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[woodenman23]

Haven't really done much as I've just got back from holiday the other day.
But here are a couple of pics anyway.

A better idea of how they will look, still work in progress



and a load of box section to make a spit



We got this one off eBay,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROLLOVER-JIG-SPIT-MINI-Clubman-Van-Pick-up-Estate-Cooper-/150765065795?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item231a4c5643

I think me and dad regret not spending the extra to get it pre-built one, it's been nothing but a pain in the arse. The instructions are poor and the pictures used just confuse things as they are of a different jig. Apart from that it seems to be a solid bit of kit.

Liam

[woodenman23]

I decided to make a full length rear bumper, after seeing a image of an innocenti countryman.

I used a old clubman front bumper







I will need to mount the number plate a little bit lower down as the top half isn't that visible.
I am also thinking about mounting the plate lights under the bumper out of sight, not sure yet.

Liam

[leaky]

Wow. Different. Will be interesting to see what it looks like finished.

[woodenman23]

Yeah I was half temped to put the rear doors back on to get a better idea.

[Tupers]

Nice work on the rear bumper, I'm doing one similar for my estate but using the ends of the quarter bumpers and a fabricated centre section. Just need to the the shrinker on it to give it a little curve.

[Brams96]

Why not mount the number plate in the back door? You could do a bit of creative panel work to make a recess for it to fit in or have it flat like this one:

[woodenman23]

Nice work on the rear bumper, I'm doing one similar for my estate but using the ends of the quarter bumpers and a fabricated centre section. Just need to the the shrinker on it to give it a little curve.

Like they say great minds think alike

Why not mount the number plate in the back door? You could do a bit of creative panel work to make a recess for it to fit in or have it flat like this one:

This estate use to be one of my favorites, and was the main reason I got 12" revo's. Then my taste changed, still a very nice car.
Not sure I like the number plate there though.

[woodenman23]

Bit of an update.....

Starting to brace the car before the floor comes out.



Removed the rear bins and finished putting the bracing in.



Finally finished building the spit, and gave it a lick of paint.





Lift off.....





Using Jizer and a little paint thinners I got most of the underseal off. This really is a time consuming and messy job.



And finally a selection of rusty bits, there is more....







Liam

[minimuk]

nice spit,...now you will ave your hands full, looks worse than it is really........good luck

[java gt]

Really good looking spit,I need to fabricate something like this when I tackle my 74 estate.

[disasterbus]

Fantastic skills, loving the clubby estate. It's going to be fantastic when it's finished

[woodenman23]

Update of yesterdays work.

Before I set about cut anything out I thought about how I was going to tackle replacing the floor, this is my plan of action:

• Make jig , to ensure alignment of heel-board
• Cut heel-board out and a small section of the rear floor, to allow for access to work but leaving most of the floor in place for strength
• Tac the heel-board in place
• Cut out the rest of the floor
• Check floor alignment
• Tac Floor in place
• Fit the floor extension piece, ( used on the long wheel based minis)
• Fit outter sills
• Weld it all up

The Jig I put together.



No turning back now.





I wasn't very impressed when I put the new Heritage heel-board in to see how it was looking, to find out it wouldn't fit.
It says on the description of this item that it fits ALL models including the estates. One of the flutes is bigger than the other, as I understand this was done for the extra fuel lines on later models?



Same problem when I put the extension floor piece to the heel-board



After a bit of searching on the inter-webs I found that you can get a pattern part that should fit, but couldn't be assed with the hassle of trying to get my money back for this one and waiting for the other. So modification was the only option.
Turned out pretty good, but still don't like hacking at new panels.








Need to finish this off by welding a little bit in.



Liam.

[woodenman23]

Also did a little bit to this:





Like everything else still not finished.

Liam.

Edited by woodenman23, 04 May 2012 - 11:50 AM.

[norris2002]

Loving the door boxes. Very tempting as a future project for mine.

Neil.

[minifcd]

Great work. I had exactly the same problem with the Heritage heal board on my mini 1000 saloon. I got around it by doing a similar repair to yours, (see my project, page 4 post No.59) but only had to do the main floor, as the boot floor/seat pan of a saloon is obviously different to an estate and the rear edge of my floor needed repairing anyway. Pattern heal boards tend to have the correct sized flutes for this age of mini. A guy I know who is restoring a 1994 saloon with later style floor pans had the opposite problem as he got a pattern heal board, but the floor is pressed for the wider flute, so he had to add a bit to the floor. His would have taken a Heritage heal board with no mods. Heritage must only have the presses for the later ones. Great project I look forward to more updates.