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Author:  rampage101 [ Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:39 pm ]
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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
Author:  drmini in aust [ Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:50 pm ]
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If you grind all that gutter off, the roof will fall onto the ground..... :shock: 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. :wink:
Author:  Gareth_1330 [ Thu Sep 02, 2004 5:42 pm ]
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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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Author:  gafmo [ Thu Sep 02, 2004 8:20 pm ]
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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
Author:  poeee [ Thu Sep 02, 2004 8:42 pm ]
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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 :P
Author:  min13k [ Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:09 pm ]
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the 850's looks great with the rear deseamed and the front done look's SIC MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYT
Author:  J_A_M [ Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:47 am ]
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fully sik or just sik?? :lol:
Author:  hotbrick74 [ Wed Sep 08, 2004 12:58 pm ]
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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 :D
Author:  Evan [ Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:44 am ]
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A little birdie told me once that you get an extra 5% power by deseaming a mini not sure how true is it though :P
Author:  zippytheclown [ Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:11 pm ]
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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?
Author:  sg [ Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:09 pm ]
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zippytheclown.......... your blurb at the bottom of your posts may get u into trouble with the clubman fans on this forum :shock: 8)
Author:  zippytheclown [ Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:30 pm ]
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I suppose etiquette is much more important than my strongly held/willing to die for beliefs? :wink: Nobody takes me seriously anyway :!:
Author:  zippytheclown [ Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:34 pm ]
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so to be fair, I changed it, now it covers mokes as well :mrgreen:
Author:  sg [ Tue Oct 12, 2004 7:07 pm ]
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hahahahahahahahahahah maintian the rage there zippy
Author:  zippytheclown [ Tue Oct 12, 2004 7:28 pm ]
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(smiling)
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