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[beaubrad]

looking really good mate what colour you painting it??

[dezshearer]

Back to the way it was, Black, White Roof, Bonnet Stripes, Pin Stripes and Laurel!

[dezshearer]

From this point on, i've decided a to do list will help with the progress and focus me on what needs done.

I'll add to the list as time goes on, having a complete list might demoralise me! lol

To Do List:

Inner Wings seam sealed DONE
Front Panel seam sealed DONE
Both Stonechipped/hammerited

Enginebay seam sealed DONE
Rest of Engine Bay stonechipped
Rest of Engine Bay hammerited

Underside of car seam sealed
Underside of car stonechipped
Underside of car hammerited

Boot seam sealed
Boot stonechipped
Boot hammerited

Inside of car (only some parts) seam sealed
Inside of car (only some parts) stonechipped
Inside of car (only some parts) hammerited

Front Subframe stuff:
Inner boot on passenger driveshaft
Brakes set up on front subframe (set up the new disks!)
weld up the stupid front mount holes i drilled bigger for the bonnet pins, glad i didn't go flip front now!
re-drill the mount holes for front

Fit Front Subby

Rear Subframe stuff:
Brakes set up on rear subframe (rebuild the drums, set up handbrake stuff)
Fit new polybushes to mounts

Fit Rear Subby

Fit old wheels.

At this point i'll have a rolling shell. Woo Hoo


Now.. so far, that doesnt seem like much to read, but theres actually a hell of a lot of work there! Time to get cracking i guess.

[johnbest981]

Doesn't sound like a lot to read?!?! Doesn't sound like a lot to read my a**e! I guess my point is that, your lists are bigger then you give them credit for.

[dezshearer]

Well, i'm going to work on the car tomorrow (Friday 5th) and I plan to get the engine bay and inner wings stonechipped and hammerited at least, then fire that front subframe back in.

If the stonechipping goes well, i might just leave the front subby out, flip her over and do the whole underside in stonechip, a couple of birds with one stone so to speak.#

I'm bringing my good camera with me to the garage as well so, i'll take a few before and after shots!

Edited by dezshearer, 04 December 2008 - 11:59 PM.

[dezshearer]

To Do List:

Inner Wings seam sealed DONE
Front Panel seam sealed DONE
Both Stonechipped DONE
both hammerited

Enginebay seam sealed DONE
Rest of Engine Bay stonechipped DONE
Rest of Engine Bay hammerited

Underside of car seam sealed DONE
Underside of car stonechipped
Underside of car hammerited

Boot seam sealed
Boot stonechipped
Boot hammerited

Inside of car (only some parts) seam sealed
Inside of car (only some parts) stonechipped
Inside of car (only some parts) hammerited

Front Subframe stuff:
Inner boot on passenger driveshaft
Brakes set up on front subframe (set up the new disks!)
weld up the stupid front mount holes i drilled bigger for the bonnet pins, glad i didn't go flip front now!
re-drill the mount holes for front

Fit Front Subby

Rear Subframe stuff:
Brakes set up on rear subframe (rebuild the drums, set up handbrake stuff)
Fit new polybushes to mounts DONE

Fit Rear Subby

Fit old wheels.

At this point i'll have a rolling shell. Woo Hoo

[dezshearer]

Some photos for you all! Good quality too ! You're all spoilt!

The Shell as it was this morning... before work started



Seam Sealer on inner wings!




Seam Sealer on flitch panels! And more inner wing shots.






A good quality shot of the front subframe:


Some of the rear too..


Stonechipping:

You can see were the stonechip reacted with the hammerite on the top of the engine bay, this will be rubbed down and redone. You can paint over stonechip with hammertie, but if you overspray stonechip onto hammerite you get a nasty reaction.








Now, this slowed me down today, while cleaning the rear end for seam sealing and stonechipping, i found a hole.



Now it's fixed:


So i seam sealed the underside and a bit of the back:


Then with more cleaning to continue sealing, i found two more holes, both in the rear subframe mount point in the boot, no drama:


These will be fixed tomorrow, sealed, and stonechipped. minor setback!

Enjoy!!

[nomininolife]

You are doing a great job there


What seam sealer are you using?



David

[dezshearer]

Brushable seam sealer from the local motorfactors. Can't remember who it's made by, but they make the stonechip too.

I can get the name if you want?

Edit: Just remembered, i think its Tetrosyl? really boring looking lol.

Edited by dezshearer, 05 December 2008 - 08:59 PM.

[buddylove]

Great progress! Keep it up

[feybrand]

good job keep it up

[Daveuk]

that's cheating get back to the other shell

i know how you feel when no one replies but i know people are looking

all the best

Dave

[dezshearer]

that's cheating get back to the other shell

i know how you feel when no one replies but i know people are looking

all the best

Dave

Hah cheating my arse, i still have the old shell, theres ALOT of work to do on it, and don't worry, it will get done.

Cheers for the comments all!

Heres a wee update..

Firstly, heres my seam sealer:



the Floor fully sealed:


The floor stonechipped:


The engine bay and inner wings hammerited, still a bit more painting to do, but ran out of hammerite

[dezshearer]

To Do List:

Inner Wings seam sealed DONE
Front Panel seam sealed DONE
Both Stonechipped DONE
both hammerited DONE

Enginebay seam sealed DONE
Rest of Engine Bay stonechipped DONE
Rest of Engine Bay hammerited DONE

Underside of car seam sealed DONE
Underside of car stonechipped DONE
Underside of car hammerited

Boot seam sealed
Boot stonechipped
Boot hammerited

Inside of car (only some parts) seam sealed
Inside of car (only some parts) stonechipped


Front Subframe stuff:
Inner boot on passenger driveshaft
Brakes set up on front subframe (set up the new disks!)
weld up the stupid front mount holes i drilled bigger for the bonnet pins, glad i didn't go flip front now!
re-drill the mount holes for front

Fit Front Subby

Rear Subframe stuff:
Brakes set up on rear subframe (rebuild the drums, set up handbrake stuff)
Fit new polybushes to mounts DONE

Fit Rear Subby

Fit old wheels.

At this point i'll have a rolling shell. Woo Hoo

Edited by dezshearer, 06 December 2008 - 11:00 PM.

[SeanO]

Excellent thread! Well done, the Mini is looking great! I'd be far too scared to attempt any of that on my 1995 Cooper so you're an inspiration!