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[Andydigi1996]

Hi I'm Andrew, I'm 17 and have started building a mini Mayfair I've had the mini for about 1 years now. It came as a full car and iv stripped all of it down and started to tackle the rust. Iv welded al of the passengers side and now moved onto the boot. I was just wondering if any one has designed a custom boot for there mini. I'm thinking of ditching the back wheel and just having a complete flat boot.. Iv already started to grind out the boot I can put photos up if any one has any ideas how I can over come getting the rear subframe in the correct place for the mountings! Cheers Andrew

[the_samkingdon15]

why don't you just fill the void with something and carpet it'll then there's no wheel :)

[Andydigi1996]

I was just thinking of a way around replacing the panel because there's a lot of rust where Iv cut out.

[alex-95]

Superman on here changed the boot floor in his shorty to a flat ribbed one like the rear seat panel pattern, you may need to be careful as it is change the structure of the rear floor, the wheel well doesn't just hold the spare wheel, it adds strength too.

[Andydigi1996]

Superman on here changed the boot floor in his shorty to a flat ribbed one like the rear seat panel pattern, you may need to be careful as it is change the structure of the rear floor, the wheel well doesn't just hold the spare wheel, it adds strength too.

So I could patch up the floor where the wheel goes and then just plate over the top with 1m steel? Just need to get the bolts in for the rear subframe first

Cheers for the help!

[alex-95]

You could, but I woudl just make a panel that can be placed in and bolted or fastened down in another way, so you can remove it easily.

[Andydigi1996]

You could, but I woudl just make a panel that can be placed in and bolted or fastened down in another way, so you can remove it easily.

Yeah good idea mate.. I'll have a look to night!! Cheers for the help

[Cooperman]

You'll still need somewhere to put the spare wheel.

[Artful Dodger]

mate, i know it would be cool and everything, but when you are driving it, it will not make a difference, especially for the amount of time you will have to spend on it to make it work. just get it working, have fun, and make it faster  ;)

 

 

but if you are dead set, this is what i did with mine, just folded it out of aluminium sheet, looks good, but its just functional, for the fuel cell, and weightsaving

 

 

 

its all shown in my build thread ' 1980 mini miglia ' 

[tiger99]

DO NOT DO THAT! It is structurally inadequate for a road car, illegal and unsafe. If you alter the monocoque structure, which that certainly does, the car needs an IVA test, which a standard Mini has no chance of passing. Remember that you MUST also inform your insurance company of all such modifications.

 

You need to repair the boot floor properly, with the correct panels.

[Bungle]

being aluminium sheet it might also fail a MOT for being a unsuitable repair

[newenglandmini]

The aluminum panel repair appears not to be welded in place.  It therefore does not provide the necessary strength and stiffness.  A steel panel welded into place is necessary to ensure structural integrity of a unibody vehicle.  We do not have any MOT requirement here in Connecticut, but I would not repair a car any other way.

[Vipernoir]

Unless there is a steel frame underneath that single row of pop-rivets reinforcing and bracing the hole that we can't see, that's a pretty dodgy boot floor.

[Quicksilver-ash]

What do all these people do about an MOT that use the fibreglass boot floors as they are just bonded in?

[Bungle]

if they are bonded in with a big coat of waxoyl over the underside  the MOT tester might not notice