Hi all,
I'm in the process of stripping my shell back to bare metal (Morris Mini Deluxe) http://members.dodo.com.au/~thechairman
I was just wandering if it would be safe to remove (grind off, cut off etc) that rail that collects waters around the roof. I just think the painting/buffing will be an easier job without it, plus I like the cleaner look.

ps. I'm not after a classic look or resto

If you grind all that gutter off, the roof will fall onto the ground..... it's a major joint of the body.
Doing this is called `deseaming'- usually the side moulds are taken off only, but sometimes the roof gutter too.

I won't go into the ethics of it- but each seam must be welded as it's ground off, a bit at a time. It'll warp everywhere too.
Unless you are a real good welder/bodyman, or got lotsa $$$$ I'd leave it alone.

The `drip rail' on each side can come off though- they do SFA strength wise.

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*nods* personally i reckon they look good without the drip rail..... put it this way, if i pulled one of i cetainly wouldn't go to the trouble of replacing it, unless the car was some origi-dige thing


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personaly I love the look of deseamed mini's
but I do not have that sort of cash except if it was a bogg job and then it would not last anyway.

I would love to see a Van Deseamed but Not yet

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Aslong as the roof gutter isn't taken off, I recon they look good. I wouldn't go to the trouble of doing it, however

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the 850's looks great with the rear deseamed and the front done look's SIC MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYT

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fully sik or just sik??

nah dont take em off,we had a 1380 morris that was De-seamed,got the name "THE EGG" (fiddle sticks it was quick thou)
leav em all on and take the bumpers off

A little birdie told me once that you get an extra 5% power by deseaming a mini not sure how true is it though

i read somewhere also (it might have been one of vizards books) that the side seams add about 64 square inches of frontal area, so taking them off decreases drag coefficient, but really it looks terrible, why would you do that?

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What was god thinking when he created minis without round noses??
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MY99 Subaru WRX
1967 Mini Delux
2002 Mitsi Mirage
1993 Honda Prelude

zippytheclown.......... your blurb at the bottom of your posts may get u into trouble with the clubman fans on this forum

I suppose etiquette is much more important than my strongly held/willing to die for beliefs? Nobody takes me seriously anyway

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What was god thinking when he created minis without round noses??
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MY99 Subaru WRX
1967 Mini Delux
2002 Mitsi Mirage
1993 Honda Prelude

so to be fair, I changed it, now it covers mokes as well

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What was god thinking when he created minis without round noses??
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MY99 Subaru WRX
1967 Mini Delux
2002 Mitsi Mirage
1993 Honda Prelude

hahahahahahahahahahah maintian the rage there zippy

(smiling)

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What was god thinking when he created minis without round noses??
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MY99 Subaru WRX
1967 Mini Delux
2002 Mitsi Mirage
1993 Honda Prelude