Sunday, March 27, 2011

Finally an update...

Well, I figured I should stop being lazy and post some pictures of my progress...

Rockers are undercoated as well as the front and rear fender wells. All welds and seams have been sealed, primed and undercoated

I have the rear valence welded in place now, along with my boot patch panels. I sealed the back (that's what the white is)

New piece welded in and any smaller holes were covered with fiberglass. The trunk looks a bit rough but I plan to carpet it to hide everything

Boot is now completely undercoated. Rear wheel arches have been patched with fiberglass

More boot repair. This has since been undercoated

More wheel well repair. This has since been undercoated

I pulled the calipers off of the front as the pistons are sticking and I could barely even move the car. I have two seal kits coming so I can clean both pistons and put in new seals

I finally got my front panels on Friday, so I was a busy boy yesterday. The fenders are pretty much completely welded, as are the a panels.

These are aftermarket panels, but I got them to fit pretty well. My gaps with the hood aren't too bad and the doors line right up. It's starting to look like a mini again

This side of the front nose (blue lower part) had to be trimmed as the wider tire would rub sometimes. The wheel arch will cover most of it up, and what it doesn't the bumper will.

At this point, I'm waiting for a water pump, top and bottom hose, rad. cap, thermostat, and caliper seal kits. Hopefully next week I can order the rear and side window seals, the boot seal, a carpet kit and two new tires. Hopefully I'll have the mini running not next week but the week after, and driving by the middle of April. I have decided to get the car sanded down and then to rattle can the car a dark gray filler primer. I'll go ahead and wet sand it so the finish won't look horrible. I will be priming and painting the car in the summer (june/july) with my paint guns. I will keep the same color, and paint the roof white for a checkerboard decal I'm putting on. More updates to come...

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Pictures

Ok, these are kinda crappy cell phone pictures, but they're better than nothing.








Update 3/13

Well, I'd love to post some pictures of what I've been up to but my camera just gave it up. I have welded in the new flitch panels I ordered and buttoned up the rest of the floor pan. I just finished spraying a layer of undercoating on the top side (cabin) of the floor pan, after a layer of primer. I also hung both the doors for alignment and they are lookin' good. I ran out of shielding gas, but the next project is the rear and to button up a few little places in the rocker panels. The fender wells are undercoated as well, just need the fenders and a-panels to button things up in the front. I'll keep everyone posted and hopefully get some pictures up, even if I have to use my cell phone.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Friday 3/4/11

Well, I have more of the floor pan welded up and my welds are starting to look much better. I haven't had a lot of time in the past week to work on the car but I'm hoping to get a fair amount done this weekend. Pictures...

 Not sure if I put up a picture of my new springs or not so here is one of the springs
22 ga metal underneath the 16 ga you can see 

Just 22 ga metal here

Welds are finally getting better

That's it for right now but I'll keep this updated over the weekend...