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[chominsh]

I start to restore my 1990, checkmate, 998cc mini. His name is "Puika", name coming from Latvia.

so here it is:

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Edited by chominsh, 09 October 2009 - 02:57 PM.

[amdy987]

that looks really cool are you keeping the inside origanal or putting bucket seats in it

[mrmoo]

I love restorations, best of luck with it and don't forget to take plenty of pics.

[chominsh]

Thank you!

here is couple more!

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[chominsh]

that looks really cool are you keeping the inside origanal or putting bucket seats in it

i will put seats from toyota celica!

[chominsh]

when i started to restore i didn't realise that there could be so much rust

but i have small light in the end of tunnel! hopefully i will finish soon

[chominsh]

engine restored and working already!! nice

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[GreaseMonkey]

Nice colour on the engine

[chominsh]

couple more:

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[chominsh]

it was long way to go, but finnaly it is done! resprayed!!!

hopefully soon will be on the road!

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[Teapot]

Nice! What colour yellow is that?

[warhonowicz]

looks a bit like a yellow BMW did for a while on M3s

[miniadventure]

if you link you will miss wht happened. nice work

[chominsh]

It is gold, and i don't know exactly colour code, because we was mixing it. so if i will need to do something, it would be very hard to mix
same colour again
but i have almost 1.5L for reserve!

[chominsh]

I am searching for chrome door handle set, boot as well!!!!!

Can any one suggest the best choice for me??? You know, best quality and cheapest

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