Jump to content


Photo
- - - - -

1973 Australian Leyland Mini Clubman


  • Please log in to reply
31 replies to this topic

#31 Mk2Brett

Mk2Brett

    On The Road

  • Noobies
  • PipPip
  • 44 posts
  • Location: Australia

Posted 04 July 2025 - 01:07 PM

Waiting for the carpet underlay to arrive, so started work on the rear suspension/radius arms.

 

Somewhere down the line the car had an underbody protection paint applied, problem was it was applied directly on the radius arms as well so they are caked in a thick rubber layer.

 

I've removed them for now, as I have replacements to go in. I will get around one day to refurbing these ones to keep as a spare.

IMG-5565.jpg
Removing all the rust and underbody coating from the suspension areas
IMG-5566.jpg
Treating with rust converter + epoxy primer + CRC Black zinc. I'll then apply a gloss black and clear coat.
IMG-5567.jpg

 

Now waiting to do a few more coats before re-assembling the rear.

 

I also have new handbrake cables, so need to figure out how to run those next.



#32 Mk2Brett

Mk2Brett

    On The Road

  • Noobies
  • PipPip
  • 44 posts
  • Location: Australia

Posted Yesterday, 07:30 AM

Lots of waiting for paint to dry today, so we tackled a few small jobs.

 

Addressed some rust under the bonnet, then hit it with 2K primer, 2K gloss black, then 2K clear.

IMG-5568.jpg

IMG-5573.jpg
Once this is dry we will add some under bonnet sound insulation.
 
Then applied the stripes, Not perfect for a first try.

IMG-5577.jpg
 

 

 

Next up was adding the chrome GB badge, previously we just had a vinyl sticker

IMG-5570.jpg
 
Then using vinyl dye, we dyed the rear seats red to match the front seats. This turned out really nice.
IMG-5571.jpg
IMG-5572.jpg
 
There was a small rust buble in the rear quarter, so I sanded that back, preped and primed it and then hit it with some paint matched spray I had made. Looks ok in the light, will hit this with with a 2K clear and see about blending it.
IMG-5578.jpg
 

 






3 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 1 guests, 0 anonymous users


    Bing (2)