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Post by paul1275s on Sept 11, 2012 12:57:26 GMT
I get the fact that it's not going to be a concours car, but... Oversills look rubbish, they don't vent the sill and if you do ever decide to sell it people may think you are trying to hide something.. I appreciate that you would be not be slapping them over the rot like botchers used to do but still, and as Steven says, they ain't expensive!!
Putting oversills on your pick-up would be like putting pvc windows on a newly thatched cottage...
Great progress by the way!!!!
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Post by biggelmo on Sept 12, 2012 16:59:42 GMT
Its going to have a Fiat Punto engine put in it so what does it matter what sills its got on it.
If people want to waste their time laying on the floor telling me what sills it should and should'nt have on it then thats fine by me,i shall'nt be losing any sleep over it.
Basically its mine and i'll do what I like to it.
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Post by biggelmo on Sept 12, 2012 17:14:23 GMT
Rant over.....let the fun begin..  Rot passenger floor cut out.  New floor seam welded in from above and will be seam welded from below when we roll the shell on its side. |
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Post by biggelmo on Sept 14, 2012 5:38:01 GMT
many thanks to Ian (Old English) for donating the front driver's floor pan.
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Post by paul1275s on Sept 14, 2012 14:01:04 GMT
I've got a nearside wing you can have for nowt, been stored got surface rust but usable after a clean up...
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Post by biggelmo on Sept 15, 2012 18:11:30 GMT
OK thanks i'll pm you for details.
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Post by biggelmo on Sept 15, 2012 18:39:12 GMT
Good progress today starting with cutting out the end of the heel board,making a repair panel and welding it in.    Then I repaired the small bracket in front of the rear subframe mounts,rebuilt the return on the end of the heel board and repaired the load bed drain.  Then I wire brushed the inner sill, inside of door step and inside of outer sill and sprayed them with cold galvanising zinc primer. Ive "joggled" a lip onto the join for the lower side repair panel and tacked it into place to check the door to step gap.  It looks pretty good so tomorrow i'll finish welding the door step and outer sill. |
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Post by biggelmo on Oct 13, 2012 19:29:49 GMT
First off ,thanks to Paul1275 for donating the front wing. So where were we..... Ive now replaced the nearside inner and outer A panels and front wing  Then when we visited the Mini Action day I got the off side door skin,door bottom repair and both rear complete wheel arches. Ive tried to relace the front driver floor but while sitting on the seat crossmember I noticed it was so thin it was bulging under my weight (fat comments expected) and also on closer inspection the rear floor was passed it,so I took the plunge and ordered a complete front to rear floor with inner and outer sills and a half seat crossmember from Minisport. Today ive cut out the old floor & crossmember and started fitting the new one.   I should complete it tomorrow and maybe make a start on the rear arches. |
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Post by MiniGT5 on Oct 13, 2012 19:35:20 GMT
Looks more solid than my floor
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Post by biggelmo on Oct 18, 2012 19:27:36 GMT
My wheels arrived today, a new set of silver 4.5x10 Cooper S steels (seconds) from Minisport.
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Post by biggelmo on Oct 21, 2012 17:36:10 GMT
We had quite a productive day on the Pick-Up today..  We cut out the rusty drivers side rear wheel arch.  And welded in a new saloon wheel arch which had to have the bottom edge trimmed to suit the Pick-Up load floor.  Looking better. We've got to do the same to the passenger side as well. |
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