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Posted 20 April 2018 - 06:19 PM
slow on the updates again...
Did some sanding down of the C pillars. Not perfect by any means, but a good start:
Then I tried to finish off the spot welds on teh valance. got them wonky which has really pissed me off!
Will have to sort that! grrrrrrr
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Up Into Fourth
Posted 20 April 2018 - 06:25 PM
Give them a quick once over with the lap wheel then some filler mate. Its what was done on mine and you can't tell!
Edited by Steve220, 20 April 2018 - 06:25 PM.
One Carb Or Two?
Posted 21 April 2018 - 10:58 PM
Been a busy bee this morning. I finally got around to making a moveable trolley thing to put the body shell on. It wasn't because the BBQ was in the roof of the garage and the car was in the way...
Popped the shell on and wheeled it outside for teh first time in ages!
The wheels are useless on gravel...
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One Carb Or Two?
Posted 19 May 2018 - 04:10 PM
Lost interest in doing the car (again) so built a new fence in teh back garden instead.
Anyway, did a little bit today.In my bid to be more thorough, I'm tryign to work on one panel at a time and finish everything methodically. Started by finishing the spot welds at teh bottom of the quarter panel:
Then cleaning up the top of the quarter panel welds, and adding some filler:
And a little to fill in the pin holes in the rear panel:
Hopefully do some more tomorrow, as the front seam needs a lot of details smoothing out!
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One Carb Or Two?
Posted 20 May 2018 - 05:35 PM
Again, nit much done. Detailgin seems to take so much time!!
Managed to smooth down the filler:
And then spent some time on the front edge of the 1/4 panel
Still needs a lot of work 
I marked out the holes for the wheel arches, but got too scared to actually drill them...
Thats it for today!
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Mill Road Garage
Posted 20 May 2018 - 06:50 PM
Good work James.
This is the part that does take a long time to get perfect. Your approach of completing one panel at a time is great, It's what I do myself and helps to avoid missed bits.
May I suggest using a finer filler on your joins? It doesn't look like you would need too much material depth over them and a finer filler will go in much smoother and rub down a lot finer.
I use Proworx Elite - http://www.proworx.e...um-body-filler/
One Carb Or Two?
Posted 20 May 2018 - 07:13 PM
Good work James.
This is the part that does take a long time to get perfect. Your approach of completing one panel at a time is great, It's what I do myself and helps to avoid missed bits.
May I suggest using a finer filler on your joins? It doesn't look like you would need too much material depth over them and a finer filler will go in much smoother and rub down a lot finer.
I use Proworx Elite - http://www.proworx.e...um-body-filler/
cool, thanks for the heads up! Have ordered some. Was thinking about getting something easier to use but didn't know where to start.
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One Carb Or Two?
Posted 22 May 2018 - 05:18 PM
More updates! Really getting into the swing of it now.
I unpicked some of my spot welds at the bottom of the quter panel. WHen I first put it on I had slightly pushed the panel in with the spotwelder, causing the panel to warp. It wasn't much but enough to be noticable later:
Sorted
Next up was the A pillar. Never been happy with what I'd done, so time to pay it some attention:
Sanded it all back to bare metal
Needed to drill the hole for the door check seal and the door switch screw:
Then did a lot of grinding and a bit of welding to get it in a better shape:
Smoothed down just with 80 grit. There was a high spot in the weld join, so sanded that down with the belt grinder. Will sort the new dent out when my new filler turns up tomorrow.
I then finished folding the A panel lip around using the molegrip method:
Much MUCH happier with this corner now!
As I was on a roll I decided to sort the boot lid out. Original lid, with a small patch I tried to repair a few years ago (piss poor welding skills then!)
Then ground the seams down and separated the skin. I'll let the pics do the talking:
Strangely most of the rust was at the top underneath the lips. Luckily it was just surface rust, so ground it off and Detoxed it:
and gave it a coat of Zinc primer:
Hopefully stick the skin on tomorrow!
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Mill Road Garage
Posted 23 May 2018 - 07:44 AM
Where did you find a boot lid skin James?
Up Into Fourth
Posted 23 May 2018 - 11:46 AM
Nice work on that boot lid, nice to see someone saving the boot lid instead of just buying another.
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Posted 23 May 2018 - 02:44 PM
Where did you find a boot lid skin James?
Minispares sell 'em
https://minispares.c...els/BMP102.aspx
Luckily I'm close to the potters bar shop, and on more than one occasion they've brought out a heritage panel only for me to ask for another due to damage...
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Posted 23 May 2018 - 03:12 PM
More work today. I can't belive how long prep takes and it still looks amaturish! I will probably have to get the paint shop to do final prep as I just don't ahve the skills to make it look really nice and smooth.
Anway, I'm going to do as much as I can. Carrying on with the boot lid skin:
Got the skin propped on the inside, and ran a bead of Tiger seal all around the inner edge
Popped the frame inside and onto teh car to check alignment:
All fine, so took it off and got the seams folded over. I went about 45 deg with the hammer and then did the rest slowly with the mole grip method. Very happy with the results, although I will put a small skim of filler over the indentations the mole grips made
So, turning back to the A pillar, got some of my new filler on as recommended by Ben_O
Then after a shed load of sanding, ended up with this:
The pictures make it look a lot better than it really is...
Had a nightmare with my new rivnut tool, did one nut and snapped the bugger!
Thats it for now
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Mill Road Garage
Posted 23 May 2018 - 05:48 PM
Was that the Silverline riv-nut tool?
If so, I bought one and it broke after the second use. Place I bought it off said they were cheap rubbish
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Posted 23 May 2018 - 06:02 PM
Was that the Silverline riv-nut tool?
If so, I bought one and it broke after the second use. Place I bought it off said they were cheap rubbish
It was a Sealey one. No idea if thats any good
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Posted 02 June 2018 - 06:29 PM
Been on holiday in Cornwall for a week (didn't see a single Mini! 
) so no updates. Did a tiny amount today:
Managed to get the riv nuts into both headlights
Also made a start on re-creating the body number for the slam panel. Not perfect yet, but I'll get there!
Also managed to do a test spot weld using a stud. These will be for the fuel lines and heat shields:
They are not the strongest (it can be pulled off with a forceful twist) but should be strong enough for what I need them for...
Thats it for now!
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