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[mini_ron]

mini ermin (ermintrude)

white mini 1000 bought for £250

have pulled all carpets out of the front, buckets and harnesses going in in the next few weeks, stage 1 kit fitted, 10" wheels with falken tyres

has a snazzy roof too, check the pics out in the gallery!

aaron

[mini_ron]

ahh update time....

well the stage 1 kit was fitted and the needle needed filing down.. thats all done n sorted and now wonce shes up to temp she flies like a lil demon!!

i have finally stripped out the interior! all the carpets/sound deadening/rear seats have gone... all thats left now is an off white interior

any one have any ideas how to make it look nice in there without much cost!!

could i just t cut the whole inside, will this sort out the scumy rusty lookin bits? or will i have to sand the rusty bits down to the metal work, treat them and respray it?

i have bought some new bits for her:

a crome rocker cover from ebay £12 bargain!!
12" Minilites (needs tyres) £72 another baragin!
and a rev counter £30

does anyone have a 2" pod for sale? would be real handy!!

i still have my crx seats and i think im gunna put them in sooner rather than later!

once i have some batterys for my camera ill post up some more pics!!

aaron

[Madmax]

sounds good!

[Guess-Works.com]

Depends how 'functional' you want it... as you say you've stripped the interioir... back to the metal/paint/primer... I'd be sorley tempted to get a large can of white Smoothrite and paint the entire interior...

First of all remove any loose rust paint dust, C**p etc... If there are holes the they will need to be patched. then slap it on...

Ok... I know some are going to go ARGh Smoothrite, but it does slow down the onset of rust and with a bare interior, you're gonna need as much protection as possible from that !

[mini_ron]

hey, funny u should mention Smootherite/Harmmerite!

when i was a wee boi, my dad was well into his land rovers, he had one that he bought as a pick up, and converted it into what could have been a 12 seater (i think) all of his interior was hand painted, with hammerite! not such a nice colour, sorta pepermint blue (vauxhall colour, v light blue) was mingin but a white, or even a gloss black (easy to keep looking fresh, chips etc, just patch em up)

i dont belive there are any holes, there are 2 plates on the floor when its had holes and they have been fixed up. there are little un-tidy bits of rust where water has collected.

i have only taken the interior out, ie rear seats & all carpets & sound deadening!

ill let u know what happens, i think paintin the interior needs to be done!

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[mini_ron]

rite all

after ages n ages i finally have the minilites on!!

and thanks to choc for the clear lenses

also have a front disc setup to be fitted once ihave new rose joints, cv gaiters and green stuff pads!

[mini_ron]

Ermin lookin sweet, just need to smootherite the front valance, sort the rsut, fix the leaky engine, the rusty floor.. lol but shes made me smile again :grin:

[Jordie]

looks similar to mine, in rusty and white lol

[mini_ron]

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[Pavel]

That car looks really great!! Can't help but smile and love the little rusty bits all around, really gives the car a cool look i think (and no I'm not joking :])

The interior, you could just get some fabric or even carpet and cover it with that. Not too heavy and will give it a nice look! :]