the seams seem okay, its hard for me to check as im in western sydney but the car is at doyalson i will go and have a look this weekend.

i have photos but none that show any damage as i fixed it all.

i asked my mate who has the car to send photos but he said the bend is more about measurements rather than a visual thing

Sills...that is the panels below the bottom of the doors and to the rear of the body that join to the floor underneath.

I may be naturally suspicious but this one sounds suss....get him to send you the measurements from point A to B and let us know

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"Show me the Mini!"

and keep in mind that minis are narrower that the front than at the back (is this right, or an urban myth?)

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78 Leyland Mini - Prince

it doesn't sound too bad, really... perhaps he's just trying to get out of some work

get him to compare it to these bad boys

http://mk1-performance-conversions.co.u ... op_dia.jpg

http://mk1-performance-conversions.co.u ... nt_dia.jpg

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maybe he wants the body for himself

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busier than a 0ne legged man in a butt kicking competion

hes definetly not what you guys all think

its a rarity these guys but hes just an honest bloke

he was going to drive the mini down on a trailer himself before we started looking for a new body together. if he says its bent i believe him, he wouldnt be getting himself out of work because he said hed help me strip and redo a new shell if we found one

I hope he has made a mistake i honestly saw no bend and felt no problems while i drove it home from penrith

i think i busted my brain today during my end of semester uni exam i read over my posts and there all spelt wrong and make no sense??

Maybe i should forget looking for a shell and look for a brain

Have a chant with Dencar they can fix V8 supercar bodys after massive prangs

Cheers Brett

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Well, if your looking for a brain, I have one here, immaculate condition, never used... the Mrs said I should keep it and use it, but its too much hard work.


Pete.

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Click here for the Turbo Conversion Thread!

Back in the '60s when I had my first Mini I was rear ended and the car was 'shortened' . The doors popped and no way would close - 1" or so past the pillar. After it was repaired you would never know the difference and the panel beater commented "Thank goodness it didn't have a chassis as it was dead easy to straighten the shell and refit the subframes than trying to get chassis rails ligned up again. "

Get a second opinion

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

i've got a very straight and rust free clubby shell here in sydney,hoxton park
if you want it...
pm me if interested
i'm even prepared to swap for parts if iu want

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why does everyone want a Cooper S when you ca have a better Clubby

Definitely get a second opinion on it as I've seen some badly distorted mini shells straighened out on a body robot . Small panel shops often don't have the right gear to straighten bent or twisted shells so it would probably be a matter of taking the shell to someone who has the gear , getting it straightened and then taken back to your panel beater to finish .

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i bashed another mini once. worst day EVER. i rear-ended it which is why my mini front is dinged up. i warped the whole boot, it would not close. the panel shop was able to straighten it all out and repaint it, they did a fantastic job.

see if you can take it to a big panel shop, but try not to offend your mate!!!

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78 Leyland Mini - Prince

i tried taking it to big pannel beating shops not only did none of them want to touch it, but they all quoted prices i couldnt afford, some upwards of 10,000

they also gave a time line to finish it of around 8 months with no guarantee and no reassembaly

im a uni student and i havent got a budget like that, yes its a sunshine and yes it deserves to be done right and id be shattered to have to use another body but if it boils down to me being able to afford a diff shell over getting the sunshine done im sure everyone will agree it would be a better option

See if you can find someone with a robot or similar straightening setup and ask them for a quote just to make the body square again , nothing more and then stick with your original panel beater for the rest . Just squaring it up on the hydraulic table should be quite reasonable .

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