.

[colinf1]

Pushed back into the garden this morning, another nice thick coat of stripper applied. Its a nice calm and sunny day here, so hopefully get a good run at it, hopefully have it all stripped and a quick coat of etch by end of today.

 

 

Letting it sit in the sun with a 2nd coat applied

 

 

Quick cuppa tea and this update then back to it!