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[Deathrow]

Progress!


Got the rest of the boot cleaned out (see 2 hours with a hoover ).


Other side, note the tank bracket has been welded in also.


Got it jacked up so I could start work getting ready to put the passenger side sill on.


Inner sill, needs some protection before I hide it away.


I primed it and painted it with some black spraypaint. Plenty of layers on this now.


Boot seam sealed.


Other side.


Rear bench welding also seam sealed.


And the other side.

Right, I've got to go do some Uni work now. Should be more work on Elliot tomorrow.

Thanks for looking .

[The Freeb]

just read through thi whole thread all 74 pages!! and there is some really nice work in there
and you have a nicee choice of cars ek9's and mini's same as me
great build keep it and hope to see the finished result

[Deathrow]

just read through thi whole thread all 74 pages!! and there is some really nice work in there
and you have a nicee choice of cars ek9's and mini's same as me
great build keep it and hope to see the finished result

I'm glad you enjoyed the read, it's very gratifying to know people are still reading through .

Ek9's are lovely, wish I could afford to have one along side the Mini.

Shouldn't be too long now before I can get back behind the wheel .

[James182]

This project looks amazing! gonna be great when its finished.

Handy tip if you want it? .. try using a cut down 1/2" brush to put your seam sealer in. It gets the sealer in to the holes etc better and looks a bit more factory. and sometimes masking out the area you want sealed makes it look neater. Probs just me being picky and ocd

Great build!!

James

[Deathrow]

Hehe, cheers James.

I'd heard of the masking tape thing before but I've never bothered. Not heard of the brush trick though, I'll give it a whirl as I've got a knackered brush I use for kurust anyway. I call my sealing: "functional" hehe.

You won't see any of that in the boot anyway .

[Deathrow]

Not a huge amount done today, but it's all progress!


I finished fettling up the sill and got all the holes drilled in it for plug welding to the inner sill.


Door step/rear quater lip drilled for plug welding as well.


A close up...I'm not sure why I took this but there you are.

Plan is to slather the inner and outter sill in rustoleoum tomorrow as my good man Pete told me that it'll do a much better job than rattle can paint. Then once that's done, I'll repeat the same process on the driver side. Thursday should be welding time

Thanks for looking .

[1984mini25]

Looking good as always.

One thing to point out though, as you’re no longer using/fitting the brackets at each end of the sills, the holes for them do now need welding up.

[Deathrow]

Looking good as always.

One thing to point out though, as you’re no longer using/fitting the brackets at each end of the sills, the holes for them do now need welding up.

How come? I was going to get some rubber bungs for them and use them as waxoyling points. Or is it an MOT thing?

[grahama]

Have you tucked the outer sill into the heelboard or just up to it?? Bit hard to see from the pic, but great work as usual.

[Deathrow]

It goes under the lip on the heelboard . If you look at the end of a genuine sill, they have like a step down where the heelboard lip sits on the sill .

It's all going to look pretty neat once I'm done, quite pleased!

[Deathrow]

Taking a break from my Uni work to post todays update.


Sill painted with rustoleoum.


All the way up.


Other side jacked up.


This side will get the same treatment.


Passenger side sill painted on the inside.


Close up.

Sadly I realised I've not welded up those holes in the sill so I'll have to do them and then touch up the paint first thing tomorrow.

Hoping to really crack on with it tomorrow, keep an eye out.

Thanks for looking .

[Deathrow]

Got some more work done today:


Painted up the inner sill on the driver side.


Painted up both sills ready to go on.

I also drilled all the holes for plug welding on the driver side and I welded up the extra holes for the slinging brackets in the outter sills (hence having to paint the passenger side outter sill again).

Right, as the rustoleoum is taking its time drying in the garage as it's pretty cold out still the plan for tomorrow is to finish up my work on the doors, get skins welded in place properly and cleaned up so they're ready for painting. With some luck the paint on the sills will be dry enough on Saturday so I can start welding them on!

Thanks for looking .

[GraemeC]

Good to see you're back at it bud

[Bean]

Yay, love this project - Nice to see you back on it!

[tedmcedd]

it'll take a while for those sills to start rusting! nice one chap!

Ed