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[Adam1275]

A small update today. 

 

Started off with the flat metal threaded bar that the front upper shock mount bolts to. On the drivers side the bottom bar was missing so had to go about making one. 

 

Started off with a flat bar:

 

Then cut it to size & drilled two holes in it:

 

Then threaded & primed:

 

 

I still have to weld it on the next time. I then set about adding the metal to the hole on the side of the inner wing: 

 

 

Then primed:

 

 

That's small update for today but should hopefully get more done on Monday.

[Adam1275]

Another quick update 

 

Started today by welding in the washer bottle bracket:

 

and the bonnet prop bracket to the inner wing:

 

 

I also welded the scuttle closing panel to the inner wing:

 

 

I still have to finish plug welding the inner wing along the bottom of the floor:

 

That was all for today.

[Adam1275]

Started working on the bonnet today. It was a second hand bonnet that I had bought and thought it was rust free untill I removed a stuck on piece of foam along the top lip to find this:

 

 

 

 

 

So off came the lip. Going to try replacing it since it's only £20 compared to the near £200 of a new Heritage bonnet.

 

 

Cleaned up the edge and put some deox gel on to work overnight:

 

 

Also put some around the holes for the badge as some very light surface rust was starting for form there:

 

 

[Adam1275]

The deox gel worked a treat. Here's the bonnet after being left overnight:

 

 

 

Then removed, washed and wire brushed:

 

 

 

Then primed waiting on the new lip to arrive:

 

While I am waiting on the new lip to come, I have started working on the front parcel shelf and bottom dash rail. Today I removed the old one to find alot of surface rust along the seam of the parcel shelf. So I cleaned it up and applied some deox gel and covered it to remove tomorrow:

 

 

 

I also primed the RH boxing plate ready to be welded in hopefully tomorrow:

 

[Daz1968]

Looking good,

A bit of advice though on the bonnet lip, I fitted mine after epoxy primer and put tigerseal in between it and the bonnet lip and held in place with pop rivets as I found they usually start rusting from the spot welds, mine had been like this for over twenty years and no rust on either part.

[Adam1275]

Looking good,

A bit of advice though on the bonnet lip, I fitted mine after epoxy primer and put tigerseal in between it and the bonnet lip and held in place with pop rivets as I found they usually start rusting from the spot welds, mine had been like this for over twenty years and no rust on either part.

 

Yeah seems a common place to start rusting, I'll look into your way of fitting it thanks 

[Adam1275]

Started working on the door hinges to get the doors on to align the front end. I had 6 door hinges but most had either broken studs, stripped threads and one even had 2 bent studs:

 

 

 

Decided to replace the studs with M8 Stainless Steel studs, so they should last. Started by taking out the roll pin in the hinges. I then drilled out and tapped in a M8 thread:

 

 

 

I then cut the stainless threaded rod to size and welded along the back to hold the stud in:

 

 

 

I just have to clean the hinges up now and then give them a coat of paint before putting in new roll pins.

[Steve220]

Nice work with the hinges! What are you doing about the galvanic corrosion between the 2 metal types?

[Adam1275]

Nice work with the hinges! What are you doing about the galvanic corrosion between the 2 metal types?

 

I'm using a Corrosion Inhibitor on both of the metals to try and prevent this. The threads of the stud that are inside the hinge were also painted before the stud was welded to try and stop this. 

[Adam1275]

Started today by taking the hinges back to bare metal. Started off like this:

 

 

Then taken back to bare metal:

 

 

Then added a layer of primer to all the hinges:

 

And then painted them:

 

 

 

I left the hinges to dry overnight and should hopefully get them built back up tomorrow. While they were drying I started back at the bonnet. The new bonnet lip arrived from Mini Sport:

 

 

Punched some holes and primed it ready to be welded onto the bonnet:

 

Clamped on and double checked the chrome finisher to make sure it was in the correct position: 

 

 

Then welded on and the welds dressed back:

 

 

 

[Adam1275]

Left the hinges to dry overnight and they turned out well:

 

 

 

and they look alot better than they did to start with:

 

 

I'm going to leave them for a while to let the paint harden more before I put the pins back in. So started prepping the front end panels to be welded. The passenger wing is an original Rover one that my dad bought from a dealer in 2002/03 and has stored ever since:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Steve220]

What are you spraying the panels with?

[Adam1275]

What are you spraying the panels with?

 

The panels are sprayed with Upol Zinc 2 weld through primer on the edges that will be welded together.