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Sept 18, 2012 21:50:35 GMT
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At the barn at the moment is a Rapid that has been recently restored at considerable expense. It then came to me for a few small jobs and an MOT test. To my horror [and obviously the customers even bigger horror] I had to issue a fail certificate for excessive corrosion. It's a proper eye opener as the Rapid looks rather nice, the paint is shiny, the seats retrimmed ect. Just one example of the extremely poor quality, bodged "repairs" is the fact that the new sills have been fitted over the top of the rotten originals, see photos below:    I don't claim to be perfect, but this really is terrible! |
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RobinJI
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Sept 18, 2012 22:04:13 GMT
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Fitting outer-sills over the original rotten items is common-place with Mini's unfortunately! Really quite a bodge, but at least the strength's back as long as it's been welded properly, so it's better than just filling it with pog as at least it's structural. I'd still never even think of doing it though, and would be thoroughly hacked off if someone did it to my car/sold me a car with it done. I'm guessing there was more visible rust that that though for you to fail it? Did they just hope the customer didn't see it? I've been working on a Mini the last 6 weeks now that was meant to be a 3/4 week job but has dragged on thanks to countless past bodges and poor quality repair work, I don't get why people do it, as most of the time it actually takes very little, or no less time than doing it properly!
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Last Edit: Sept 18, 2012 22:06:33 GMT by RobinJI
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Sept 18, 2012 22:12:37 GMT
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It didn't fail because of the "double" sills, but there is loads of rot elsewhere. Some of the patches that had been "welded" on were simply pulled off with my fingers!  |
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Sept 19, 2012 7:25:26 GMT
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In 70's oversills were common. Quick and dirty way of passing MOT when they became testable. Mates father even fitted fibreglass oversills to his Austin Cambridge. Thought they were part of motoring bodges that were consigned to the past as you could virtually guarantee the rot would come back, but be worse to sort out, in a year or so therefore they were regarded as a way of getting another years use before scrapping the car.
Paul H
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