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[emalee]

in fact it never defrosted out of the sun (i.e where i was working) DOH!!!


but i welded the new rear valance and closing panels on




so next weekend hopefully it will be a bit warmer, i'll clean up the welds from the rear valance, and wire brush the inside of the boot, paint it all in red oxide then white.

then i can start on the drivers side, after moving him around abit

Emma

[MR-SKIMMED]

i get ice on the inside of my mini aswell, but ive got windows & doors

Looking good though, do you think it will be done for the i.m.m?

[emalee]

i get ice on the inside of my mini aswell, but ive got windows & doors

Looking good though, do you think it will be done for the i.m.m?

riviera run........... hopefully!!!

it was my green one that was frozen at 5, then the sky in the morning

[buddylove]

Both are looking well

[emalee]

ok so this weekend was a bit warmer no padded overalls anyway!!! LOL

so i cleaned up the welds for the rear valance (i can't do it last week co ever time i put the visor down it misted up) DOH!!!

any way, then drilled the holes through the rear val for the closing panels and welded them in



then i started to clean up the inside of the boot, it started like this:





pretty damn minging, but after about 5 different wire brush grinder attachments and 15 drill attachments, all the rust muck and excessive paint and seam sealer was removed, i never thought i would take so long, but hey just how it goes sometimes





with a little bit of filler to hide the repairs (not that i'm a perfectionist!!!)

then sunday i had a bit of a lazy day, painted the underneath white and all of my hair (really must wear a hat)







so thats it the rear end done whoop whoop

went home washed and waxed the green one

then moved the sky





and found this on the sill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



i knew there were holes BUT!!!!

so next week is door step off, and new one on, then either sill off or clean all the muck off the floors inside and out and assess what metal is left LOL

[buddylove]

good progress anymore plans for the underside?

[mini1.3]

loving the colour of the boot is that going to be covered ?

[emalee]

loving the colour of the boot is that going to be covered ?

yeah the paint was still wet on sunday so i had to leave it, but it will be white!!!

[emalee]

this weekend i was really suprised at how easy it is to repair the sills etc, i've only ever welded the back end of minis!!!

so i started by cleaning up everything underneath


it started like this:





scraped most of the underseal etc off:



wire brushed it



and red oxided it



now for the holes i found....

[emalee]

so i cut out the door step and welded in the new one, and learnt a very valuable lesson non gen panels are pants!!! the doorstep panel was designed to weld ontop of the original step, the inner sill replacement the same, oh well lesson learnt!!!!



so with the new step welded in i cut out the inner sill and removed the sill



new inner sill welded in



its also too short so i'll have to weld a section of metal in so it meets the doorstep lip!!!



and a lovlely hole in the jacking point


it needs to come out, its just a question of do i replace is with a bit of 25mm box OR so i blank the hole in the new sill and leave it off????


i also sparied the inside of the boot , rear valance and bumper lip white






so next week is patch the rest of the front floor and inner finch

then sort the jacking point out, replace the inner sill underneath and remove the lip for the sill and weld the new one on.

i have a week off work aswell it being christmas and all so i'm really looking forward to making some real progress. hopefully i should get the sills done on both sides, and both doors repaired and reskinned, and make a start on the front end which will mean taking the engine out and stripping the bay, i'm not looking forward to the wiring bit tho.....

[mini1.3]

you should have kept the boot brown looked nice ok not orginal but good carry on the good work

[emalee]

you should have kept the boot brown looked nice ok not orginal but good carry on the good work

it was red oxide... not pretty LOL

[mini1.3]

you should have kept the boot brown looked nice ok not orginal but good carry on the good work

it was red oxide... not pretty LOL

well it looked it i think i might paint my whole car in red oxide

how much a tin ??

[emalee]

you should have kept the boot brown looked nice ok not orginal but good carry on the good work

it was red oxide... not pretty LOL

well it looked it i think i might paint my whole car in red oxide

how much a tin ??

my dad 'acquired' it from work!!! LOL so i don't know

the only problems is that is its not water proof, so you'll need to paint proper paint underneath it, else it will be rusty very quickly!!

[emalee]

ok so i've got a week off from work over xmas, which means i've got 10 days to work on the sky, here are my plans

Day:
1 +2) inner sill, inner finch, jacking point and outer sill
3)move it around (put the rusty subby on to do this), then engine out
4) Clean up the engine bay
5) Passenger inner Sill
6) Passenger outer sill
7) Driver Door
8) Passenger Door
9) doors on and lined up, then front end off
10) scuttle off and repair the finch panels

i'm hoping i'll get it all done, there is a few other things i need to do like change and brake discs on my mini, take my mums metro to the mini centre to be tuned up, and go a new years day run (day 7) (which is alright because i hopefully can get in a barn with lights!!!!)

so todays progress in a couple of hours

patched the remaining holes on the floor, still need to clean the welded up a bit



then cut a massive hole in the inner finch...



and cut out the panel to repair it,

tomorrow i need to prep the repair section and put the 5 millions bends it needs to fit, well 5 bends!!

then cut the jacking point out, then repair the inner sill underneath, then weld a new jacking point it

remove the rest of the sill lip and weld the new one in!!!!


hopefully!!! LOL