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ScottSee above - its a keeper so the effort of removing all the rust by cutting it out is justified, some of it is surface only and could be treated but never convinced that its successful.brakedisc wrote:Did you really let your daughter drive around in this?
Its her baby she loves driving a retro car, its got remote central locking, inertia seat belts front and rear plus lots of other modern features so the best of both worlds.
I take my hat off to you. So much work and effort. How many times have you done this?
What he said. With knobs on . Very impressive stuff.chris d wrote:great work scott
keep going
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Ah there it is, the bracing.bks974c wrote:Scott
There is a lot of work and effort needed to get it spot on but it can be done, as the supply of OE panels dries up there will be no choice but to use repo. As its unlikely commercial enterprises will find enough volume to justify making them, hopefully the club will step in and get the quality right.The Nun wrote:Did you manage to find some genuine factory sills? No
Or did you have to use repro? Yes Expressed Steel
I was told the repros even the factory style arent quite to the exact same profile as the factory ones curve slightly, did you have to adjust them to fit at all if you used the repro,? Very good copy, possibly more radiused folds but no reworking apart from the drain slots I'd give them 100% for effort
Even factory pressed ones by now would be similar if using the original moulds - if you look at early and late original mini rear panels the swage line below the rear window is sharp on the early cars by the end its a vague ripple.
Just wondered what you opinion of them were as youre doing a full job?
Having fitted factory sills myself, even those, in fact all the original panels need a certain amount of fiddling and adjusting to fit perfectly, they dont just plonk on, and Ive seen a few just plonked on too, a lot of the repro panels I found do disappoint though, they arent quite right, they will do the repair, better then having dents and holes of course but they never seem to look quite right, maybe its because they are fitted without the time needed for them to work, rushed, costs.
Ok once you have the material they can be "made" to fit extremely well of course but it takes hours and lots of effort as Tiker shows on his to get it spot on and as Ive found too, in fact Ive chucked the repros and gone off and found some originals even though they cost a small fortune these days.
The club panels do look good although Ive not actually seen some fitted at close scrutiny next to an original fitted?
Not a chance I didn't bare metal it inside and out last time to return it to that colour.oli wrote:Would be nice to see the finished masterpiece back to it's original Wardance colour...
If that's the case I'd look at welding it on the upper side of the swage a bit more awkward but equally valid.Duk wrote:Is that the best place to join a replacement rear wing then Scott? I'm looking at fitting some to mine and has previously had wings stuck over already at some point. The swage is a bit iffy as it is