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[analogue_radio]

I'll be paying him off next summer! All of my summer wages will be funnelled straight into his bank account

Can anyone recommend a local (East Midlands) bodyshop? Could do with lining up some quotes.

And as for the colour, totally undecided! It will be retro though! Either blue, grey or OEW. I'd consider Sandglow yellow if you can prove it looks good and not like my Grandpas knitted vest

EDIT: And with the arrival of Paddy, I will be making a 'Part 3' of the build section.

Edited by analogue_radio, 22 November 2010 - 06:43 PM.

[TheBIGGERimage]

OI!!

I see I'm coming in for some stick here!!

I thought it was damn close a description, does your wifey not agree?

[carboy001]

Good stuff Luke, it'll certainly speed things along.

Island Blue I've always loved.

[analogue_radio]

Dad stop winding him up!

Yeah it is nice OEW could look lovely as well, maybe mix it with something else to create a new colour.

[carboy001]

Lots of OEW mini's about (not that there is anything wrong with that!), don't see many Island Blue I think. Black roof and colour coded arches; B-e-a-utiful! Wish I could rethink mine thinking about it now!

[Shifty]

OI!!

I see I'm coming in for some stick here!!

I thought it was damn close a description, does your wifey not agree?

Mrs Shifty said exactly the same thing to me on our wedding night!!!

[analogue_radio]

Inspiration!



I walk past this on the way into lectures every day, further up the road is a Citroen DS, brightens my mornings!

I'll try and get a photo of the interior but its almost an exact conversion of how I'd like my mini.. powder coated matching wheels would be cool, I've got 10x6" GBs for anyone who doesn't know. The top dash rail is stickered as well, another thing I had considered doing as both my dash rails will be bare metal.

Black leather interior, roof rack, MK2 rear lights, MK1 boot lid with swinging numberplate, suitcases on the rear seats containing my sound system, dashboard covered in old switches and gauges etc etc..

I can visualise that

[Shifty]

Now thats a look that would work with paddy painted in "Sandglow"!!

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

got to page 28 will finish reading it later but it looks brilliant as far as ive got lol but keep up the good work and i think il be doing election work if i can cus at £20 an hour id be happy to do that lol

[analogue_radio]

Read part 1 as well? 100 pages there

Cheers mate! yeah I'll be doing the electrics myself as well! Shouldn't be too tricky with a nice new loom.

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

finally finished reading this thread lol and im not even gona try to read the 1st thread lol but i think i should get a move on with my project now and i envy you getting a new loom but i dont have a job so i aint got funds for that kinda thing lol instead theres minis i can get stuff off lol and i WANT that turbo but i would love to know what a 17 year olds insurance would be with that lmao, im just lucky theres a guy near me thats tuned rallyed for years and has been tuning engines for many years so im taking my engine to him but i hope you get your project finished cus it would be awesome at the end and if the mini was to bigga project, i would keep and then customize it into a seriously fast mini, probably a turboed k-series or something and lightweight panels and stuff

adam

[sonikk4]

Inspiration!



I walk past this on the way into lectures every day, further up the road is a Citroen DS, brightens my mornings!

I'll try and get a photo of the interior but its almost an exact conversion of how I'd like my mini.. powder coated matching wheels would be cool, I've got 10x6" GBs for anyone who doesn't know. The top dash rail is stickered as well, another thing I had considered doing as both my dash rails will be bare metal.

Black leather interior, roof rack, MK2 rear lights, MK1 boot lid with swinging numberplate, suitcases on the rear seats containing my sound system, dashboard covered in old switches and gauges etc etc..

I can visualise that

Nice, chuck in a hot Zetec, retro interior and keep it low happy happy days, Old skool Anglias rock. However a bog stock looking Clubbie with R1 power Mmmm also rocks.

[analogue_radio]

Original autoplas dashboard on the way as well

I'll be home the weekend after next so will swamp you all with an update of photos then

[deemo]

Bloody hell your committed.
To be honest you learn so much doing a project (well I have) your ideas and opinions change and the finished item is never what you first set out to do.
I've decided to got for a steel rather than FG front end on mine now too.
Loving all the retro stuff your collecting, it's going to look perfect. Autoplas dashboards look amazing if there done with old school gauges.

[analogue_radio]

Cheers mate!

I remember talking to my ex about two years ago when I first got it about what plans I had, I remember it involving 13" wheels, a clubby front end and tinted windows Lucky I was skint at the time!

I'm going to tidy up the autoplas dash, lead to believe it has a small crack near where one of the front window screen demister sits. Cut holes out for my gauges, switches and map light etc.. & then have it sprayed the same colour as the bodywork when it goes to paint.

Watching a few 'job lot' of switches on Ebay at the moment, will be just what I need

Really nice to hear!