MK1 Replacement Floor and Sill Options
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:00 pm
Evening All,
I stripped down my Mini today to reveal the extent of the rot.
It is a 1966 Morris Cooper.
The good news is that the car is complete with an excellent interior, having been parked up for 45 years. Even the headlining and seats look good.
The bad news is I need to do loads of welding. Something that I have done quite a lot of in the past, not on Minis though.
On the plus side, the rear quarters, wheel tubs and boot floor look original and solid, still covered in Tweed Grey,
The front bulkhead and inner/outer front wings dont look too bad either. The bonnet is good, one door is good, the other needs a skin. Shame someone walloped the boot lid, as it was good prior to that
The main issues are floors, sills a and A-post.
The door steps and the cross member and tunnel look OK. The toe board has a small bit but will go again, the heal board is bad. My preference would be to purchase a huge panel including cross member/heal board inner outer sills and jacking points. This makes me feel a bit guilty as the cross member and transmission tunnel look good.
When I took the seats out, they were held by 4 black brackets that bolt into 8 captive nuts in the cross member.
Is the MK1 cross-member different to later minis?
I want to keep it correct of course.
How would you deal with it? I do mind springing for good bits if they make the job better.
It is going on a rotisseries with loads of cross bracing.
I want to avoid poor panels! I also want to avoid loads of time consuming patching.
Options seem to be
1) Complete expensive floor assembly?
2) 2x half floor assembly?
3) Do it in smaller sections?
Who is recommended in 2024 for supplying panels?
Thanks
I stripped down my Mini today to reveal the extent of the rot.
It is a 1966 Morris Cooper.
The good news is that the car is complete with an excellent interior, having been parked up for 45 years. Even the headlining and seats look good.
The bad news is I need to do loads of welding. Something that I have done quite a lot of in the past, not on Minis though.
On the plus side, the rear quarters, wheel tubs and boot floor look original and solid, still covered in Tweed Grey,
The front bulkhead and inner/outer front wings dont look too bad either. The bonnet is good, one door is good, the other needs a skin. Shame someone walloped the boot lid, as it was good prior to that
The main issues are floors, sills a and A-post.
The door steps and the cross member and tunnel look OK. The toe board has a small bit but will go again, the heal board is bad. My preference would be to purchase a huge panel including cross member/heal board inner outer sills and jacking points. This makes me feel a bit guilty as the cross member and transmission tunnel look good.
When I took the seats out, they were held by 4 black brackets that bolt into 8 captive nuts in the cross member.
Is the MK1 cross-member different to later minis?
I want to keep it correct of course.
How would you deal with it? I do mind springing for good bits if they make the job better.
It is going on a rotisseries with loads of cross bracing.
I want to avoid poor panels! I also want to avoid loads of time consuming patching.
Options seem to be
1) Complete expensive floor assembly?
2) 2x half floor assembly?
3) Do it in smaller sections?
Who is recommended in 2024 for supplying panels?
Thanks