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[minivanman]

Meh, look at mine. Most of the time it seems to be just me talking to myself. I keep it up because its a good way of showing people what I am doing with all my time and money!

[Lund]

Today was a nice day Collected the rest of the Mini interior yesterday It's all looking well, just fitted the carpets and seats just to give an idea of what it will be like inside

Cleaned up the subframe and underside of the vehicle, used petrol as turps was strong enough! All that wax, had preserved lots over time!

Also welded up a hole in the passenger rear wheel arch, sanded down and partly primered underneath. Anyway here's the pics, from quite a productive day!























£5 each:



Interior:

[steveobennet]

shiny knob!

[Lund]

Brushed in seam sealer here and there and done some more sanding down:

[Lund]

Paint preparation:








Grey stone chip:





Sprayed Vermillion:





More pics to follow...

[Lund]

Sanded down the rear subframe, using a mouse sander, the bit which couldnt be reached had to be done by hand Painted the subframe in a coating of red oxide paint

Also given the floor its top coating of vermillion red! That grey stone chip takes alot of covering! Will use white stone chip next time I think, oh well, at least i know that its well protected underneath

Rear Valance has also been painted in cellulose vermillion, can polish and buff it up nicely!

The radius arms have been cleaned up and restored ready for painting as with the brake backplates.

Here are the pictures of the progress so far

[Lund]

Just an update to my invisible topic

Red oxide all the components:























Tom

[miniboo]

looking good

[mad4mins]

your not invisible! im still dribbling!.. er i mean looking!!

looks really good. what stone chip stuff are you using?? ive not used any before and need to do the same thing.

chars.. m4m

[Lund]

your not invisible! im still dribbling!.. er i mean looking!!

looks really good. what stone chip stuff are you using?? ive not used any before and need to do the same thing.

chars.. m4m

I use Tetrasil (bought from Halfords) or something along those lines!

After I've applied it, I sand it down a little to flatten it out. Use white, as its easier to cover with the top coat of paint

Thanks for the comments

Tom

[mad4mins]

I use Tetrasil (bought from Halfords) or something along those lines!

After I've applied it, I sand it down a little to flatten it out. Use white, as its easier to cover with the top coat of paint

Thanks for the comments

Tom

wicked cheers chief!!

your doing a super job!! whens its going to be road worthy??

[minivanman]

Looks awesome. I've just done all this - its like having a mini kids mobile hanging up with all the bits that need painting! I took the easy way out though and did it black - too much like hard work keeping it clean otherwise!

[Lund]

Looks awesome. I've just done all this - its like having a mini kids mobile hanging up with all the bits that need painting! I took the easy way out though and did it black - too much like hard work keeping it clean otherwise!

Fully wax-oiled the floor using '3M' attatched to the compressor. Also fully waxed the subframe and components, Its not as shiney now , but it will protect it so I guess thats what matters!

Here's the pics: (Note: Gold painted subframe pin, I had to do something different! )





Subframe back in place:









As you can see, the subframe touches the floor of the Mini, I guess this was due to the accident, when everything was thrown out of line:





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[mad4mins]

wow its coming along!! fancy coming and doing my subframe! lol..

[Lund]

wow its coming along!! fancy coming and doing my subframe! lol..

No thanks! I've enough on my hands!