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[corrado vr6]

Well The story goes this minis not mine but my brothers and his fiance, but im going to be doing a full rebuild on the mini called "Meg" and then a full respray in.... well the colour hasnt been chosen yet! First things first is to obviously repair all the rust! so here it goes and let me know any of your thoughts and ill be making sure this is kept updated as i let my last rebuild thread slip

All stripped subframes and Engine all removed



Wing removed shame as there was no rust on the wing but plenty of rust and old patches behind!





in the mean tine i have been also working on the engine, have sent the head off to be converted to run on unleaded fuel with new valve seats, when i got it back i have painted and will be doing the same with the block and gearbox later




other wing removed to start work on the flitch repair i have welded in the repair on the n/s but havent got a pic of that yet



Flitch repair started on the o/s

[brad-the-bear]

looooookin gooood

[corrado vr6]

Bit of an update

patch made to cover the air intake still not sure if im going to open this back up yet or leave closed to stop future tin worm



Parts ready to get shot blasted and powdercoated




inside of the door to be shot blasted




Subframes back from powdercoat




Door opening braced and passenger door step removed

[corrado vr6]

Door step tacked in



With one end completley welded and tidied up i will spot weld the step to the inner sill after i have replaced the inner sill and front footwell then i will replace the outer sill

[corrado vr6]

Then i started on the drivers door by replacing the bottom



made a patch for the top of the door frame



and made another patch for the lower curve lip of the door



and spot welded and seam welded the patch in



unfortunatley the passenger door is a bit past it so im on the look out for a cheap passenger door at the mo

Thanks for looking

[grahama]

Hi,

some very nice work going on there. Keep it up.

Graham

[Tupers]

Some nice welding work you've got going on there, I like the silver frames.

[corrado vr6]

Well some more progress



On its side with the oversill removed



bit of rust



all cut out



Inner sill or (floor really) replaced, arch repaired, closing plate and heel board replaced, had to put subfrmae back on to make sure it all lined up before welding


new door step and outer sills all spot welded together so much neater than before!



rear arch end cut out and boot floor corner ready for repair panels



view of messy workshop through mini boot floor

[mk1leg]

Nice work going on there keep pics coming................

[corrado vr6]

Thanks for all the comments
unfortunatley my iphone crashed and had to be rebooted which meant i lost alot of pics of the build upto this point which is a shame
but hey ho heres where im at

off cuts and bits removed, its scary theres actually more if you include the door skins and wings

[corrado vr6]

underside all etch primed, primed again, seam sealed and stonechip

[corrado vr6]

[corrado vr6]

going back in time slightly but have found some of the old pics i thought i had lost

[corrado vr6]

and some photos taken today finally sprayed

i put the windscreen back in quickly to make sure it still fitted after fitting a new scuttle



in primer



seam sealed which i then primed over again




fitted the gutter trim to colour code it



stainless steel seam strips fitted and sealed in along the edges



sealed in the joins





IN COLOUR!!!













Just got to put it all back together now then :)

[corrado vr6]

Bit of an update, just realised I never finished this topic, however I finished the mini in time for the wedding ;)

Headlining in





Getting her face back



Ready for an engine



Very happy with the door shut lines



New brakes



Engine having a full rebuild















Parked next to mine













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Passed mot first time









So there we have it all finished!