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Post by tonyhosk on Jun 27, 2023 22:08:04 GMT
Progress!! All remaining panels now painted and just fitted. Relieved the panel gaps set in the bare metal (took bloody ages) look OK in paint!. Still on its old slave wheels - just purchased new 4.5J wheels from ESM minor parts suppliers. They come in old English white, so just repainted silver. I'm getting there. Tony
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Post by canuck on Jun 28, 2023 21:56:28 GMT
BRAVO!! That looks lovely well done you! Yes the ESM wheels in cream look Ummm?? so yes the silver is the way to go. I did the same treatment years ago. B
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Post by jonnyb on Jun 30, 2023 9:15:27 GMT
Great job Tony. How long has it taken you? I have front and rear screens + new rubbers if you need them.
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Post by tonyhosk on Jun 30, 2023 21:34:38 GMT
Thanks both.
Jonathan - it has taken about three years from stripping it down completely and then basically remaking the bottom foot or so and fashioning a new front wing from three old ones and a lower wing repair panel that I cut up and used as needed! Getting the panels right once all welding completed was at least a week's work as I kept going back to it. I expect the fiddly bits like the thin trim strips will take forever - the replacement metal trim clips are too stasis to ping the strips home and I've had to bend every one slightly before fitting with rivets to allow me to push the strips on. Also my fingers have yet to recover from refitting the rubber door seals, especially the one new one I needed!! Photos to follow when all brightwork on.
Many thanks for the offer of the screens and new rubbers. My screens are ok and I plan to reuse the old seals - much easier and they are not in bad nick. The new ones I bought look very thick and unwieldy, apart from a much less generous seal lip on the inside.
Bruce - am I right that I can lower the front suspension to the correct height just by turning the adjustment screw on the rear assembly locating the torsion bars without having to release the lower outer swivel pin to take the load off the bar? The workshop manual advises I should do this to unload the bars but that is a pig of a job as well.
Tony
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Post by tonyhosk on Jun 30, 2023 21:37:33 GMT
Bah -predictive text!! for 'stasis' read 'stiff', although stasis has a certain ring of truth to it!!
Tony
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Post by kiwimc on Jul 2, 2023 6:42:20 GMT
"Bruce - am I right that I can lower the front suspension to the correct height just by turning the adjustment screw on the rear assembly locating the torsion bars without having to release the lower outer swivel pin to take the load off the bar? The workshop manual advises I should do this to unload the bars but that is a pig of a job as well."
Not Bruce, but yes, take the load off torsion bar by jacking car front off the ground, loosen lock nut and adjust the bolt. When you lower the car down again you will probably need to move back and forth a little to get suspension to settle with wheels at the correct track. Remeasure and adjust again if necessary. Also be aware doing one side will have some effect on the other, so if they are uneven to start with do the one that needs most adjustment first - you may not need to do the second one.
John
Also love the silver paint - the 1950s/60s equivalent of alloy wheels . Leave the Old English White for Morries and Wolseleys.
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Post by tonyhosk on Jul 2, 2023 16:13:13 GMT
Thanks very much John - good news!! I'll get on with that asap.
Tony
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Post by rmcgoun on Jul 2, 2023 17:30:48 GMT
Don't often see them in black, but your car will look fantastic and well worth all the effort to get it to that state. Rob
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Post by canuck on Jul 3, 2023 0:46:52 GMT
Sorry Tony late reply, If one were raising the car I would undo the top of the swivel pin, but lowering I think one can get away with simply letting the suspension hang against the bump stop with car on a jack stand while turning the screw at rear of torsion bar. I didn't like the aftermarket windscreen seal either. I did install one, (East Kent Trim) but way too bulky and it didn't conform well to the tight corners at each bottom corner. I searched about and found that the classic Mini, (narrow early ones pre 1991) seamless windscreen seal does fit, but is tight. One needs to install the seal to the aperture then insert the glass. The seal doesn't like the string technique. Caveat (if important) this seal uses a plastic shiny lock strip, not the OE stainless metal ones. Looks OK and doesn't leak. Bruce My Mk1 in Black, needs major fettle to look as good as yours!
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Post by rileyrob on Jul 3, 2023 8:33:58 GMT
Fantastic paintwork Tony. Looks like Mk 2 seats but with a Mk 3 front panel? What year is it?
Keep up the good work, will certainly be a head turner when it's finished.
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Post by tonyhosk on Jul 3, 2023 21:41:55 GMT
Bruce , thanks for the info - excellent as always and will bear in mind if the old seal s don't work out.
Rob - well spotted! It is a 1962 Mk III, but the inside had been bastardised with ruined seats and headlining painted black! I got the red seats, door cards and even the rear quarter vinyl covers on eBay a few years back. The fronts are worn and sagging but basically sound, so I'll get the car finished before the summer ends and then work on the seats over the winter. I quite like the pattern of these seats as well.
Re there paintwork, I was very fortunate to find a local guy with sa really good reputation who was prepared to let me do all the bodywork, fill, prime, guide, block, prime, repeat etc etc and then he applied the topcoat - saved a fortune. It was very good of him to trust my prepwork as the final paintwork would suffer if the prep wasn't up to standard and it was his reputation on the line.
Tony
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Post by rileyrob on Jul 4, 2023 7:17:08 GMT
Thanks Tony and as you say all the time is taken in the preparation rather than just spraying the topcoat.
This car wouldn't be 883 UXL by any chance as I have photos of it finished in Island Green which may have been the original colour, matt black with a garish interior and also Old English White over the years?
You're doing a grand job!
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Post by tonyhosk on Jul 4, 2023 21:41:01 GMT
Spot on Rob - 883 UXL it is! Island Green was indeed the original colour as you can see from the photo taken early on after I stripped the underseal and started to restore the inner front wings. Tony
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Post by tonyhosk on Jul 4, 2023 22:06:49 GMT
Actually, since I've shown that photo, here is a series showing my repair of the rusty right side inner wing - I was lucky to get the top wing strengthener and the rebound support piece from Earlpart a few years ago. The last photos in next post. Tony
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Post by tonyhosk on Jul 4, 2023 22:12:19 GMT
Only one more, not two.
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