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[bamby]

Great work mate, I'm planning on the same when I get back for Christmas Sort my car out while I don't need it so much as I'm at Uni... Good luck!

thanks, ive got the corsa as i commute to uni, but i miss the mini so soon as its back on the road ill be using dear thuggy

[buddylove]

The seats look nice, keep at it!

[bamby]

The seats look nice, keep at it!

thanks the seats should be good for what i paid hah , but then again the drivers seat was worse than i though it was so the guys sorted it out for me

just need to get the other bits sorted and shes back in the realworld haa

[bamby]

well just a quick update , had a man with a clip board to come and quote me for the body work on the mini, hes coming with the pannle beater on saturday to have a look in the daylight. so you never know she maybe on the road before you can say ahhh bisto ! haha will update friday with some more info when shes out of the garage.

[Roo]

Any news yet Bamby?

[bamby]

not a saussage ! hah (roo ate them all !) hes coming tomorrow. although went to see a man in bispham (few villages away) and he got really excited when i mentioned working on a mini , so hes coming tomorrow too, if we've not seen him by thursday were to phone him to get him to come look.

although ive decided on the colour, Yukon Grey and a white roof:) also hurt my back pushing mini out of the garage (wheres cousin roo when you need her !)
also i got thug started was a little smokey but ok so ill post the pics up tomorrow when i return form the land of marks and spencers!

[buddylove]

Yukon grey will be nice.

[bamby]

This is a little thing i did on Mini Resource ...


Supastars and Chrome arches i think (thanks for the advice Roo)

i took a few photos and a video when i pushed her out of the garage to get her started! yay !
So ill post these tomorrow morinign (monday am once i find the cable)
Also ill try and find out about the quote too ! Will try and get you some information on where i plan to have the car done - literally at the bottom of the road

Edited by bamby, 15 December 2008 - 01:47 AM.

[bamby]

Righto, as promised photos from the day (thursday) thug left the garage in over 2 and a half months !



Gingerly being pushed out of the garage , covered in dust from the men that did the driveway

then it was time to push her a little further and chock her to stop her from moving !



then its time to charge the battery as it was safe to say it was flat as a whitches whatsit good old snapon charger to the rescue



then a look at where the filler had once been, thank you mr MOT man




then i covered her up whilst i went to the shop to see a man about a seat cover and another man about bodywork..



Popemobile anyone?

so then i returned and it was time to get the newly recovered drivers seat in ..





im starting to think it looks ok with the red...





then off she went back to bed till next weekend when the painter and panel beater return ..

[Roo]

Thug looks sooo sad

SHe'll be back up and running and look beauiful again in no time

[bamby]

Thug looks sooo sad

SHe'll be back up and running and look beauiful again in no time

aye hope so no thanks to mot man his sidekick i wont be going there again! I complained to the garage about the damage done to the car, they said "NOT OUR fault its full of S**T! so i duely registered a fromal complaint against the garage with TS and the loacl college that was providing the training for the mans assistant, thus the college paid the £70.80p bill .

Still never mind, Been to Clancy's this afternoon to see how they were getting on with the quote and they are going to come and have a look at the scuttle and the painter wants to have a look to see what he needs to do. So will probably be nearer christmas when i get the quote from them to be honest.

Knight Autobodies are coming to have a look at some point too so , ive seen there work and its amazing but clancys is closer !

[bamby]

Update for the back end of december.

The man from Kinght Autobodies came to have a look at the car, told me a few things about the panles that i had ordered, although this didn't worry him as he can adjust them to make them fit. Also there was a higher chance that there was only going to be certain parts of the steel scuttle to be replaced, usually the corners. He also added that the bit by the air vents had probably rusted through too. So luckily for him i've got the panels to do the job. Hes going to get back to me on Monday the 5th january, so hopefully he will come back with a figure by then and a date when he can do the work.

On the other side of things ive had an offer by a good friend to do the bodywork for me so im emailing the pictures that i shall be taking tomorrow. Ill also post them up on here too as ive found a bit more rust than last time also more of the car has been removed/ stirped out.

Im starting to think that the red isnt that bad compared to the interior, and if i get it sprayed to match for now and the roof resprayed white, then it will do until i have the funds to do the whole car properly.
Ive made a choice about the wheels, 12" super stars will be going on mini when shes finished, although that will probably be later in 09

[bamby]

heres a picture of the bits ive bought for the mini ...



and heres a video of when i got her running

Edited by bamby, 03 January 2009 - 11:10 PM.

[bamby]

An update, am going to burnley tomorrow to pick up some seats that i can stick in the mini whilst the works being done rather thank risking damaging my new seats!

there coming from a member on this forum
so here they are :




so that should allow thug to move about more easily..

ive got the dash out of the car at the moment alon with the radio.. the plan is to install the new bits that ive bought, into the dash
then tomorrow im going to chase these bodywork people as im well and truely fed up of waitng for the quotes to come in !

[analogue_radio]

Those seats are gorgeous, they'd look brilliant in black.