Not sure when we're gona do it, but Dean ordered a few panels that need replaced on his mini. I know that they arrived the other day. I'm wrapping up my year end "day job and condo extravaganza" thats kept me so busy. Time to get cracking on the minis again 20.gif Updates as I get em.
Cool. What panels did Dean's Mini need?
The inner and outter A-panels on the left side and the corner panels on the back end, forward of the wheels on both sides.
Hey Touring, please take a ton of pictures if you can of the inner and outer panels being replaced. I'm on the fence of redoing mine as I'm not entirely sure I did mine correctly... Doors however line up however the panels are minutely flared outwards. and tend to flex when the doors open. I am toying with the option of putting a flip front on and I don't think they should flex at all.
Will do! We're shooting for end of next month.
We set a date of Nov 14th to drop the car off.
Dean showed up last night and this morning we took the mini to the shop. I began cutting into it shortly after...
Left rear corner, they glued in a piece of tin!
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1184)
New panel put into place.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1187)
Right rear corner, a lot of rot and a ton of bondo. They didn't exactly do a great job of getting their patch flush with the body.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1183)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1188)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1189)
I would have had the replacement panel in place but the subby attach panel was toast. So thats something we'll be ordering to replace. Dropped the subframe out of the way to have it ready.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1200)
Now for the Apanels everyones interested in. Heres a shot of the inner in place.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1191)
I cut it out, but left in the part that welds up flush with the inner wheel well for illistration.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1192)
Here it is completely removed, sand blasted, and ready for primer. So this is what it should like like before putting in a new inner A panel.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1196)
Test fitments, should slide right in. I didn't need the top part that goes under the scuttle, so cut that off.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1193)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1194)
I went on to primer and paint the A panels. Tomorrow once the paint is dry I'll weld them in and that will be that.
This is very exciting. Littlebit is finally getting the star treatment.
Moving along. A panels final fitments and welded up.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1201)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1202)
Probing the floor and cutting out a big section. We have a new pan on the way.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1204)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1205)
And for the fun right rear corner I cut out all the major rot and fabricated all new. All we are waiting on now is the new subframe panel and I can close this up.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1206)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1207)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1208)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1209)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1210)
Also on the bit of cill I had to cut out, I layed my fabbed piece over the existing cill and hammered in the pressed metal part.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1211)
Ok, back to my day job. Hopefully the other panels we need come in by next week and I can wrap up the metal work.
Great job Dan! Thanks for the pics. Does the outer A panel get tacked to the inner some where, or does it just get welded up over the inner?
Steve
It simply gets welded along the seam and over the lip of the door frame, as well as the top and bottom where it meets the body. I spray grease between the two before welding up after its been painted. Figured can't hurt. These had been replaced on his car at one point, the welds were a bit tricky to break on the seam and a lot of sealer along the door frame. The backside of the panels appeared only to have old primer. Ten minutes of paint would probably prevented the current rust on them. The tricky part is getting the inner panel far enough up from my experience. The top tends to get snagged up on surrounded metal and requires slight bending and or trimming on the tip.
Ok updates for the day. Still no panels but I had a couple patches that needed to be made in the wheel well areas and valance close off plate work to be done...which turned into a lot of work.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1213)
Hit this with the sandblaster, primed, painted, and put back together.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1215)
You can see where I had to do some final patches and welds.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1218)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1219)
This right side is all the fun!
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1220)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1221)
Just too far gone..
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1223)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1224)
Fabbed up a new boot floor for the section I had cut out and the corner leading into the arch needed a piece fitted.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1226)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1227)
Then I decided to make a valance by hand, and it turned out good as gold. Need to grind some of the welds where I put on the lips and clean it up a bit still. I ran out of steam before making closing panels on the back side. Tomorrow I will have it done.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1229)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1230)
Gutter prep work, removed lots of flakey paint and excess seam sealer was cracking and seperating. Needs some wire wheel action to finish it off.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1217)
And last but not least began removing everything.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1231)
Nice work, Dan. Is a full respray in the works?
Yep getting a full respray 4.gif
Ok todays work I finished up the valence.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1235)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1237)
A little seam sealer and all wrapped up here.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1238)
Noticed that the right rear plate for the bump stop was rotted up, so made a new plate. The other side needed minor welding where it was cracking from the floor.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1232)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1233)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1234)
Till next week...
Awesome!!
Did you have to trial fit the door a bunch before welding that 'A' panel in place?
Learned a few more things - thanks again for taking the time to stop and take pics during the work!
Pat
Thanks! Only one door trial fitment required actually. By time I had the lip that adjoins into the wing aligned, there wasn't a whole lot left to adjust. That part took probably half a dozen fitments untill I had it where it would slide all the way up.
Finished up the metal work today, next is prepping for paint.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1239)
Thought we were done back here but still a section of rot left to fix.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1240)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1242)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1241)
Dean did some masking.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1243)
Finished up the floor and that was all we did for today. Shooting to have the roof painted black tomorrow.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1244)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1245)
Very cool!!!!!
Is that the standard bump stop? Holy crap..if I get some of those I'll never have to mess with my stupid hydrolastic suspension again!
Got the roof painted...
This paint booth took some effort. Should have seen us fumbling with the pvc.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1247)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1249)
Wrapping things up after another long day. Our hopes that the door hinges were salvagable didn't work as planned, so new hinges on the way to remount the door. Decided to replace a few seam covers too, but those items will be quick to paint and have on the car. In the meantime I gotta go back to work, so in two weeks we'll have it put back on the road after some color sanding and buffing.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1250)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1251)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1252)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1253)
Heres the proud owner. Probably thrilled all this work is over. 130.gif
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1254)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1255)
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Guess you don't spend a lot of time sitting around watching tv...lol.
Is the paint dry in those pics? Is that the way it looks when it's done, prior to the color sanding/buffing you said was next?
Haha, not a lot of tv is right. That's it dried and ready to be color sanded. Once we buff it up and get it in some daylight I'll toss up more pics.
Looking sweet! I can't wait to see it all cut and buffed out. When I had my red mini I always wanted to get the roof painted black, an awesome look I think.
aH This is Awesome ! ! ! Looks like a red car I once almost owned.... 50.gif
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fast as you doing this the green machine should be no challenge.
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Ah that poor green machine. Its on list of things to do.
And done with color sanding and buffing. Here's a pic of his roof...
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1256)
Some more final stages pics.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1260)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1262)
Final pics...
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1264)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1266)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1268)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1270)
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Holy cow that looks a-w-e-s-o-m-e!!
He has some wheels that compliment the color combo I hope to post soon.
Good God! That roof is amazing!!! And not just that, the whole car looks great!!! Awesome job!
Funny story about the roof, I actually did the clear twice. Was spraying a different clear I'm not use to and it gave me fits and came out a bit orange peely the first go around.
What did you use for paint (water based?) and clear and how many coats?
(side note: just noticed the hydro lines - does the owner have his own suspension pump? wondering about parts for mine...if he'd know anything about suppliers)
We sprayed sherwin williams in base coat/clear coat. I usually spray dupont but couldn't pull up paint codes for targa red. Two thick coats of clear. I believe he has his own hydro pump stuff but you'd have to ask him how to use the stuff.
Check out the wheels on this thing...
Quote from: 94touring on December 17, 2012, 12:04:06 PM
Check out the wheels on this thing...
Hold on, let me get my glasses...
The wheels look perfect on it! 71.gif
Quote from: Mudhen on November 29, 2012, 02:58:41 PM
Is that the standard bump stop? Holy crap..if I get some of those I'll never have to mess with my stupid hydrolastic suspension again!
That is a competition bump stop that has the top half cut off.
Cool, thx!
Do you have a suspension pump for that HL suspension? If so, which kind?
My pump is in need of work and I'm wondering about parts for it...
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Noooooo... What the heck happened? I LOVE this thread. The level of detail on your final welding/grinding/filler, and the wet sanding to perfection is the whole reason I chose to have you work on my car in the first place. haha. This thread, and recommendations by the owner of this car led me to your doorstep.
So what's the deal with the car? :-[
Hit a pit bull and now it needs a new front end. Damaged the hood pretty bad and wings took a beating too. May end up replacing the whole front. The old seams on the wings were already on their last life before so this may have put them over the edge.
And thanks, that's nice to hear!
Redid the front end. We had to fab up new rails on the inner wings, old ones were toast. New inner wings would have been ideal but we didn't have time and so fabrication it was.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1729)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1732)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1735)
We fixed a couple other minor spots and just went ahead and shot/recleared the whole car.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1735)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1738)
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1748)
looks absolutely fantastic
yeah, awesome!
That came out great!
My old car was Guards Red with a black roof. Later changed to a white roof. Florida sun.
60 long gone.
New ride a Brit Open. Just finished 1293 engine and gearbox with 2.95 diff.
Regards
Joe
AKA towjoe
Looks awesome!!!
Here's an update to this car.
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=1948)
There's only one thing to say about that.
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Back in the shop... :(
Yeah, I saw this on Facetube yesterday, are you going to do the work Dan?
Yeah I have an order of odds and ends ready to be shipped along with a heritage boot lid once the insurance company gives the green light.
Get going, we have a run scheduled for the first week of Nov! ;D
Hopefully not too bad.
Nah just the boot lid and plate assembly really.
Geez. This makes me not want to finish Tink until I leave OKC. Lol
Don't make me paint your car again. I will cut you.
Haha. I will try my best. I have many years of riding motorcycles to learn from. I never got hit on one of those in St. Louis. I should be able to avoid the idiots... time will tell.
One genuine boot lid ready for assembly.
When's he coming over for the install?
I might drive it to him since I don't have any weekends off for a long time. I buffed it up today and it's sitting on my living room floor till I get back next week.
looking good!
Gorgeous!
He got it put together. The new rubber seal was too fat so had to use the old one. I've had issues every time I put on the new seals. They just don't fit right anymore.
Looks ready for our November run!
My boot seal is way too chubby. Can't even close the dang thing because it gets caught on the bottom. I have to grease it up to get it to close. I've had it closed for about a month now so I'm hoping it's getting settled in.