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Post by missgibbons on May 3, 2010 18:56:53 GMT 1
Hi everybody im new, Currently restoring my 86 mini mayfair with the help of my dad and boyfriend, Done most of the work myself. So far ive learnt to weld, fill and ive sprayed the car myself! Spotted the stand at vintage car show today and thought i would sign up  Will be uploading pictures up later (Takes a while on photobucket) |
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Post by boycie101 on May 3, 2010 19:03:39 GMT 1
good on you, my missus the same + never affraid to tackle any jobs on the mini  |
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Post by ljonez on May 3, 2010 19:17:28 GMT 1
welcome along, sounds great good on you, my missus the same + never affraid to tackle any jobs on the mini maybe you should let her lose on the kernal   |
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Post by boycie101 on May 3, 2010 19:23:15 GMT 1
i would but would never hear the end of it mate ;D |
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Post by missgibbons on May 13, 2010 16:47:07 GMT 1
I have no idea how im suppose to put pics up on here. So...........the picture on there is wat peanut used to look like. Will get sumone to put more pics up for me when i have time.   |
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Post by coedy on May 13, 2010 17:38:53 GMT 1
Close enough. Edited it for you so it'll work. Make sure that the code you choose for the picture is the one with ![]() either side of it. Looks a good starting point! Only things I can spot with it is the scuttle, maybe rear quarter? and a grille! |
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Post by ljonez on May 13, 2010 23:03:05 GMT 1
looks like a good base to start from, good luck with it
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Post by missgibbons on May 23, 2010 10:28:18 GMT 1
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Post by dai9fxey on May 23, 2010 13:10:14 GMT 1
WOW. You have been busy.  Fair play to all involved with the resto. Top class effort. |
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Post by alexlew on May 23, 2010 13:11:07 GMT 1
wow is looking realy good |
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Post by Danny California on May 23, 2010 18:00:40 GMT 1
Love the colour, but is it the light or are they oversills? It may well be shadows, in which case I'll zip it lol  That would look mental with a carbon roof too What are your plans for the wheels? |
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Post by ljonez on May 23, 2010 18:42:37 GMT 1
i love the colour! i nearly painted mine a similar colour but is it the light or are they oversills? It may well be shadows, in which case I'll zip it lol sadly its oversills and not shadows  |
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Post by missgibbons on May 23, 2010 19:21:42 GMT 1
I don't know wat you mean by oversills. the sills were shot so i ordered sills and this is wat came. :S
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Post by ljonez on May 23, 2010 21:19:48 GMT 1
basicly there are 2 types of outer sill the proper/original ones have vents in them, then there are what are called over sills which dont not have the vents this causes water to get trapped which results in them rotting away pretty quickly and taking the inner sill/floor with them. the orignial sill look like this  note how they are much narrower than the over sills and have the vents along them. hope that helps |
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Post by missgibbons on May 24, 2010 10:04:14 GMT 1
I see what you mean now, Dident realise there were 2 types, I could just drill some drain holes along the sill's, saying that before we welded the new outer sill on the inner sills got treated to a gallon of waxoil so i can see it being much of a problem!
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Post by Danny California on May 25, 2010 22:23:27 GMT 1
Thats a fair point actually, I dont see why they could not be modified to allow moisture to escape? Cut vents similar to the original design and paint over them sufficiently maybe?
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Post by coedy on May 25, 2010 22:58:22 GMT 1
You could do?
As long as they are slots like Dan says Im guessing it could help?
Would definitely be easier than tearing it off especially now that it's all nicely painted...
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