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[alchall]

Nicely done !!

 

Phil.

 

Cheers :)

[minimissions]

Top work there I love reading through these threads where the whole floor gets replaced as this is what my mk1 will need when I come to it. Some really nice clean and tidy work there you are going to have one lovely mini at the end... :)

[alchall]

Top work there I love reading through these threads where the whole floor gets replaced as this is what my mk1 will need when I come to it. Some really nice clean and tidy work there you are going to have one lovely mini at the end... :)

 

Kind words thankyou!

 

I'm really hoping it does come out nice as it's certainly a lot of effort, I can't expect perfection being my first attempt though I guess and time will tell  

 

I have to say that this whole floor option has been as easy as I could have hoped for so far and it's definitely saved me a hole heap of time, that said, it's also probably cost me about £200 more than I could have spent going the patch and repair route.

[minimissions]

Well for your first time this is going to be an ace car i have done the odd panel here and there and previous cars but the mk1 build when i come to it will be the test lol Keep going watching this one...

 

Any deadline set or is it one of those it will be done when its done ? :)

[alchall]

I was thinking 2 years when I started pulling it apart but I'm nearly half way through that now, thinking it's probably still 18 months to 2 years from completion. 

 

Been a bit of a learning curve as I'd never done bodywork before, will be less so when I get to the oily bits!

[minimissions]

Well for someone that hasn't done bodywork before you have done a great job :)

[alchall]

Well for someone that hasn't done bodywork before you have done a great job :)

 

Thanks mate, I guess we'll find out just how good a job I've done when it comes to re-assembly 

[Daz1968]

Looking superb and helping me before I tackle mine, have my floor on order from m machine and looking forward to doing it, will do similar to you but leaving my front end till last, doing all floors first then working from rear forward with other panels. Loads of info from this thread though

[minimissions]

Well for someone that hasn't done bodywork before you have done a great job :)

 
Thanks mate, I guess we'll find out just how good a job I've done when it comes to re-assembly 

You will be fine mate you look to have done your checks and it all looks great, building is the nice bit seeing it all come together again :)

[alchall]

Looking superb and helping me before I tackle mine, have my floor on order from m machine and looking forward to doing it, will do similar to you but leaving my front end till last, doing all floors first then working from rear forward with other panels. Loads of info from this thread though

 

Thanks mate, these project threads are invaluable sources of information for doing your own, there's a number of threads on here that I have used for help and inspiration and it would have been much harder without them, so glad mine is of some use too!

 

I did consider floor first but when I realised just how much of what it connects too really needed replacing I decided to just work my way backwards instead, I think the front is probably the most complicated bit to do so doing it last and getting practice in before getting there would have been helpful I suspect.

[alchall]

Good day today, got the main floor pan welded in, welds all need grinding down, cleaning up and zinc coating but I'm pleased with this result, and I have definitely saved a heap of time by replacing the entire floor in one go!

 

One side complete, and front end pinned ready to weld....

 

 

 

Good penetration by the looks of this...

 

 

Part way through the underside a the front, some pins and bolts holding things tight at this stage....

 

 

And all done....

 

 

 

Much grinding to do next week, and I guess I can whip that bracing out too, nearly time to crack on with the rear! 

Edited by alchall, 28 August 2017 - 07:20 PM.

[minimissions]

Awesome work so nice and neat as well :) what are those pins that you as using? Looking like a nice solid mini now :)

I might need to invest in a load of those lol

[Steve220]

Great work. Must feel so good to know you've got a full floor done properly and protected!

[alchall]

Awesome work so nice and neat as well :) what are those pins that you as using? Looking like a nice solid mini now :)

I might need to invest in a load of those lol

 

Thanks  

 

My welding is steadily improving, this plug welds in particular are getting much neater and flatter so it's going to make a huge difference to time and effort required to grind them down and tidy the whole thing up afterwards. And yes it's a real milestone to see a nice solid floor in place, the other was a real mess, especially at the front where it had multiple patches but the sills were also shot, both rear corners were gone, the ends of the cross member were badly patched and rusty and even the inside of the tunnel had rusted.

 

The red skin pins are these...

 

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1a05b66be6

 

They are very useful for pulling panels tight together but you only really get one or two uses of them as the nylon melts (unsurprisingly).

 

The others are 1/8 Standard (KWN) 0-1/2'' Grip Wing-Nut Clecos / Skin Pins from Eumro Aircraft tools - http://eumro.co.uk/K...-Clecos-uk.aspx

 

The latter aren't cheap but withstand the heat and pull the panels slightly tighter together, I have a few of those but where many are required those skin pins from ebay are perfect.

 

Great work. Must feel so good to know you've got a full floor done properly and protected!

 

Cheers, and yes, as above, really nice to see it in place, it's really coming together now

[minimissions]

Thanks a lot for taking the time to go through those with me I will get looking and get myself some ordered up :)

And yeh course the more welding you the better I used to do a fair amount on cars but haven't been able to but now should be back on it soon and get some of those projects done :)