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[087dave]

Well more progress first was the L/H boot floor i made my own panel and welded it in sorry i didnt take a photo of the panel
before but here it is in place


During the week i also made closing plates for the rear valance and from looking at
builds like my poor wee mini sky and 1979 rust heap clubman rebuilt for hints i also put two plates on top of thr
closing plates for extra strengh for the subframe


then i moved on to the rear valance i am going for the debumper look front and back it took a bit of work
but it looks cool when its all finished




while i was at it the L/H wheel arch shock mounting had holes in it so it also was replaced
first i welded a plate for the wheel arch


Then a top of a repair plate welded in place lovely


Thank for looking
Dave
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Edited by 087dave, 10 November 2012 - 11:49 AM.

[087dave]

Hi all got a bit more done today i went at the L/H rear subframe mount, you can see where another owner has weld in a plate, not a good job at all
as it has rusted through


i got the welder out and welded in a new bit of floor section


moving along
cherrs for looking
Dave

Edited by 087dave, 11 November 2012 - 10:45 AM.

[087dave]

Hi all, its been awhile but been busy at work

so today got back at the auto i went at the drivers fitch panel i had removed it early so

lined up the new one at cut and welded it

from the inside

i also cut out the front shock mount and put some kurust in there for tomorrow

cherrs for looking any comments welcome

[scotty_1987]

good progress there dave keep it up :)

Nathan

[PNL629G]

Nice repairs, may be on a budget, but you look like you're doing a great job. Nicely fitted repairs - should see it right for a few years! I had an auto years ago - loved it!

[087dave]

Hi all, got back on the Auto today i decided to make a start on the passenger side i have nt taken a photo
of the before because i didnt have the camera to hand ,but there was like all repairs on the car patched over rust

The only good thing is i have nt found fibreglass and filler
So i cut out the the inner sill i made my own from a sheet of steel and welded it in also made a jacking point
i then gave it a coat of red oxide paint



Then i moved on to the door step it is a non geniune and took a bit to get it right but looks ok now


After that it was on to the outer sill which went on fine


Then on to the fitch panel which i made from a sheet of steel all welded up


so thats it for today, hopefully more tomorrow

Thanks for looking any comments welcome
Dave

[Tomlad]

looking good mate I hope u can do half as good as you

[087dave]

Got back to work on the car today and from looking at the passenager inner wing from the inside i decided to take of the passenager wing


Then at the air vent end i removed more rust and welded in new steel


Then i repaired the scuttle lip and also made up a panel for underneath the scuttle and painted red oxide

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On to the inner wing top lip
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repaired and tacked
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Thanks for looking
Dave

Edited by 087dave, 10 January 2013 - 09:18 PM.

[087dave]

Hi all i bit of a update was at it all week so here goes
i started finishing the inner wing than the wing a A panel it took a bit of messing around but got there in the end


I welded a mild steel rod to the Apanel to close the gap

Heres the bonnet it is a fibreglass one dont know how to secure it when driving do any of you guys have one
how did you secure it??





I also got to the drivers side i reskinned the drivers door here a photo with it in place witha new A panel



At the top i have put some weld for the gap and will clean up tomorrow
Short one Thanks for looking
Any comments welcome
Dave

Edited by 087dave, 24 January 2013 - 09:43 PM.

[grahama]

Hi,

nice progress on the front, but the passenger side looks to be too far forward, (a panel and wing), as the seam line doesn't appear to line up and the a panel edge looks to be stepped from the a pillar. Sorry if this is the photo ! Try the seam closer to see how it fits and if ok, then the a panel step can be made up with weld and ground back to create a good door gap as you have with the driver side.

Driver side looks great.

Graham

[malcs_miniturbo]

That's a great job your doing and nice repair work mate

[087dave]

Hi all. Thanks for the replys, just a small update for now, started to clean the roof and noticed this


so i cut it out






Thanks for looking any comments welcome

Edited by 087dave, 18 February 2013 - 05:57 PM.

[sonikk4]

Bloody hell Dave you are fairly cracking on with this. I like the way you are changing all of the flanges. That's one way of saving panels.

Good effort mate

[087dave]

Thanks for the reply neil, ya most of the panels i attacked had rust on the flanges so i replaced them
instead of a whole panel because i want to have the car on the road by the summer, plus doing this one on a budget

so i took the car into daylight ......... and upol fantastic has become my new best friend


i also repaired the bottom lip on the bonnet and fixed a bigger gap at the R/H side


side view


Its now gone to the painters as i have nt got no more room in the garage to paint it, as i have another shell in there at present

anyways thanks for looking
any comments welcome
Dave

[Andy!]

Great skilled work gone on there! i've got a auto mini, they're still ALOT of fun to drive believe it or not haha