As much as they contribute to the standard look of the mini.. they are a pain in the ass when it comes to rust. Water gets trapped and rusts the shell out. Then on the other hand its another type of pain in the ass to de-seam the mini.
I eventually went with deseaming.
I dont like fully de-seamed Minis so i went half way and only removed the front and rear corners. Again its not an enjoyable job but i was running out of motivation on certain parts of this project so i jumped to other parts. The rears were cleanded out and welded from the inside first, then i started de-seaming the Mini with the method used by everyone else:
- Cut 100mm at a time
- MIG weld
- Hammer in weld
- Grind and clean weld
- Cool with wet rag
- Then moved on to the next 100mm.
I eventually went with deseaming.
I dont like fully de-seamed Minis so i went half way and only removed the front and rear corners. Again its not an enjoyable job but i was running out of motivation on certain parts of this project so i jumped to other parts. The rears were cleanded out and welded from the inside first, then i started de-seaming the Mini with the method used by everyone else:
- Cut 100mm at a time
- MIG weld
- Hammer in weld
- Grind and clean weld
- Cool with wet rag
- Then moved on to the next 100mm.
I continued doing this with the rest of the seams.
There were rather large dents and odd shapes left in the panels from the hammering, but it was essential, because if i had removed too much of the welded seam there wouldnt of been much structural integrity left.
Moving on to body filling of the dents left by the hammering, I spent countless hours after work doing this and getting the shape just right. It really takes that long, doing layer after layer after layer.. i figured i might as well prep the rest of the shell of other imperfections while i was bogging it. I think i have done about 90% of the main body filling and figured id leave the engine bay for later because i wasnt prepared to remove the engine just yet.
So while the engine is in.. i might aswell get the engine running right?
Moving on to body filling of the dents left by the hammering, I spent countless hours after work doing this and getting the shape just right. It really takes that long, doing layer after layer after layer.. i figured i might as well prep the rest of the shell of other imperfections while i was bogging it. I think i have done about 90% of the main body filling and figured id leave the engine bay for later because i wasnt prepared to remove the engine just yet.
So while the engine is in.. i might aswell get the engine running right?
Here are the pictures.. Probably need to finish up and put some primer on it!
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