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[l_jonez]

Carried on with the rear floor repairs today.

New panel cut roughly to shape



Old floor cut out and the crossmember treated and given some paint along with weldable primer along the edges



Then new steel welded in



As always I need to tidy up the welds but I keeping that off and will do all of it in one go.

[l_jonez]

Now that the rear end floor is pretty much complete I removed the bracing I welded in and then fitted the doors to check nothing had moved... Thankfuly the doors lined up ..... phew

The rear looks a lot more enclosed/smaller now



Then moved onto the n/s inner wing, here we go again



I test fitted the new inner wing and the fit is terrible, plenty of metal bashing tomorrow

[leadly]

Impressive stuff, keep it up!

[littlenelly69]

Great job!!

[l_jonez]

Cheers guys, I have done a bit more since but it's nothing worth posting about. It's all on stop for now until I get around to ordering some more paint etc

[minimikej]

Hey. Just seen your comment about the passenger side inner wing. I came to the conclusion that my BMH panel was miles off, almost like it had moved while being formed if that's possible. Probably not, but the profile where it meets the A post was half an inch out at the top.

 

Anyone else had problems with this part? http://www.minispare...ls/14A7901.aspx

 

(Just posting that for reference only, nothing to do with mini spares!!)

 

Cheers

[l_jonez]

Mine was exactly the same miles out at the top. The only solution I could think of was to cut a series of slices and use self tappers to put the new wing into shape, then I welded the slices up.

[l_jonez]

As with most things life has got in the way and the van is sitting pretty much as it was in the last post :-(

however the other mini has its MOT in the next month and once its past its out of the garage for good as I've promised myself that I'm going to stop playing with it ( for now).

Which means come april /May I can carry on with the van

[jcslocum]

I'm about to begin on the A pillar area this weekend. Can you post a few more pics of how you made the inner wing fit up?? I have heritage panels onthe way as well as the new door jamb and the pillar panel...
 
Jon

Edited by jcslocum, 13 March 2014 - 02:39 AM.

[l_jonez]

Won't be able to get pictures for a while, the van is tucked away at the back of the garage.

[l_jonez]

Does anyone know where I can get a new one of these plates made


This one has seen much better days

[Ben_O]

Nice work mate. Love to see these van's being done.

 

I'm glad you kept that reinforcing plate between the inner wing and cross member, It is important to have one as it strengthens the front of the car up, without it, the stresses endured by the front end would split your inner wings!

Not that many Mini's have much strength here as like you say they always rust away there.

 

Keep up the good work though, hope it's not too long before you can continue..

 

Cheers

 

Ben 

[FlyingScot]

Does anyone know where I can get a new one of these plates made
This one has seen much better days

Here you go http://www.minimail.co.uk

FS

[l_jonez]

Well the welder came out today. A small repair the the upper dash rail, turned out to be a pain in the rear.

I forgot to take a pic before but here it is almost finished.. A bit more dressing to the weld and I'll be happy




I'm not sure why but there was no weld on the vertical seam between the dash and A pillar :-/ ( same on both sides) either some one forgot when building it in the factory ? Or they weren't welded on earlier cars?

[l_jonez]

Inner wing got welded on today



As always the final dressing of the welds has been left for a later date.

Also I realised I have run out of new panels, time to spend some money :-(