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got my Tahiti mini a while back , due to seeing friends minis and obviously turbo mini i decided to make a turbo project out of mine

i brought most of the turbo parts now
like a t2 turbo

also a clubman 2 peice front end
arches
single skin bootlid





had some hidden horrors as per usual with these cars
anyways thought id show u some pics of the car the rust and bits so far for any advice

the paints pretty goood it aslo has a fresh resprayed roof in black





these two holes but i have a replacement pannel to go all the way across and a new rear valance

some of the rust!!! bits





the pockets in the back have rust , my friend is cutting out the pockets to fit my roll cage when it arrives , i think well have to try and sort it then !

i started taking the sounddeading off the flooor ! wat a horrrable job but the bag after weighed so much glad i did it



then me and a friend cut the front off !! ive got a clubman 2 piece to try and fit at some piont !! tried cleaning up the innner wings found more rust under the brackett for the shocks which SUCKKKKKS















fitting the support bars this weekend ! and hopefully some how fix these shock rust thingyssssss

Good to see some progress. But...


"BOUGHT"

In the 13's at last!.. Just

jeeeeeeez u sound like my fookin english teacher
surley it cant bother u that much lol!!

advice is treat all de scabbed rusted areas with underneath panels new wings etc with red oxide primer.

you can mig weld throug this, the rust keeps well at bay following a top coat of houshold gloss and ........ then! shults with added waxoil trust me.

everyone gets stung with the brought bought thing mate trust me!!! lol its all in good heart just a certain Viking telling us english how to speak our language

Steve: i hate waxoil!! yuk never dries!! horrible to weld anywhere near aswell! i would have thought schutz on its own would be fine dries hard and its ok to grind off agin if you ever need to.

IMO of course.

I always get rid off ALL of the rust either by cutting it all out or grinding it all out. then you can buy weldable etch primer which is pretty good but generally only used for spot welds.

no matter what you paint behind the patch with that will allow you to weld through as you have to seam weld it its just going to burn away around the weld with the heat. unless you take it stupidly slowly but is it really worth it!

once you have welded the new patch in mate get some brusable seam sealer and paint it over the welds. seeing as it doesnt really matter what this area looks like this will prolong the life of the welds in a big way mate.

up here we say bocht!

Oh and dinitrol is the way to go. Sprayed some on bare metal about 3 years ago! Cant get it off to put proper paint on! But there aint no sign of rust! And thats on the underside of my boot floor. I hit it with dinitrol to keep the rust at bay while I did the sills. This winter I am doing the whole underside of the car with it. and it aint sticky. I bocht, brought, bought it in Hellfrauds but they dont seem to do it now, but Frost have it. Good luck. Play it safe and use purchased from now on!

Edited by lockfast on 13th Oct, 2008.

true! james but ..... once i have done my work this way i dont go back to it.
i did my motor well over 10 years and no! rust todate

if it works it works! i just have a personal grudge against the stuff, you know when you just hate something for no real reason?!?! lol

i know what you mean james ...lol
mind you iam an old git

i think its because we had a customer come into work and wanted some seats fitted into the back of his Transporter which we did. only to find that he had waxoiled the INSIDE of van. Trust that to be a nice hot day with me wearing shorts and the invevitable black knees happened.

that coupled with the countless welding jobs that come in and im left with burning waxoil dripping on my overals setting me on fire! burning through into my legs/arms, grrr

arggghhh and the smell when its burning! yuk!!

maybe i do know why i hate the stuff!!

Keep up the good work mate! Tahiti Blue Clubmans are the way forward!

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mine is all red oxided, then sealed and waxed :) you want to do it deffo, there are lil square access panels along the inside of the inner sill so get em loaded up, and the bottoms of ure doors too.

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done more today!
got everything out the engine bay pretty much!!
i got my rollcage from the rollcage centre through the post yesterday tooo, looks pimp:)
also got a front gaz coilover conversion kit tooooo also looks rad
cut hole for bulkhead box ready to be welded
and generally cleaning bits up with the grinder
cheers to alex and dan for all the help













good to see things gettin done