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[johnR]

coming on, what's your plan for engine and final look?

[Mito]

coming on, what's your plan for engine and final look?

I've got a 1275 a series engine to go in which I'll rebuild and tune but not sure exactly what yet.

I'm going to keep the same blue and probably a metallic black roof and bonnet stripes.

[Mito]

3 weeks after my last post we had to move house (buyer getting antsy).

 

The shell is currently in my parents garage, due to us having to move in to temporary accommodation for 6 months, and should be being picked up in a few weeks time.

 

In the meantime I've been collecting the remaining panels, decided to put heritage panels on the frontend rather than the aftermarket panels I had originally bought for it.

 

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Also bought some of the parts for refurbing the rear arms and also the tool to fit the new bushes.

 

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Picked up a parts washer and shot blasting cabinet

 

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And started to strip down one of the rear arms, just inner bearing race proving a pita to remove. Gave it a bit of a clean up in the shot blasting cabinet as well - it needs more before painting.

 

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more parts awaiting refurb

 

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[Mito]

Today the mini was moved to it's new home.

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[Mito]

Only had chance to do a little bit on it this weekend but at least it's a start.

Fabricated and welded on a repair piece for the top of the inner wing.

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Cut off the bulk of the skittle.

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Originally I was going to leave the skuttle on but seeing what's underneath and the poor repair to one of the corners and the closing plates, I'm glad I've cut it off.

Next up well be removing the remnants of the skuttle and then cleaning it all up. I also need to make a repair to the passenger side inner wing around the fresh air vent hole. It has a plate welded around it covering some corrosion.

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[Viktor]

Good decision about the scuttle, the closing panels get very rusted and all around them... Doing mine now...

 

Victor.

[Mito]

Today's job was cutting away the remaining pieces of scuttle and the rusty part of the flitch panel

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Put a bit of primer on.
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Flitch cut out.

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[Mito]

Removed the paint from inside the a pillar and treated it with deox gel

 

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Then applied some hydrate 80 and over painted with epoxy mastic primer.

 

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Then got to work stripping the paint of the bulk head

 

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The plan for the bulk head is to strip the paint off to ensure there's no rust lurking under the old paint, then cover with deox gel to remove any rust before the new scuttle is put on and the front end.

[Mito]

The next job was to start repairing the flitch. I cut out the part from a glitch repair panel and welded it in.

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There are another couple of pieces that I'll need to fabricate.

Next, I started cleaning up the top half of the bulkhead.

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Then I applied some detox gel and left overnight.

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[Mito]

Today I fabricated a couple of pieces to complete the flitch repair and welded them in.

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[Mito]

The Deox gel was left on for over 48 hours before it was cleaned off. 

 

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Overall the results were good but there was still a bit of rust left on the left side, so I applied some more deox gel for a couple of hours to try to get the remainder.

 

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After this I prepped it for some epoxy primer.

 

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I did get a few runs in it but shouldn't matter as it will be flatted back before top coating and this is more just to prevent it from rusting.

[Mito]

This week the scuttle has been welded and the two closing plates

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Then the wings and front panel were clamped back on ready for welding.

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On the whole it has lined up quite well. The only real issue at the moment is the gap between the wing and bonnet increases to from the width of a £2 coin to the width of 2 £2 coins as it goes back towards the scuttle. Both wins are against the edge of the inner wing, so there's no way of moving them further in.

[Mito]

The front-end is now welded on. No turning back now :).

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This week, I'm focusing on grinding the welds back and tidying them up.
So far I've completed the o/s a panel seam and the two sides of the wings.


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[lsto]

Nice to see you making progress on this, it's beginning to look like a car again, keep up the good work.

[Mito]

I've ground back most of the welds on the frontend now; missed the ones under the drivers side front panel lip though, so still have to grind these back 

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Yesterday I spent welding on the upper engine arm steady bracket to the bulk head cross member and opened up the holes for the upper shock absorber mounts ready to weld on the  captive nuts for the bottom of the mounts.

 

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I run a few welds across the top to help stop it from pulling away.

 

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Edited by Mito, 25 August 2024 - 09:35 AM.