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Progress ..cleaning up the shell prior to being sand blasted a week saturday..! Then it's weldathon time :(







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Edited by Monster22 on 17th Nov, 2006.

Hi, looks good, but chop off those oversills before sandblasting, I guess you will find loads of horrid stuff under those...

loads of work for you there

but keep batting away, you will get there

Will do....I need a Turbo Mini Van.. I punched through a corner of the sill and I didn't find another sill underneath, so assumed they'd been fitted correctly. Out of interest what makes you think their oversills? I'm off to do some more on it now so will cut through the other sill and have a look.
Cheers,
Mark

It is an oversill as the "ventholes" are not holes, but just a bump in the sill. you can see this in your 3rd pic. a real sill looks like this: yes its a bad pic, but you can see the vent to the left of the cage mount

have a look at my pics ive just fitted genuine sills. good luck with the work. if you dont mind me asking how much is it to get it sand blasted?

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

Ok I understand, thanks for the pic Andre. Could they have used oversills instead of using outer sills...suppose it could be possible?! Haven't attacked to fine out as I've been scraping.

The chap has given me a rough price of shell inside and out (£200) four rear doors and two sides for £100. plus some £'s for priming. This was with me taking all the underseal and seam sealer off the the car.

M

Heres a pic I've just taken, there doesn't seem to be an old sill under the oversill!

Anyway back to scraping....:(
M

Edited by Monster22 on 18th Nov, 2006.

it is possible that there is not an old one under it, but still, its a bodge, as its not meant to be like that...

lol, I know its a bodge...you should see the rest of the car. Dexter has been patched left right and center, he has a secondhand front panel and secondhand inner wings hinges for the external door hindges...:( still he'll be better one day.

M

Car deliveried last Saturday to a nice chap in Wotton under edge. He uses a course grit by the sounds of it so won't touch the sides or roof, he'll only do the seams.

Quote is £85 ish which with the doors, bonnet etc is very very good. He seems a very nice chap. Will post better pics when she's back in 3 weeks time.

Edited by Monster22 on 30th Nov, 2006.

bloody hell thats a decent price

good work for saving the van! if the sills are that bad then pop genuine ones on it you can, however over sills have been used by myself in the past as a 'will do' measure, but id always pop on genuine ones if i was going to any degree of effort

Edited by Nic on 30th Nov, 2006.

I asked him a couple of times the price, just the be sure...but if it's 3 times as much its still cheap. Gonna be spending about £1200 with Mini Machine.....!!! Will be doing this properly never fear

i know mini machine do a complete floor for the van heel board, floor, tunnel, inner and outer sills thats about £600

im gonna get one of those for my van when it gets to the top of my list

Thought about it but I need the following so went for floor halves instead.

Wing, left hand, Mk1-4
Wing, right hand, Mk1-4
End Repair, windscreen scuttle, left hand Mk1-5
End Repair, windscreen scuttle, right hand Mk1-5
Front Panel, Mk4-5, for Mini 76-Current
Subframe, rear, dry 91 on
Inner Wing assy., left hand, Mk1
Inner Wing assy., right hand, Mk1
Inner Apex Panel, left hand, Mk1-2
Inner Apex Panel, right hand, Mk1-2
Door Hinge, lower, left hand, Mk1-2
Door Hinge, lower, right hand, Mk1-2
Door Hinge, upper, left hand, Mk1-2
Door Hinge, upper, right hand, Mk1-2
Gasket, door hinge, front half, Mk1-2 (4 off)
Gasket, door hinge, back half, Mk1-2 (4 off)
Seam Cover, front, Mk1-5 (2 off)
Clip, seam cover, Mk1-5 (10 off)
Seam Cover, front, Mk1-5
Clip, seam cover, Mk1-5
Stiffener, A post, left hand, Mk1-2
Stiffener, A post, right hand, Mk1-2
Wheel Arch, inner, left hand, Mk1-5
Wheel Arch, inner, right hand, Mk1-5
Crossmember, subframe mounting, Mk1-4 van & pickup
Crossmember Assembly, load floor, Mk1-4 van & pickup
Sill, Floor Half & Stiffener Assy, left hand, Mk4, van & pickup
Sill, Floor Half & Stiffener Assy, right hand, Mk4, van & pickup
Mounting Panel, rear subframe, Mk1-4 van & pickup
Crossmember, seat, square tunnel, Mk3-4
Tunnel, square, Mk3-4 estate, van & pickup
Closing Panel, windscreen corner, left hand, Mk1-5
Closing Panel, windscreen corner, right hand, Mk1-5
Apex Panel, left hand, Mk1-2, and Van & P-up
Apex Panel, right hand, Mk1-2, and Van & P-up

Edited by Monster22 on 30th Nov, 2006.

That's one hell of a panel list! Actually my '73 saloon sheel was in a similar state but I took the easy (cowards) way out and got a new shell, bonnet, boot, doors and subframes. And it still took me 7 years to get it finished!

thought i'd post to say, car is still at the blasters......:( although i'm working on the subframes will post pictures this week.

thought i'd post to say, car is still at the blasters......:( although i'm working on the subframes will post pictures this week.

i too have a turbo van.

i'm sorting the body the cheats way. paying someone else!!!

i realy didnt have the space or the time.

Keep at it and dont let the rust get you down!

lol....my friends think 4 bin bags should be big enough to collect the van with...! she will be on the road this summer.....or he's sold...

As the cars still away so thought I'd post a picture of Dexter next to my Wifes mini. Guess where his name came from?? Been thinking about what colour to have him sprayed, was thinking of his and hers black Minis!

Keep him blue and silver ... looks great.

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

Vans ready for collection.... :) Will post some pics of shell and bin bags containing the rest of the car.

More work than expected....will pop up some more pics later...

M

£85 was the final price not too bad at all. Anyone want his number just PM me.

loads of holes around the plot. Right now to order some panels.

Edited by Monster22 on 17th Feb, 2007.