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[v6matt]

Hi from Lincolnshire, I've recently bought an 81 mini that the previous owner started to rebuild. Unfortunately it turned out to be beyond repair and he bought another shell. Not sure who did it but the outer seams have been mostly ground off.
How difficult would it be to replace them?

[sonscar]

Welcome.Replacing the seams is easy if you can fabricate and weld,much more difficult if you cannot.I would imagine very expensive to have professionally done.Hope this reply is not too negative,the skills can be learned.Steve..

[stuart bowes]

sounds like someone was trying to deseam it and then realised how big a job that was .. 'beyond repair' isn't really a thing is it, you just replace panels until it's complete again

 

if you look at post #176 of my build I replaced a grotty bit of seam on my rear panel, that's one (but not necessarily the only) way of doing it

 

https://www.theminif...-998/?p=3743716

 

depending how much seam is missing I suppose I'd probably just work my way around replacing it in small sections while trying to use whatever was left as a guide for alignment and shaping the curves etc

 

the seam trims will help to disguise any slight wonkiness (within reason)

 

failing that if you just want to spot / plug weld then buy new panels but that might get a bit pricey

Edited by stuart bowes, 02 August 2023 - 09:15 AM.