Builds Rebuilding a 40 but no longer in a 1 car garage.

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On the new outside rocker there is a thin reinforcement plate that looks fake so it will be replaced by a stronger more oem looking one.
Took a template from the original one.

And put it on a piece of solid steel.

And used the mill to open the hole.

 

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PS fender taken off

Cut the bad parts out.

Then took the bad piece out of the remaining part of the rocker.

And made it hole again.

I didn’t take a picture of the welded section.

 

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Test fitted the new inner rocker.

From the outside.

And with the outside rocker on.

 

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Forgotten picture of the rocker repair.

Fixed the hole in the rear.

and did some grinding.

 

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Made a patch panel for the rear of the rocker.

And started with the PS floor.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

Hope you are getting paid for this! More toys to buy for sure. Nicely done!!!

 

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Hope you are getting paid for this! More toys to buy for sure. Nicely done!!!

Thanks, lets say getting paid is a big word. It would not be worth it with full rate.
I am going to build a belt grinder And some more stuff.

 

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Front floor

inside picture needs a lot of hammering and grinding.

Cut the side hole to size.

And another fitting.

 

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Goethe brackets marked and welded in.

and started with the two holes.
Grinding and fitting.

 

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All fitted an started welding.

I used a copper bar as backing for the welds.

It cleaned up nice. Inside

And out.

 

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The outside rocker still fits.

 

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Removed the rest of the front.

Then started removing the parvan.

And gone.

Some work to do here.

 

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Fitted the new inner front fender.

After cutting.

And prepped for final fitting.

 

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There as some work on the fire wall and top of the dash.

 

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Cleaning up the corners.

There is a lot of shape in this piece.

And after welding and further shaping.

 

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Taking on the small items that must be done before the new nose.
DS hole in the inner fender, inside patch welded in.

Outside patch made

And welded.

 

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Started with test fitting panels. This is just to see how they line up, for the final fitting the doors, bonnet and subframe must be mounted.

Panels needed a little masaging but they are close enough to get them perfect.
Biggest issue so far is the height difference between the parvan and the fender.

Its hard to see but the fender is to high or the corner of the parvan is to low.

It does look completely different.

 

[secretsquirrel]

Whoa the mini looks way harder then a 40 to do rust repair on. Great stuff

 

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Whoa the mini looks way harder then a 40 to do rust repair on. Great stuff

It is, the later classic mini’s are terrible in rust prevention.
Being a unibody with large open roof does not help.
But it is a fun little project and it will improve my skills.

 

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Small update, took the panels off and fixed a few ugly spots. This is visible from the inside.

All cleaned and primered with weld primer.

So is the new panel.

Panel tacked in place, there was some tension in the panel which made it a bit more challenging.

A bit more welding before the fuse blew and I called it a day.

Next I have to fix my spot welder And start with fitting the bonnet first.