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[1984mini25]

Surprisingly, yes... the n/s on mine was almost as new, witch in the 10 years or more of pulling minis apart is a first.  Although the o/s was typically shot along with the bracket.

 

http://www.theminifo...resto-20/page-8

[Jared Mk3]

I guess being out in the dry and salt free area of SA, ours stand up quite well 

[se_juggles]

Mine were both solid and original.

The rest of the car however was shot!

lol. This one is pretty solid all over just a few bits of rot in the usual places. Ill be uploading all pics later.

I'm impressed you managed to get all the bolts out to be honest!

lol. The bolts where in good shape. An air impact wrench helped alot too haha. Best purchase i made.

Edited by se_juggles, 30 March 2015 - 10:09 PM.

[1984mini25]

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Mine were both solid and original.
lol. This one is pretty solid all over just a few bits of rot in the usual places. Ill be uploading all pics later.
 
The rest of the car however was shot!

  

I'm impressed you managed to get all the bolts out to be honest!

lol. The bolts where in good shape. An air impact wrench helped alot too haha. Best purchase i made.

 

 

It's not the amount of force required to remove the bolts that's the problem, but more the fact that the bolts normally rust solidly in place. So even the slightest force applied to undo them and they instantly snap.

Edited by 1984mini25, 30 March 2015 - 10:10 PM.

[se_juggles]

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Mine were both solid and original.
lol. This one is pretty solid all over just a few bits of rot in the usual places. Ill be uploading all pics later.
 
The rest of the car however was shot!

  

I'm impressed you managed to get all the bolts out to be honest!

lol. The bolts where in good shape. An air impact wrench helped alot too haha. Best purchase i made.

 
It's not the amount of force required to remove the bolts that's the problem, but more the fact that the bolts normally rust solidly in place. So even the slightest force applied to undo them and they instantly snap.

ahh, got ya.

The threads where very good on them so i didnt have that problem. They where pretty tough but not terrible. I guess i was lucky after all haha.

[1984mini25]

 

 

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Mine were both solid and original.
lol. This one is pretty solid all over just a few bits of rot in the usual places. Ill be uploading all pics later.
 
The rest of the car however was shot!

  

I'm impressed you managed to get all the bolts out to be honest!

lol. The bolts where in good shape. An air impact wrench helped alot too haha. Best purchase i made.

 
It's not the amount of force required to remove the bolts that's the problem, but more the fact that the bolts normally rust solidly in place. So even the slightest force applied to undo them and they instantly snap.

ahh, got ya.

The threads where very good on them so i didnt have that problem. They where pretty tough but not terrible. I guess i was lucky after all haha.

 

 

I've snapped all 8 in the past, not a fun job trying to weld a nut onto what's left of the broken stud or drilling a re-tapping them back out.

[se_juggles]

Lol. I imagine that is a pain. Expecially when i dont have a welder atm hhaha.

[se_juggles]

So it has been just under 3 weeks and i think alot of progress has been made. i dont get alot of time out of the kitchen so most of the time i do is spent working on her.

 

I stripped up what im guessing is meant to be sound deadening from the floor (supposed to be sound deadening but is pretty much a coating of TAR! lol)

 

 

This is how she stands at the moment.....

 

Starting with the floor:

Drivers footwell.

 

Passengers footwell.

 

Drivers side rear floor pan

 

Passengers side rear floor pan

 

There are a couple of holes that will need to be patched but it is nothing serious.

 

now onto the roof:

There isnt really anything to say here because it is immaculate. so here is what it looks like!

 

The sills however are looking abit worse for ware so they will need to be replaced:

The drivers side seems ok with only a little bit of rust showing but i will replace it to prevent future rot.

 

the passenger side it terrible and probably the worse spot of rust on the whole car.

also with this i need a new door post panel as the seam for the a panel came off with the a panel!

 

The rest of the front end is ok with just a few minor patch marks, most of which i knew i would need to do anyway.

 

As i have said in a previous post, i am very happy with this shell. For a shell that has not been restored before and had over 100k on the clock it has been looked after well. 

 

This is a full list of the work i will be carrying out on the body.

 

Floor:

• Patch holes in the drivers side foot panel.


• Clean up rust in all 4 corners, rust treat and primer.


• Fill in all drain holes.


• Strip off all under seal and primer ready for respray.

Front end:

• Strip out the rest of the bright work and parts from the bay.


• Patch behind shock mounts.


• Replace both ends on the scuttle panel.


• Replace both inner scuttle closing panels.


• Put on a new door post panel on the passenger side.


• Strip all rust and dirt from inner wings and primer them (should i waxoyl them???)


• Replace front end panel, wings and a panel (All heritage panels.)

Sills:

• Cut out old sills and rust treat inner sills.


• Replace with new sills.


• Repair the holes in the inner wings from the sills.

Roof:

• NOTHING!

Boot: 

• To be continued!

For now this is where i stop and have a days break.

 

Updates will come as soon as i get some more time to work on here. 

 

Se