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[Ben_O]

Thanks Paul.

I shall be in contact before I go much further to discuss a few things. 

 

It's all going well so far though!

 

Cheers

Ben

[Ben_O]

I have finished tidying up the lower flitches.

 

One side straightened and the welds tidies up further

 

 

Then after a through clean up and a light skim it's ready for prep

 

 

I stripped the filler from the other side

 

 

and then tidied up the welds and dressed out the low spots and distortion

 

 

And then a light skim finishes this side too

 

 

I shall come back to the flitches at prep time to re-seal and stonechip.

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[Ben_O]

One of the things I had been asked to do to the Cooper is re-pin and bush the hinges on the drivers door.

There was a fair amount of slop, particularly in the bottom hinge.

 

First thing is to remove the hinges

 

 

I stripped the bottom hinge first and found a lot of wear on the pin

 

 

After drifting the old bronze bush out, I drifted the new one in followed by a new pin

 

 

And did the same with the top hinge

 

 

The pin was fine but the bush was worn through

 

Here it is all assembled back to the door and tried onto the car

 

 

Another job done

[Vinay-RS]

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[floormanager]

Fantastic Ben, thank you.  Love the improvements so far. 

[KTS]

..top marks for getting the hinges off without any of the studs shearing !! 

[Ben_O]

New Mirrors!

 

First, I mark the position of the adaptor plate. This is designed to screw to the standard mirror points of later cars which this does not have

 

 

Drill

 

 

Install riv-nuts

 

 

Attach adaptor and seal

 

 

Followed by the mirror

 

 

And the other side too

 

 

 

Next up, remove the rear seatbelts and strip the paint from inside the boot!

[floormanager]

I can see who I’ve past now:-)

[Ben_O]

I have started on the boot now

I just need to clean it back far enough to see what needs repairing and then the rest can be done once the repairs have been made

 

 

 

The boot board brackets and one tank stand had been rivetted on so I removed those

 

 

And then stripped the paint back. There were several layers and the latest coat had been applied without any prep so it was flaking off 

 

 

 

There are a few holes to sort out as well as some straightening out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ben

[Ben_O]

The patch of filler on the turret was hiding nothing more than a rough plate which although ugly, is sound

 

 

Ill tidy that up

 

The back edge where previous repairs had been made was quite badly distorted and the welds hadn't been tidied very nicely.

I have started to straighten it out and tidy things up

 

 

 

 

George seems to be enjoying the dust and paint peelings. Just look at that dumb smile on his face

[Ben_O]

More corrosion beneath the stiffener.

 

 

Ill need to cut that whole section of floor out and replace it

[floormanager]

Looks like I was right to get you to sort it out    So looking foward to a tidy boot

[JXC Mini GT]

 

George seems to be enjoying the dust and paint peelings. Just look at that dumb smile on his face

 

Charles seems quite happy as well

[Ben_O]

 

 

George seems to be enjoying the dust and paint peelings. Just look at that dumb smile on his face

 

Charles seems quite happy as well

 

Ha ha. We have a George too so I must have got mixed up!

[Ben_O]

Few more repairs on the 'S'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers

Ben