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[cookie4343]

Seam sealed inner sill.



Outer sill bare metalled and jacking point blanked.

Scrap pile so far.

[zeemax89]

loving your work.  I wish I had patched my inner sill now and not gone for a full replacement.  I guess it will be worth it in the end

[cookie4343]

To be honest wish I replaced the complete inner sill would have made a tidier job, to late now, I'm not ripping it all out again.

[cookie4343]

Abit more progress, drivers inner sill painted and outer sill welded on.



Outer sill bare metalled zinc primed and a coat of paint before welding on.


Outer sill welded on and welds dressed and a coat of zinc primer to protect for now.


Bottom of quarter panel tidied up temporary.

Started flitch repair, not finished yet.

The more I dig into this mini the more rot I find, I'm trying to do it the best I can but working outside on the floor really don't help.

[StefanPieter]

Just keep going at it.

 

I am sitting with a very similar setup. One step at a time as they say...

[cookie4343]

Just a few pics of passenger front floor now repaired, I have a load more pics but are on my phone, car has annoyed the hell out of me as I'm never happy with my work and the amount I paid for the mini and most of it has ended up in the bin.

[cookie4343]

Not updated in a while but just some pics of progress.
Most of the welding is complete just passenger door reskin and some bulkhead welding left.
Boot floor finished inside all sealed and primed, underside has had the same treatment.








Final colour test, gone for squirrel grey ral 7000



Started skimming the rear valance to get it smooth, lots of work ahead.
Also fitted mk1 fiberglass boot skin which I've made quik release.

[minimissions]

Really nice little project you have there :) i totally agree with your view on over sills my sidewalk has them on and i have so far taken passenger side one off and the original sill is still in there well whats left of it, think they should be banned also have them on my estate but that will have the same treatment at some point.

 

What makes it worse is i have seen actual mini resto places fitting over sills its just a sin!!

[cookie4343]

Small update to show progress, most of the welding now done.
Need to reskin passenger door and repair drivers side scuttle panel plus closure.
Then it's bodywork time which I'm not looking forward to, also need to fit the fiberglass clubman front which should be fun.
Then I'll think about what's going on engine wise, may go micra but will have to save the money for the allspeed gear.

[cookie4343]

Still plodding on with this, struggling to decide what order I'm doing the resto, don't want to bolt shiney bits on till shell all painted but don't feel like I'm making progress.

I've stone chipped the boot floor and top coated it know just got to keep the dust out which seems impossible.

Edited by cookie4343, 29 December 2015 - 08:30 PM.

[Minitrio]

Excellent work there Cookie, keep up the good work, the shiny bits will be on in no time....

 

I have to do the same to my 97 MPI this spring, its going to be a long slow resto, but worth it in the end

[cookie4343]

Today despite the weather I've managed to stone chip the underbelly, just needs top coating.


Started some filler work on passenger rear quarter, a big skim of filler due to quite a few dents not covering rust.
After first skim and sand.

Second skim yet to be sanded.

A few pics of previous work to boot floor, arches etc, all been stone chipped and topcoat applied.

[cookie4343]

Started getting the bulkhead ready for final fit, been cleaning and refurbing parts, gonna try get it rolling by summer so I can prep and paint the body.

Bulkhead primed stone chipped and painted.




Cleaned up radius arm and painted will be replacing bearing and shaft.
Painted same colour as car was going to do black but thought it was boring.

[cookie4343]

One radius arm nearly complete, pretty happy with it.

[lawrence]

Some great work going on here. Keep it up :)