Then with a saw
I opened the sunroof by joining the drilled holes at their tangents.
Then I made a
test fit of the glass with the opening and filed the opening edges.
21 June 2005:
Being a bit restless,
I decided to open the doors.... a bit late but better than later! I had
the risk of ripping the roof off while cutting out the door panels.
And as I thought,
this was the scene after the door panels were cut out....
23 June 2005:
After the roof
was fixed again; making a test fit, I noticed that the upper edge of
the
door panels were about 2 mm below the window lower edges (the original
Mini's complete window unit was resting there). This meant that I had
to
raise the whole inner tub to the level of the window bottoms.
24 June 2005:
So I first shaved
a portion off the rear part, where the rear platform would rest; since
it would be seen from the windows if left resting on top of the inner
panels.
The chassis
and the floor were mating by a set of pins and holes, which would come
off when the floor was raised. So I glued in a set of guide plastics,
so
that the floor would still be within the correct margins when raised.
I glued pieces
of styrene sheet to raise the floor.
25 June 2005:
I cut the door
inner panels off.
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