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[yorkshirechris]

It wasn't raining, started snowing very lightly at one point but it was otherwise dry, except the mucky radiator water all over the ground

[yorkshirechris]

Sunday Update... didn't even plan to work on her today

Firstly I took the front and rear 'Mini Cooper' Winged Badges off, these are now up for sale if anyone wants them
Here's what she looks like de-badged, until I get a new front badge courtesy of Lisa and a new rear badge courtesy of eBay





Lifted the carpet on the passenger side and, well, it was a bit of a mess.
Here's the before and after pictures of the front floor pan. It got dark earlier than expected so excuse the poor "after" pics...





Where the front passenger side floor meets the crossmember...





Rear passenger side floor...





After all that painting it was "cup of tea and a couple of buns with smarties on top" time!



Before clearing up I couldn't resist putting the new Black & Silver rear plate on... also I removed the chrome British Isles badge which is also up for sale...



I think the plates really suit her

Next on the list when it's light is to give the driver side front & rear floorpans the same "sand down and treat with hammerite" treatment, then paint all of them over with matching (or near as damnit) paint, so it looks a bit neater

[Nickh_16]

*cough* illegal plates *cough* ...... BUT I DON'T CARE!!!! lol

i totally agree that the black and silver plates totally suit the older minis much better, i'm pretty sure i'll put black and silver ones on mine and keep some legal ones in the boot just in case

Looking better and better

[yorkshirechris]

I've got the old plates in the boot.. I think they really suit cars which have the letter on the right hand side of the plate.

I've decided to make a "running list" of things I have done, and things I have got to do. Partly to accompany this project topic and partly to remind myself what I've got to do and partly for when I get annoyed I can look and see what I've done
List is now on the main post

Edited by yorkshirechris, 06 February 2008 - 08:13 PM.

[alexander]

Tackle the grubby interior - due to lack of funding I will just clean up the existing seats as they're actually in excellent condition, just a bit mucky

clean mini man! i would be real interested to see what you do with your seats. i have the same pattern seats in my 1980 leyland and they are also in somewhat decent condition. i can rip off the good condition cloth and put in leather covers or sell the seats as is on eb@y but i don't know if they are worth anything special.

as you can see the brown and the green just don't work eventhough i think this color scheme is how it looked out of the factory.

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[yorkshirechris]

Hey alex! Welcome to TMF
Lovely little mini, aren't those seats comfy?
The caption I put on that picture is "It's only this big!"

Today's progress... slow but sure...
New Shield badge on front


New 850 badge on boot





Tomorrow Evey is going in for a Crypton (or is that spelt with a K, like the old adventure show Krypton Factor? Who knows... anyway I digress) Engine Tune, timing etc and having the clutch adjusted.

[sazal]

Shes lookin good chris! Those plates look way better than the yellow ones and the new badges do too! I love the white walls wheels, they look brill!

[Racer_Pete]

Looks great!
espically with the 850' badge & B&S Plates

[minili]

Yeay, my badge! It saddens me to say it but it does look better on Evelyn than it did on my windowsill

Really suits it ... And that naughty 850 badge does too

[yorkshirechris]

The wheels have a bit of rust so that's a job for the summer... sand the rust off and paint them shiny shiny white would Hammerite be sufficient?

[Se7enS1ns]

If new tyres are within budget come the time, i'd give the wheels a proper lick of paint, in OE white of course!

Job for the summer eh!

[*Raz*]

gorgeous

[yorkshirechris]

Yeah Dan, I was enquiring about tyres today as a couple look quite close to the mark, my matey down at the ferrari/maserati garage will do em again for me so I'm sure he won't mind giving me the rims for a bit to paint

[*Raz*]

Really like the black and white numberplates on evelyn she looks beautiful

x

[yorkshirechris]

I have just placed an order for:

Brand new Mk2 rear lights
Black Boot Lid Carpet Piece with blue piping
Parcel shelf cover to match the above
Black carpeted boot board kit!!
Black 8 piece carpet set
Also won some Paddy Hopkirk Roof Rack bars on eBay for a tenner collecting them at the weekend..

I will be putting up for sale a pair of Mk2 rear lights in average condition shortly if anyone is interested