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[flatline]

I'm thinking of changing the final colour,I was going to do Arden blue inside and out but now I'm thinking of matt black on the outside,black rims,arden blue calipers,Arden blue on the inside and the engine bay.

[megamini_jb]

Do it all arden blue <3

[Ro8bieg]

I'd do satin black if any mate, Matt reminds me of a poor mans paint job unless your going for the ratty look but satin will have a slight shine to it, nicest colour iv seen recently is that satin brown they do the new m5 in, it's gorgeous

Edited by Ro8bieg, 15 December 2013 - 10:33 PM.

[flatline]

I've seen a bm with that colour,it is quite nice.I spotted a new merc with a similar colour on it th other day bu it was I bit duller.

[flatline]

http://www.styleofsp...th_black-03.jpg

That colour scheme with Arden blue would look nice.

[domdee]

your making light work of this! keep it up.

 

looks like its a pretty good shell! (fingers crossed you don't unearth some nasties!)

Edited by domdee, 17 December 2013 - 06:35 AM.

[flatline]

Did a bit more today,smoothed over the welds on the bulkhead repair (wasnt to bothered about the outside bit) and started to cut out the sills.

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Edited by flatline, 16 December 2013 - 05:17 PM.

[flatline]

This is what I meant by patchwork quilt,its just bits welded all over the sill.

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[flatline]

A few years since my last post and not a lot has happened really apart from me getting racked off looking at it every time i go in the garage, almost scrapped it at one point

 

My original plans were to strip it out and have fiberglass doors, front end, boot ect then fit a 1275 turbo and two bucket seats but now I want my eldest daughter to learn to drive in it so i want it standard and with carpets lol. The bummer is that i sold my doors (which were in really good condition) and the engine years ago.

 

In January i will be buying all the panels needed to finish the shell and rather than me rushing and making a ******* up of it i will be asking on here :)

 

I bought a complete inner/outer sill assembly and fitted it at some point and that was the last time i did anything on it. I rushed to get it on as i wanted to do something to it that was productive and forgot to add the stiffener for the rear companion box and i didnt take into account the fact the subframe mounting plate needed welding to the inner sill and have since noticed that it might be out of line. I also had to cut out some of the heel board as it was bodged, today i put the rear subframe in and i had to force it to line up the left side with the two rear mounting points and i also managed to strip the threads on the left side. 

 

The floor quarter i put in is to far back and the very first bit of welding i did on the toe board/bulkhead i'm going to redo.

 

So pretty much everything i have done to it i will be doing again but this time i will have all the panels on hand, i've also switched gas to argon mix when i ran out and its much better (bought a land rover that has more rot than the mini ever did lol)

 

I made a list of panels that i think i will need if you good people can have a read and see if you spot anything ive missed :)

 

Subframe rear mounting panel - going to fit the full panel as im guessing the other side is bodged also,From M-machine

Inner sill rh+lh - From M-machine.

Outer sillrh+lh - From M-machine.

Outer wings - genuine or non genuine?  Quite a difference in price.

Inner wing rh - genuine with a-panel or without a-panel? Guessing it makes sense to get it with.

Inner wing/shock mount stiffener - From M-machine

Front floor rh 1/4 to first groove - from M-machine

Companion box closing - From m-machine

Bulkhead repair panel - From M-machine

Toeboard end repair panel - From M-machine

Front panel - using the old one

Scuttle corner repair - Purchased a while ago just incase i needed it. 

LH inner wing - looks solid with no bodge but will need the front half welding back on.

Edited by flatline, 22 December 2015 - 09:10 PM.

[flatline]

Got to add pictures separately as it wont let me add text to each one.

 

This was the inner / outer sill i put on and will be cutting out.

 

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[flatline]

Should it be in line? If they were in line the it would be to far back and would hit the heel board.

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[flatline]

The floor 1/4 was not in line, i was going to leave it and just cut the tab off and weld a longer one on but im going to re do it.

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[flatline]

Cut the corner of the scuttle panel off to remove the remainder of the inner wing,didn't even have any paint on. Previous owner had just welded over the top of the rusty wing.

 

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[flatline]

Ground down the remaining metal from the inner a post but it will need repairing as the edge has lots of grinding marks on it,other than that its solid so should be good?

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[flatline]

Oh and to add more misery to the project all the pictures i took from the strip down were on a hard drive that broke so i lost them all so i have no reference to where everything goes lol