Project Nancy

[The Marcos Graveyard]

You'll have to find another spot for the wiper motor.

[just_st3v3n]

good thinkin, bet he didnt think of that either....
scrap that idea..........

[The Marcos Graveyard]

You could try and fit a mono-wiper, like the race Minis.

[woody]

Looks to me like you may have problems with your clearance on your master cylinders.

[mad-mini]

what are u trying to do with the car






Steven

[just_st3v3n]

dont worry thats not mine mad-mini
its a pic of someone elses mini project..
was just thinking of maybe sticking cutting a little section and building a battery box up there in the front, but seeing as il be met with silly complications and dont fancy anymore of them im not gonna change n just leave it standard.

[mad-mini]

awh yea u are only making more work for ur self

Good work on the mini keep it up.






Steven

[just_st3v3n]

ah iv got plenty of time to do stuff bein jobless, so am just keepin my options open

ok, got a bit more done since last post.. i got some undersills which were meant for my other mini but decided to chop up all the bits that i have welded in and place the undersills on instead
got doing the rear arch also as the lip was too rusty for my liking so got a replacement panel for that heres a pic from my crappy phone, not very clear



got it all welded up nicely 1/3 from the inside (where i could reach) than the rest from the outside



theres no inner arch in there yet and i think the panel has slightly warped inwards from the bottom... will the inner arch resolve the slight warp??? <--- please say it will

steven

[kerryminigringo]

It may or may not,when welding onto large panels like a quarter panel you should weld in short bursts and vary the weld from place to place to keep heat build up to a minimum to avoid warping.

[just_st3v3n]

i knew that and thought i left enough space and time when i was welding it....
ya cant really see it from the pics but the bottom of the panel has slightly pulled inwards (not alot), it can be arched/pulled outwards from the bottom but it just doesnt stay like that so i hope the inner arch fitting will slightly push it outwards
lesson learned after i did that anyway, i started the other side and cut the panel alot smaller and like you said im welding in couple of inch sections from one side to middle to far side and back etc etc....

[just_st3v3n]

got the other side done earlier.. was abit easier and turned out ok..



side view



they need to be cleaned up a bit more but think they'l clean up nicely

[mad-mini]

Hi mate lovely job on the mini all u need is a skim of body filler and u wil never no that the bottem of the quarter panel was re done.

Great job







Steven.

[just_st3v3n]

just little update
sprayed the rear seat and parcel shelf with zinc primer using a spraying gun





handy job the spray gun but what a pain in the behind to get the gun clean afterwards

am sort of running out of things to do slowly but surely due to the lack of panels that are needed so am gonna make up a punch tonight and see if i can start the oh so dreaded de-seaming

[just_st3v3n]

got an 8 by 4 foot 1mm mild steel sheet today so i dont have to worry about steel anymore... unless the whole floor starts to rust

anywho started the de-seaming earlier on (crappy pic)



i used cut outs of about a cm n half and placed them in at the back of the seams (reverse of normal seams) and welded them in section by section, grinded it down after the above picture and went over the weld again... feels solid. leak proof - i hope so after i fill it all out.. am gonna use lead to fill it instead of filler... should be another fun experience

[The Marcos Graveyard]

Fair play to you Steven, you're certainly learning a good few new skills with this project. Keep up the good work.

[just_st3v3n]

cheers TMG, i sure am learning of all new all sorts

got some more de-seaming done today, well nearly all of it actually, just a small section left on the left rear seam..

[just_st3v3n]

the welding part of the de-seaming is done, i just need to clean the welds abit and then im going to start lead filling them as opposed to the usual filler...

also made up a doorstep repair panel and got that welded in nicely earlier on.

[Billy]

Well done Steven,

It's coming along nicely.

Billy

[just_st3v3n]

cheers billy...
cudnt make it to agm, was meant to head up donegal to collect my brothers new car (bmw 312i(s) touring) but ended up being to lazy and stayin in bed
so instead went back out to the car and did some work on it, was going grand untill i ran out of cutting discs so that was that for today
heres some proper pics finally



doorstep repair



A-post rust...what is this repair panel i need called?????????????????????????



a-post section removed



botched up



cut out and that is where my cutting discs ran out

heres some better pics of the de-seaming





<---think that was the second run over with the welder to cover up some holes and weld together a bit better





the seams aint lookin the prettiest right now but hopefully all will turn out ok when i get them filled with lead.

any comments/advice on the seam welds appreciated before i fill em up....


EDIT: sickened, am after spotting a cutting disc with a bit left on the rear parcel shelf in one the pics

[Billy]

FYI, Lidl have loads of welding gear in stock at the minute.

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20090219.index

Billy

[just_st3v3n]

good man billy
seen the ads for this last week but forgot about it till u said there
went to lidls earlier and got some of the welding wire... pity they dont do the small gas bottles..

[just_st3v3n]

sanding...



removed with heatgun, came off real easy.



got bored and left...

[92Coop]

wow. great stuff man. your flying

[The Marcos Graveyard]

Even that young lady seems impressed with your work.

[just_st3v3n]

well my one my mates gave me a hand so it went pretty quick-ish, i hate sanding by the way...

not to sure bout that lady on the wall, is she eye-in me up or the mini