Stan's 78 mini restoration

[stan360]

Sure did

[94touring]

Very good.

[stan360]

Tore down the seats this weekend .  Done with the old brown interior, I don't think it will look good with the bracken paint and it smells pretty stale , so maybe onto dove grey/grey  or black and tan....not sure yet.  Driver seat had some surface rust on the front edge from years of sweat and spilled drinks i supppose. Not to bad though.   They were worn through the paint on the contact to floor areas , handles and attachment points, so I will send them out for media blast and powder coat.   Found a 10 pence coin tucked in one.  So I  tore down the whole car and the only treasure were one coin and 3 dried up baby mice . :(

[94touring]

Are you reusing the foam?  If not I'll take it.

Some areas to repair today.

[94touring]

These Apanels I ordered are slightly thicker steel and I definitely lke the extra strength when I'm clamping the lips together.

[stan360]

Are you reusing the foam?  If not I'll take it.

I am not going to reuse the foam...you can sure have them....the seat base cloths were spray glued to the bases a bit in the centers , so there is some rough spots from separation.  Also the thin base wrap around foams are not great....the seat backs however are pretty nice.

[94touring]

Decided to tear into this closing panel and glad I did.  Fabbed up a new section and sealed off and even put a nice coat of grease on the inside

[94touring]

Body metal work is done.  Have doors and a bonnet to repair yet.

[94touring]

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[94touring]

Sprayed a test panel but it looks bright when I take photos.  The paint lid and can photo is most accurate.  Are you planning to head down to exchange parts and grab this or shall I mail it to you?

[stan360]

I can bring the parts down....let me email you tonight or call you tonight or tomorrow and figure out a good day.

[94touring]

Got some color on the bottom with this single stage.  Going to give it a once over with base/clear before moving on to the body. 

[MiniDave]

Coming along now......what color will the top be?

[94touring]

100 percent bracken.

[94touring]

This is what a $50 paint spill looks like. 

[roadhouse]

Color looks good!

[stan360]

Color looks good!

Yeah, I am diggin' it, but Dan's spilling the paint, so one of the fenders or doors may have to be another color....yellow or red or something.  ;D

[John Gervais]

Salmon?   4.gif

[stan360]

Salmon?   4.gif

Ha Ha,  Yeah ! Salmon it is then.   

[stan360]

just working on more smalls here today....had the pedal box powder coated and hammered that thing back together today. I was going to do some stainless pedals and I just opted for the standard rubber pads instead. Nothing exciting there.  Also cleaned up one of the nice silver and blue bonnet badges ( don't like the leyland wheel thing ) ....I got one of the originals on ebay uk that was a bit rough and so I  fixed that up ....only on the heals of buying the new offering online and realizing that it had some cheap crappy sticker on it , not once but twice since I got carried away with a few orders and duplicate parts.    No foil logos like the oldies.  But, I  did find some old style sturdy foils so the badges look correct now...., so now I have one for the car, one for a spare , and one I am sticking in the sell section with some other stuff.

[John Gervais]

Wow!  Those badges look great!

[94touring]

All this sanding...

[94touring]

Unfortunately back to my day job tomorrow.

[MiniDave]

At least you got some "color" on them now!   ;D

[94touring]

Ready for more block sanding post body filler block sanding.