The Dreaded Tin Worm! :( (Warning Picture HEAVY)
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Right guys My Project car is Tin Worm Heaven! is the shell worth saving? and what panels would you reckon ill need? if you have some kicking about let me know please :) Thanks Stephen





















More to come :(

Edited by Chalkie on 25th Mar, 2012.

Then the mini in its house



Thanks stephen

That's doable. Looks like it wants:

Drivers Flitch panel - you'll have to take the A panel of to do it, but you can do most of the welding from inside the car.
Pair of sill steps.
Pair of inner outer sill/floor sections like this:

http://www.somerfordmini.co.uk/eshop/index...products_id=677

Pair of A panels.
Heel board repair sections.
Boot floor repair sections.
Some steel for other odds and sods.

I've seen much worse....

Ah thanks man I got told this mini was soild and needed no welding when i brought it :( 3 years ago and it sat in a garage for a year and a half since ive had it due to job loss

and So far i've brought

Rear Valance boxes
Boot floor
Near side Rear light repair
Door steps

2x passanger inner sill repairs but they are no use to me

Thanks

Seen them a lot worse than that. Just treat each section as a separate project.

If you need inspiration, have a look at Matty's MK 1 resto

Got a link Please :)

And I shall! thank you I just wanted someone to tell me its fine haha :)

have a search

Yeah ive seen worse! lol

Here's my DIY heritage shell project.

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=378472

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Fabri..._homepage_panel

www.fusionfabs.co.uk



1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Yeah, not so bad,

dont be tempted by cheap pannels, they are usualy crap fitting, and often really thin or cheap metal so are harder to weld.

hang the doors before you tack the A pannels in place otherwise you'll get crap door gaps.

The panels I have brought so far have all been from magnum car panels and I can't afford to get genuine panels :(

I put a non gen rear quarter on my car. Then took it of and put a genuine one on. The pattern one was terrible.

well im going for full floors found some filler in mine now :/ be easier to do that so Magnum should be my goal for them and ill buy gen a panels

I used Magnum wings, A panels, scuttle and bonnet, maybe not as good a fit as heritage but with a bit of tweaking I got a pretty good result.

well I'm gonna spend extra £20 a side on http://www.somerfordmini.co.uk/eshop/index...products_id=670

twould them be worth it?

Looks like my mini.
I used mainly magnum panels, a pain to get gaps anywhere near right but having said that i bought genuine scuttle and wing, the scuttle went on alright but the wing doesnt seem to want to fit right,
Anyway, good luck with it.

A job worth doing is a job worth over doing

We bought a magnum front panel the other day from minispares for a car at work. It fitted so well it looked like it grew there!
Still had factory wings though, so if somebody has dodgily fitted wings at some point it's hell to get anything to fit!

I need new front panel since i bumped the mini as it rolled into the garden and thanks guys Im saving for the floor pans now

Its definitely worth spending the extra on floor panels. Im not sure about the somerfords ones, but the M-machine panels come complete, with all the extra support brackets, loom tabs etc where they are fitted from standard. They also give discount if you don't have the panels primed...which generally saves hours of grinding off the primer they come in ready for welding.

Before fitting the sill/floor assemblies, give them a good coat of paint to protect them from rust. Its impossible to get a good coat of paint on them after they are fitted.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Fabri..._homepage_panel

www.fusionfabs.co.uk



1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

:o nice one Matt how much are they roughly? got few weeks off college so can wrok my ass off to get the money :)

They are listed at £70 for the section up to the first rib but this price is VERY old and doesn't include VAT, so its probably more like the £110 mark all in. Best bet is to give them a call. If you're buying alot of panels in one go they may give you discount.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Fabri..._homepage_panel

www.fusionfabs.co.uk



1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

I rather put full half floors in it be alot stronger than welding half a half floor if you get me and okay ill give them a ring tomorrow or firday :)