Bodywork repairs

[peterwolton]

Hello, I am repairing the body work of a 4door MK5 Minor.
The next part of the repair is the floor, sills and the bottom of the inner front and back wings.
I am not sure of the order of the repairs and how to ensure that the body stays true. Can any one help with some advice?

[bmcecosse]

Suggest you read the Restoration section, where many examples of exceptional work are shown in great detail.

[SUE482]

Hi welcome to the site, well where to start and as Roy says visit the "Restoration Section" lots to help you there and if you get into problems post them on the site under the appropriate heading and someone will be along to help.
There are lots of thing to consider, such as are stripping down to the bear chassis i.e. everything off and out, or are you leaving things like back axle, engine and gearbox, steering gear and electrical items in place. When you're cutting box sections and floors away, if you don't support it correctly it may distort. I followed the path of removing everything and turning it on its side, then cutting and the replacing before the next bit. Some will weld brace bars to prevent distortion, I didn't do this and I was OK.
Cut back to good solid metal and start from there.
You could purchase a roll over jig, although I have never used one so I don't know the inn's and out's.
This is how I started.
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Here I have replaced the box plates and repaired the cross menber, chassis legs and side panel.
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I needed complete replacement floors.
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If you need other pics just ask, best of luck.

[peterwolton]

Thanks for your help. Since I posted my problem. I have welded box section between the doors and across between centre door pillars to hopefully maintain the shape. I am working on the floor section under the back seat at present and I'll tackle the sills when I have some structure to weld too.

[moggalot]

I used my Grumpy Roll over jig and did provide bracing between A and B posts (but only because it is a convertible!) Also, I did one bit at a time rather than cut out large areas.[frame][/frame]