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[myredmini]

Yes it has oversills, they are the full length ones which weld to the floor and are potentially a rust trap to your floors and sills, you really should fit the 4.5" outer sills to allow drainage and air flow to prevent condensation building up inside the box section of the oversills and floors..

Dan..

[yeti21586]

Right long time no post lol

had a third car sprayer come over last saturday to have a look, and see if they wonted to paint Vini, he told me to ring him today and he would give me a quote on him doing all the prep and painting etc, now he comes recomended to me by a friend of a friend who restores classic american cars (cameros and the like) and uses this guy. so this is a quote for me giving him the car on its wheels and him painting the out side one colour the roof another and then the rear bins and other visable bits inside as well.

now when the guys from the other companys came to have a look (neither of the other 2 companys gave me quotes) they turned up in fairly normal cars (one in a focus the other in a 106) now the guy on saturday turned up in this,




a ford model A hot rod with a 5L v8

which filled me with more hope as he understood about projects etc, as his hotrod started out as a £3k budget and has now spent over £18k!!

so back to the quote, i rang him today and he said for him todo every thing will cost me £2200. i thought it was a brilliant price, so now have to wait till 8th of aug when hes going to start yay!!!!

YetI

[yeti21586]

HES ON HIS WHEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for the first time in about 2 years or so yay








i think it might need some adjusting on the suspension, lol


YetI

[new_zealand _minis]

dam those wheels are awsome .. i want !

[E-Tizzle]

hi
can we have a picture of your dash from the inside of your car please??
nice wheels by the way
thanks
elliot

[danny1]

thats looking sexy

[yeti21586]

I shall put up pics of the dash Once it's finished and been flocked and had the dials fitted,

I cannot wait to get it back on the road and driving!!

Thanks for all the comments

YetI

[yeti21586]

i adjusted the hight, so i had to take another pic lol



and a pic with the flash so you can see the contrast of colour




enjoy

YetI

[yeti21586]

Got the handbrake fitted yesterday, and then me and dad tried to work out why the driver side front suspension did not conpress at all, it turn out that part of the inner wing (from were the idot welder had "welded" it) was sticking out and the shock was supporting the on the top of the shock case. this meant the suspension and shock werent compressing, so a bit of hammering later and the pretruding bit of metal was knocked back in and the suspension now works yay!!!!!!!



YetI

[yeti21586]

He goes to paint in the morning!!!!!!!! im soooo nervous, hes been on my drive for the last little while (well 2 and abit years) and now hes going be in somone elses yard. but im excited as well means hes nearly finished yay!!!!!!!!!!!

the dash is nearly done been doing lots of plastic welding to finish bits on it and then that gone be taken to a place to get flocked.

its all happening, and also waiting (excitably) for the custom headling from roofless/retro retrims!


YetI

[yeti21586]

well hes gone to paint we took him this morning on a trailer and left him there all alone with strangers!!! but he should be able to pick him up in 2 or 3 weeks all nice and painted yay

here the journey

loading up


about to leave


on route


and sitting out side in the painters yard




ive left some disposable cameras with the guys so they can take some snaps as they do the work

YetI

[Down&Out]

Massive approval of your wheels man

Hope to see this around locally when its done!

[yeti21586]

cheers mate,

am going to see how there doing tomorrow, am missing him !!

[yeti21586]

Went to see Vini today, and they were just putting him into primer and hoping to do the body tomorrow and the roof on friday!!!!!! so i can have him back on sat and then the doors etc after that, cant wait.


just need to clear a place in the garage for him to live in now!!!!!!!

YetI

[yeti21586]

IM SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!! I PICK VINI UP FROM PAINT TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!