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Reedy

 posted on 11th Nov 06 at 00:31

quote:
Originally posted by shane_o
just put some more on of the rust and that, it was a city e i belive dunno about the sunroof a lot of people asked about the sunroof, i sold it to a guy just down the road from me im thinking of trying to buy it back as it looks a bit misstreated noww :(, urs tho 7k miles that genuine?


I have proof.

1 Previous owner, was an old women :lol:

Found it at my local garage ( i know the owner ) and i told him to keep an eye for little bargains like this.


Robin

 posted on 10th Nov 06 at 20:13

Reedy, Clear fronts yes, clear rears, no.


shane_o

 posted on 10th Nov 06 at 20:11

just put some more on of the rust and that, it was a city e i belive dunno about the sunroof a lot of people asked about the sunroof, i sold it to a guy just down the road from me im thinking of trying to buy it back as it looks a bit misstreated noww :(, urs tho 7k miles that genuine?


Reedy

 posted on 10th Nov 06 at 20:04

quote:
Originally posted by shane_o
looks exactly like mine did, freaky lol, rusted in all the same places as yours at the front ill put sum pics of it in my garage so u can take a look


sun roof??? wtf, that cant be factory.

Also not sure on your rear lights. Im liking the indicators tho, might consider getting a pair but then again it might change that "standard" kinda look.


shane_o

 posted on 10th Nov 06 at 19:54

looks exactly like mine did, freaky lol, rusted in all the same places as yours at the front ill put sum pics of it in my garage so u can take a look


12vMatt

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 20:43

looks great


Reedy

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 20:41

Thanks for all the positive responses.


Reedy

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 20:41

quote:
Originally posted by Carl
:cool: loving that, not sure i'd want to drive it but its an ace little project.


haha its so fun to drive. You get let out all the time, eveyrbody loves mini's and also they are like freaking go karts - well fun to drive.


mav

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 15:54

very nice mate good work :)


Carl

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 15:49

:cool: loving that, not sure i'd want to drive it but its an ace little project.


Robin

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 15:46

I can't believe it rusted that much in a short time :!


Marc

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 15:36

Or Mini 35 interior.


Robin

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 15:28

get a ritz interior :o it's half leather.


Reedy

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 14:56

quote:
Originally posted by Marc
Ouside is very nice, I'm not so sure on the interior though! :P


original seats, was looking at some cooper interior :thumbs:


Marc

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 14:22

Ouside is very nice, I'm not so sure on the interior though! :P


deano87

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 14:09

Pretty cool. Lose the City decal if you can.


Reedy

 posted on 9th Nov 06 at 13:55

Oh and finally i cleaned up my engine bay:







How clean is that sump!!!!!


Reedy

 Icon depicting mood of post posted on 9th Nov 06 at 13:53

I bought a mini quite a few years ago now which was gonna become a run around i then decided to restore it and keep it in pristine condition as it has a very very low mileage on the engine ( only 7k ) and it still smells like a mini :lol:

This is the oldest picture i have:



I put the chrome arches on and then decided it needed some alloys so out comes the wallet :lol:



Then i thought that the dash was very very basic so i ordered a new dash:





then i looked at the steering wheel and decided it was abit tatty.



Looking pretty cool at the mo eh? :cool:

Anyway, i went to uni so i didnt give it much attention ( i let my mum drive it to keep it running still )
I got back to uni and was shocked how much rust had appeared.





So i got some paint and a load of wet and dry.



The applied paint:



The i decided i wanted more chrome :lol: So i bought a new grill



Pretty good job for saying i did it on my own and never really attempted to do something like this before.

FInally to stop rust coming back i used some tetroseal stuff.





Phew!!!! Finally done, that should last a few years :lol::lol: