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[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Excellent mate, Is that a real strat is the last picture or a copy?

[EatSleepJDM]

well, it was from asda a couple of years ago, so i assume its a copy?

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

I reckon its real . What you up to on the mini now then? Dashboard i guess?

[EatSleepJDM]

i'll just say it's real then ha.

not done anything this week, due to alot of coursework, mock exams etc

hopefully I shall start putting the dash back together soon this week

tomorrow I shall get pictures of some other odds and sods waiting to go on the mini, if i have time

[EatSleepJDM]

big day today!
mini is now back home after being painted! happy days

Today we had the call to let us know the mini is ready to come home . So, we drove down to Cricklade at some speed, to meet Rob, Rob's dad, Rob's brother in law and Spenner for the delivery of the mini. Thanks to spenner for drving it all the way home, very efficiently

Anyway, I'll let the pictures do the explaining

This is when we arrived down at Blakehill, after wrapping the doors in bubble wrap and loading them into our car, we pushed the mini outside, and onto Spenner's trailer.




Succes, all strapped down and secured on the trailer


Thanks Spenner, appreciate the towing mate


Yet more proof of Spenner's expert towing skills.


After about 20 minutes or so, we finally arrived back to my house.


Then proceeded to offload the mini, and push it onto the driveway for some pictures






As it is now, safely tucked up in the garage


So tomorrow, i'm determined to whack the alloys on, looking forward to seeing it with them on

Big thanks to everyone at Blakehill Body Centre, and Spenner for bringing it home

Comments appreciated

x

[me madjoe 90]

looks great you done good job so far verry nice colour combination with the engine and that i think looks realy nice.


just making me want to totaly strip mine out and do that but dont have time or money

my i ask how you painted you engine did you spary it ?

[EatSleepJDM]

thanks mate!
it is very rewarding seeing the mini come back together, but not nice when you find things that you don't want to find
just sprayed the engine with halfords rattle cans. hopefully it will last. couldn't find any proper engine paint in the colour i wanted, so we just sprayed it

[me madjoe 90]

thanks mate!
it is very rewarding seeing the mini come back together, but not nice when you find things that you don't want to find
just sprayed the engine with halfords rattle cans. hopefully it will last. couldn't find any proper engine paint in the colour i wanted, so we just sprayed it

well looks realy good any way, i think you should get some red pinstripes down the sides to match the engine (i would if was mine)



well i think im just going to give mine a bush or two of hammerite

[EatSleepJDM]

ah good idea mate. i wouldn't do it to mine though pinstripes not my sort of thing though. the seats going in it are dark red, so they match

[Tillio]

Excellent stuff, well done chap

[analogue_radio]

Nice and clean! what colour? black roof is perfect as well.

[me madjoe 90]

ah good idea mate. i wouldn't do it to mine though pinstripes not my sort of thing though. the seats going in it are dark red, so they match

what sort classic buckets or retrims ?

[EatSleepJDM]

Thanks tillio

It's snowberry white. Thought it was a good compromise between diamond white and old english

Well i had some mpi seats retrimmed in dark red lether with black piping, cream stitching. Similar looking to the mini 40 seats. Matching doorcards too

thanks!

[Pitcrew6464]

Looks fantastic! he's done a sweet job by the looks of things, bet you cant wait to start the build now!!! dare i ask the price in the end?

[EatSleepJDM]

yeah he has done a great job yeah going to start with rebuild tomorrow, nothing major though. well i'm not 100% sure, my dad paid for it he says he's happy with the rpice though, so everyones happy