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[Prawn]

evening lads and laydees
if im honest theres no real reason for my posting, just thought id share my sadness and frustration with everyone!!!!
1 month ago, my mini was driven into my mates garage, to be resprayed. when we decided to do it, the idea was a simple sand down, cut out rust, and respray it.
the day it went in it had a small 'accident' which resulted in it needing a new front....
so a curley carbon front was ordered, and should arrive tomorow....
so ive done all the preparations for the front, fitted brace bars, solid mounted the subby, and got all the fastners ready....
then it was just a case of rust treating and preping it all....
but it seems to take SO long :S i just cant help getting worried when i look at it now. every time i go to sort something out, i just find another hole, and the welder comes out again....
i just seem to think 'will it EVER be back to how it was again?'
although i know it will, looking at it now, compared to how it was 2 months ago is really depressing.
im currently driving a 1.9d citroen zx, and to be quite honest, if it wasnt so cold id rather ride my bike, its just the most uninspiring car on the planet, handling is beyond a joke, and power must have been left in the factry in france :S:S:S
ah well....
life goes on.
below ive included two pics
first is a few months ago, 2nd was taken tonight, just as i finished the final sanding before i can apply the first coat of primer.
anyone else get that 'will it ever live again' feeling?

all i can say is, despite being rather obsessed when i had the car on the road, i had no idea QUITE how attatched to it i had become. i really do miss it like a person :S how sad is that???
i want my mini back

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[Prawn]

and here it is now...

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[Jordie]

got a similar situation myself. got the flip, bars etc etc, waiting till after crimbo for respray, but at the moment, i seem to be replacing parts with 2nd hand parts which just break within a week.

Gone thru a couple of carbs now because they've had faults, so am building one tomorrow instead. damn car but i love it.

good luck with ya car mate

[Purple Tom]

Prawn you have echoed my thoughts 100% entirely. I miss my Mini soooooo much! It will come back together though don't worry, and just think that when it is back it will be much better than it was before! And with all the things you've improved you can be safe in the thought that its a better car.

[Dan]

Most of us have felt like that at some point geeza, I know I did. Don't worry about it too much. It will live, breathe and jump again!


Know what you mean about nasty Citroen's though, I think fun was on the options list.

[marksmini]

if im honest theres no real reason for my posting, just thought id share my sadness and frustration with everyone!!!!

thats what we are here for, storys are great

make me feel good about mine lol

mines been off the road as it needs a rear sub frame, and i havent had the spare cash for ages to get it done, and ever month or so i take her for a 1 min spin down the road and back, i dont it today,
havent started her in since sept, she fired up first time, and wasnt it a heveny noise, i drove her done the road, and se just wantd to go...

so now i am defo haven a new rear sub frame fitted asap, but im haven it sprayed power coated white first, (for the shows etc)

so soo i may have mine bck on the road,

good luck with yours,

hope you clear up most the rust. :cheese:

[Madmax]

mines going through almost the same process soon

full flip front and new panels wherever theres a hint of rust, then a spray

i'll miss her, but i just have to think about the fun im going to have!

[centralminiTC]

hmmm.....got a clubby estate in my garage being very very slowly restored.........wish my other half will b1oody hurry up BECAUSE MY MINI CANT FIT IN THE GARAGE WITH IT IN THERE AND IS STUCK OUTSIDE IN THE COLD AND RAIN!!!!

If the mad hatter catches a cold and gets rusty - I'll know who to blame!!! and then he'll be in trouble!!

Good luck anyway Prawn!!

:grin:

[thorpey]

symapathise with you,mine look like that to,they will get finished because we miss them so badly life just aint the same

[Pickup76]

know exactly what you mean mate, i started restoring my pickup a year ago, when it was a compete car now its a bare shell (much less rusty) but still has ages to go. I just think of that final finished image and that spurs me on to keep going.
At least you can see where you've been, once you've got the primer on it will look suddenly heaps better!

[Al*]

I'm in the same boat as pickup76 only now i'm really quite close to painting......

Al

[Prawn]

i some how didnt think i would be alone....
its mad how before painting, the cloer it gets to finished, the worse it begins to look!!!!
ah well
primer should be going on this week, then i just need to get new doors and arches, and a fair bit more work and itll be back :grin:
it really is amazing just how much i miss it tho :S

cheers guys (and girls of course)

[Prawn]

:grin: getting somewhere

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[Dom]

looks good, as to all people restoring minis just think of what it will be like when its finished :grin:

[Alburglar]

There is a condition that comes hand in hand with working on cars...
...It's called SAD or Seasonal Association Disorder.
I can't get motivated very often in winter.