SimonT - 1/24 Abandoned Mini

[SimonT]

made front door / wing closing panel - slight gap at the bottom to fill

[stillp]

slight gap at the bottom to fill

Don't bother, BMC didn't!
Pete

[Tim Marlow]

I remember a magnet being essential when buying a used BMC or Ford in those days. It was the best way to spot sprayed over filler.....
This is looking about as structurally intact as a real one....The area around the top of the headlights was always bad I seem to remember....

[SimonT]

Pete - good point

Tim - all mine went around the bottom of the headlights then along the seam with the front panel

[minitnkr]

Brings back restoration nightmares. Excellent work. PaulE

[stillp]

Don't forget the bottom of the battery box - I've seen a few where the battery was only held in by the connections!
Pete

[SimonT]

Thanks Paul

Pete - already done :thumb2:

[Steve Jones]

Why else did we buy newspapers in the seventies if not to use in filling holes in our four door racers. I took the wing off my Fiesta once (which incidentally had a foot spa in the passenger well when it rained LOL) and the garage said they couldn't fit a new one as there was nothing to weld it too other than filler and newspaper!!

[Guest]

When I sold my first mini to a mate for scrap he simply ripped the rear subframe out as most of the mounting points had turned to weetabix. I have fond memories of bombing up and down the country in it, but in reality it was a death trap!

[SimonT]

I too had the foot spa in one of my minis - drove back from a show in pouring rain with my feet in 3inch of water

My mini 30 anniversary special had plenty of filler from new - there was a bit of rust bubbling on the door. When I investigated I found half an inch of factory filler across a large portion of the door. Someone at the factory must have bashed the skin in and rather than replace they just filled it. Lovely job though - couldn’t tell it was filler until it started falling off!

[SimonT]

My last classic mini was a brand new 1998 sports pack cooper with delivery miles - I found that they hadn't even bothered to spray the underside / inside of the wings and front panel so the front end was dissolving

Anyway, back to the build - don't have a lot of time on an evening so needed something quick to do

So, I made a battery......

[Steve Jones]

Nice work Mr T. Will you be doing a figure of you jump starting it?? LOL

[mrtintheweb]

Stalled build?

[Neil Merryweather]

Stalled build?

Oy!
you got my hopes up for nothing!

[Tim Marlow]

Same here...I’d forgotten about this and thought, great! It’s been updated....