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[bartman]

hi guys

 

thought I would share my latest project. its a 2000 cooper sport in Tahiti blue. it has the High quality rover rust prevention so needs some attention.

 

I bought a jig to mount it on so I can work on it easier with out sitting it on its roof. shell needs some sand blasting in places and a lot of panels. hoping to keep this thread up to date as I go and review some of the panels and suppliers I use along the way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by bartman, 06 August 2020 - 09:15 PM.

[Steve220]

Your links are dead. Remove .html at the end of them all.

[Minimad100]

I have a 1999, you've got your work cut out!!! Looks like you've got a decent work space and the jig will make it much easier! Looking forward to the progress!!!

[Zeemax Adventure]

I also have a 2000 cooper sport but in solar red.  Good luck...mines almost ready for paint

[Steve220]

I love your garage!

[bartman]

I love your garage!

thanks its a nice size to work in although I seem to buy to many mini's and im slowly running out of room  

[dave_39]

Takes me back. Building a Tahiti Blue 2000 cooper sport. It's been off the road for 3 years but in the final stretch now. Enjoy it. They are great looking cars when they are on top condition.

[mattmiglia]

Nice project!

[bartman]

Small little update weather is too nice to be cutting and grinding.

ive modified my rollover jig so i can move it around easy and get it outside for blasting. these jigs are really good for the money and the make it so much easier to prepae the shell.




Made a start on the rear valance and boot floor. rear valance and closers are scrap as is the corners of the boot floor, it had a few bodged repairs before so i cut them out and dressed the rest ready for a new panel. think i am also going to fit a lower boot hinge repair panel as its pretty crusty

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The M-Machine boot repair panel im using comes with the subframe mounting reinforcing plate already attached, but so does the BMH closing panel so i removed the one from the boot panel.

[GraemeC]

If I remember rightly, you should have all three layers (floor, reinforcement, closing panel).  

Is the closing panel not slightly smaller than the reinforcement panel?  You can normally see them step down in size when fitted.

 

Edit - you can see all three in your first 'before' picture

Edited by GraemeC, 30 May 2016 - 03:39 PM.

[bartman]

If I remember rightly, you should have all three layers (floor, reinforcement, closing panel).  
Is the closing panel not slightly smaller than the reinforcement panel?  You can normally see them step down in size when fitted.
 
Edit - you can see all three in your first 'before' picture

yeah there should be 3 layers:

1.) boot floor
2.) reinforcing plate
3.) closing panel

the boot floor repair panel came with the reinforcing plate and the closing panel also came with the reinforcing plate so I have removed one of them.

[bartman]

I have been checking the inner and outer seals over the last few days. the outer were a past it and had a couple of patch repairs on them so I cut them off to inspect the inner seal to see what panels I will need to repair them.

 

 

 

this side I will use a front floor pan. and cut out all the corrosion and tidy the rest up. then a new outer seal.

 

 

drivers side is a bit worse.

 

 

this side I will use a full inner seal and replace the front floor section, then a new outer seal to finish.

 

I also had a small hole on drivers rear quarter panel where one of the sports pack arch mounting bolts had rusted through so I cut the corrosion out and made a repair panel to fit. then I redrilled the hole for the arch.

 

[F1L8EY]

Another one!! Nice work as always Ross 

[bartman]

Small update got the shell back from the blasters about a month ago, no nasty surprises.time to get cutting and welding.
 



 

 

 

 

 
 
Been distracted from the mini, decided to give my garage a good tidy and update it a bit, built myself a new bench, not finished yet but its getting there. Gave everything a paint aswell.
 

Edited by bartman, 06 August 2020 - 09:36 PM.

[cityspeed]

Nice bench! Looks hench!