Front sub frame was sent in for shot blasting and powder coated in black before being completely rebuilt.
![[Image: DSCF4800_zpszxoccjne.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4800_zpszxoccjne.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4802_zpsn11ct9p8.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4802_zpsn11ct9p8.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4844_zps7oiwtffc.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4844_zps7oiwtffc.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4845_zpsx04tpbt3.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4845_zpsx04tpbt3.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4838_zpsxrzg2lad.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4838_zpsxrzg2lad.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4836_zpspglp8rfz.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4836_zpspglp8rfz.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4835_zpsopjyeu4v.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4835_zpsopjyeu4v.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4833_zpsth47gt1m.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4833_zpsth47gt1m.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4832_zpsrtueb6iu.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4832_zpsrtueb6iu.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4830_zpsv95c80rq.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4830_zpsv95c80rq.jpg)
Shot blasting revealed a couple of things;
The mini was all colors of the rainbow before and the floor was VROT!!! The rear parcel shelf was also hacked to pieces and required replacement.
![[Image: DSCF4804_zpsvc77n4tr.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/DSCF4804_zpsvc77n4tr.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4805_zpskfwo4fhu.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/DSCF4805_zpskfwo4fhu.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4807_zpslp2s4fpy.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/DSCF4807_zpslp2s4fpy.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4808_zps1rwzfv82.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/DSCF4808_zps1rwzfv82.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20130909-00423_zpsp4kfywpi.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/IMG-20130909-00423_zpsp4kfywpi.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20130909-00424_zpshpnfeijh.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/IMG-20130909-00424_zpshpnfeijh.jpg)
![[Image: Parow-20130909-00426_zpshzael0vs.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/Parow-20130909-00426_zpshzael0vs.jpg)
![[Image: Parow-20130909-00427_zpscpy0oo2t.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/Parow-20130909-00427_zpscpy0oo2t.jpg)
![[Image: Parow-20130909-00428_zpslovjqngp.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/Parow-20130909-00428_zpslovjqngp.jpg)
![[Image: Parow-20130909-00430_zpsc9omieko.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/Parow-20130909-00430_zpsc9omieko.jpg)
We finally got the shell back to the panel beaters in Montague Gardens where the extensive surgery would commence.
As soon as the bare shell arrived it was cleaned and primed in order to prevent it from rusting.
![[Image: Milnerton-20130912-00437_zps8o54lstk.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/1st%20primer/Milnerton-20130912-00437_zps8o54lstk.jpg)
![[Image: Milnerton-20130912-00441_zpsxkizvd0t.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/1st%20primer/Milnerton-20130912-00441_zpsxkizvd0t.jpg)
![[Image: Milnerton-20130912-00440_zpswkgekoq5.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/1st%20primer/Milnerton-20130912-00440_zpswkgekoq5.jpg)
![[Image: Milnerton-20130912-00439_zpscb3tjmrp.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/1st%20primer/Milnerton-20130912-00439_zpscb3tjmrp.jpg)
![[Image: Parow-20130909-00429_zpsvfbgfoke.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/1st%20primer/Parow-20130909-00429_zpsvfbgfoke.jpg)
It is all about priorities I'm afraid - Rover Sport wheel arch fitment takes president.
![[Image: DSCF4822_zps3v2usxnj.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Wheel%20arches/DSCF4822_zps3v2usxnj.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4821_zpssi3wcupw.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Wheel%20arches/DSCF4821_zpssi3wcupw.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4820_zpsda7zcznp.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Wheel%20arches/DSCF4820_zpsda7zcznp.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4819_zpshdfb6pvd.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Wheel%20arches/DSCF4819_zpshdfb6pvd.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4818_zps3lsibjhk.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Wheel%20arches/DSCF4818_zps3lsibjhk.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4816_zpstmksxv4k.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Wheel%20arches/DSCF4816_zpstmksxv4k.jpg)
Having found a Clubman with a almost perfect floor and absolutely NO rust we set about removing both floors. This was one mammoth task as each and every spot weld had to be drilled out before the seam could be split. What seemed to be days later and with a magnitude of 6mm drill bits later Jared managed to drill all the spot welds out.
![[Image: DSCF4849_zpsq9db4bwf.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4849_zpsq9db4bwf.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4850_zpsmofloos5.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4850_zpsmofloos5.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4851_zps2divdnbp.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4851_zps2divdnbp.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4852_zpsaamecwr5.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4852_zpsaamecwr5.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4853_zpsbt2sr1ra.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4853_zpsbt2sr1ra.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4856_zpscnh8sd4g.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4856_zpscnh8sd4g.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4857_zpsfr2jseq5.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4857_zpsfr2jseq5.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4859_zpsougx2ot1.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4859_zpsougx2ot1.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4858_zpsrrvkhglo.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4858_zpsrrvkhglo.jpg)
Transplant in progress......
![[Image: DSCF4865_zpsqpzajdhp.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/DSCF4865_zpsqpzajdhp.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4866_zpsyf0xskaz.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/DSCF4866_zpsyf0xskaz.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4870_zpsh9dtewmt.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/DSCF4870_zpsh9dtewmt.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4872_zpslngidbq5.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/DSCF4872_zpslngidbq5.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4889_zps3nwh7kbu.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/DSCF4889_zps3nwh7kbu.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4891_zpseqq6qq2g.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/DSCF4891_zpseqq6qq2g.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4892_zpsy0wjtd3p.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/DSCF4892_zpsy0wjtd3p.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20131101-00512_zps9abjx7fk.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/IMG-20131101-00512_zps9abjx7fk.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20131102-00522_zpsin4ubq8t.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/IMG-20131102-00522_zpsin4ubq8t.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4800_zpszxoccjne.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4800_zpszxoccjne.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4802_zpsn11ct9p8.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4802_zpsn11ct9p8.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4844_zps7oiwtffc.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4844_zps7oiwtffc.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4845_zpsx04tpbt3.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4845_zpsx04tpbt3.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4838_zpsxrzg2lad.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4838_zpsxrzg2lad.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4836_zpspglp8rfz.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4836_zpspglp8rfz.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4835_zpsopjyeu4v.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4835_zpsopjyeu4v.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4833_zpsth47gt1m.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4833_zpsth47gt1m.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4832_zpsrtueb6iu.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4832_zpsrtueb6iu.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4830_zpsv95c80rq.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Front%20subframe/DSCF4830_zpsv95c80rq.jpg)
Shot blasting revealed a couple of things;
The mini was all colors of the rainbow before and the floor was VROT!!! The rear parcel shelf was also hacked to pieces and required replacement.
![[Image: DSCF4804_zpsvc77n4tr.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/DSCF4804_zpsvc77n4tr.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4805_zpskfwo4fhu.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/DSCF4805_zpskfwo4fhu.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4807_zpslp2s4fpy.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/DSCF4807_zpslp2s4fpy.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4808_zps1rwzfv82.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/DSCF4808_zps1rwzfv82.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20130909-00423_zpsp4kfywpi.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/IMG-20130909-00423_zpsp4kfywpi.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20130909-00424_zpshpnfeijh.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/IMG-20130909-00424_zpshpnfeijh.jpg)
![[Image: Parow-20130909-00426_zpshzael0vs.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/Parow-20130909-00426_zpshzael0vs.jpg)
![[Image: Parow-20130909-00427_zpscpy0oo2t.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/Parow-20130909-00427_zpscpy0oo2t.jpg)
![[Image: Parow-20130909-00428_zpslovjqngp.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/Parow-20130909-00428_zpslovjqngp.jpg)
![[Image: Parow-20130909-00430_zpsc9omieko.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/shell%20shot%20blasting/Parow-20130909-00430_zpsc9omieko.jpg)
We finally got the shell back to the panel beaters in Montague Gardens where the extensive surgery would commence.
As soon as the bare shell arrived it was cleaned and primed in order to prevent it from rusting.
![[Image: Milnerton-20130912-00437_zps8o54lstk.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/1st%20primer/Milnerton-20130912-00437_zps8o54lstk.jpg)
![[Image: Milnerton-20130912-00441_zpsxkizvd0t.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/1st%20primer/Milnerton-20130912-00441_zpsxkizvd0t.jpg)
![[Image: Milnerton-20130912-00440_zpswkgekoq5.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/1st%20primer/Milnerton-20130912-00440_zpswkgekoq5.jpg)
![[Image: Milnerton-20130912-00439_zpscb3tjmrp.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/1st%20primer/Milnerton-20130912-00439_zpscb3tjmrp.jpg)
![[Image: Parow-20130909-00429_zpsvfbgfoke.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/1st%20primer/Parow-20130909-00429_zpsvfbgfoke.jpg)
It is all about priorities I'm afraid - Rover Sport wheel arch fitment takes president.
![[Image: DSCF4822_zps3v2usxnj.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Wheel%20arches/DSCF4822_zps3v2usxnj.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4821_zpssi3wcupw.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Wheel%20arches/DSCF4821_zpssi3wcupw.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4820_zpsda7zcznp.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Wheel%20arches/DSCF4820_zpsda7zcznp.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4819_zpshdfb6pvd.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Wheel%20arches/DSCF4819_zpshdfb6pvd.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4818_zps3lsibjhk.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Wheel%20arches/DSCF4818_zps3lsibjhk.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4816_zpstmksxv4k.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Wheel%20arches/DSCF4816_zpstmksxv4k.jpg)
Having found a Clubman with a almost perfect floor and absolutely NO rust we set about removing both floors. This was one mammoth task as each and every spot weld had to be drilled out before the seam could be split. What seemed to be days later and with a magnitude of 6mm drill bits later Jared managed to drill all the spot welds out.
![[Image: DSCF4849_zpsq9db4bwf.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4849_zpsq9db4bwf.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4850_zpsmofloos5.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4850_zpsmofloos5.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4851_zps2divdnbp.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4851_zps2divdnbp.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4852_zpsaamecwr5.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4852_zpsaamecwr5.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4853_zpsbt2sr1ra.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4853_zpsbt2sr1ra.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4856_zpscnh8sd4g.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4856_zpscnh8sd4g.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4857_zpsfr2jseq5.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4857_zpsfr2jseq5.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4859_zpsougx2ot1.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4859_zpsougx2ot1.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4858_zpsrrvkhglo.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%201/DSCF4858_zpsrrvkhglo.jpg)
Transplant in progress......
![[Image: DSCF4865_zpsqpzajdhp.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/DSCF4865_zpsqpzajdhp.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4866_zpsyf0xskaz.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/DSCF4866_zpsyf0xskaz.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4870_zpsh9dtewmt.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/DSCF4870_zpsh9dtewmt.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4872_zpslngidbq5.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/DSCF4872_zpslngidbq5.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4889_zps3nwh7kbu.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/DSCF4889_zps3nwh7kbu.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4891_zpseqq6qq2g.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/DSCF4891_zpseqq6qq2g.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF4892_zpsy0wjtd3p.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/DSCF4892_zpsy0wjtd3p.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20131101-00512_zps9abjx7fk.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/IMG-20131101-00512_zps9abjx7fk.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20131102-00522_zpsin4ubq8t.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/IMG-20131102-00522_zpsin4ubq8t.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20131102-00523_zpsasc1vmpd.jpg]](http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/Francois1972/Cut%20and%20weld%202/IMG-20131102-00523_zpsasc1vmpd.jpg)