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[vinnietenapolie]

I`m living in the netherlands and this last winter i`f made a mini trailer from a mini that was going to be destroyed, so you can say i saved one
it was not my idea to make a topic on the internet for it, so there are not much picture`s of this project, at second thought i put the pictures on the net

at this point i made my first picture of the project

the back was realy rusted, as you can see i welded a new part to repair it.


a big hole without any stifness


at the and i was pleased with the results (that was not this result)


the begin of the hood


i made a contruction to open the hood automaticly with gas springs. this is the begin of the construction


after sanding the first filler


after the filler sanding again


the first layer of paint


the result

Edited by vinnietenapolie, 13 September 2010 - 09:07 PM.

[LukeMoss]

That looks absolutely brilliant, well done what a fine accomplishment looks the part aswell!

[mini danny]

looking good i like it a lot but 1 thing is that a van that youve put glass in in the side ???

[vinnietenapolie]

there was a aftermarket company in the netherlands that this this arround 1980 before there come on the road, so there are a few Van riding this with this window, the good part of this story is that you see the Safty devices roalcage

[mini danny]

there was a aftermarket company in the netherlands that this this arround 1980 before there come on the road, so there are a few Van riding this with this window, the good part of this story is that you see the Safty devices roalcage

ohh well you learn something new everyday and yh bet it looks good

[vinnietenapolie]

here was the beginning of making the cage fitted



here you can see the hood opened.

Edited by vinnietenapolie, 13 September 2010 - 09:09 PM.

[miniminded]

Hey Vinnie,

I thought that pictures are looking quite familiar!

Looking great )

Greetings,
Bartjan

[vinnietenapolie]

Hey Vinnie,

I thought that pictures are looking quite familiar!

Looking great )

Greetings,
Bartjan

i was bored so i thougt let`s post it on the english forum

[Brams96]

Man that looks really nice. I love the matching wheels/arches and colour scheme.

[vinnietenapolie]

Thanks Brams

THe next job is making an imperial and à fresh paintjob for thevan

[E.L.M.O]

Looks really good. cant believe you got an estate/van and a trailer though!

[stevedx]

looks really cool

[vinnietenapolie]

Thanks for the compliments, we are putting à brand new 1310cc engine in the van hopefully we can drive it withouten any problems for this summer when i have the time ill put some pictures on this topic

[vinnietenapolie]

this week i went to the mini to see the new engine, as promised ill put the pictures on this topic

it is a 1310cc with double flowed iff44 carbs and duplex chain and large in en out ports, steel 4 blad fan and the bigest maniflow pipe
it will do around the 100 brake horsepowers









i sold the 13" rims and put 10" 6j Original black steel rims with chrome pots but very wide so it will do perfect with sports pack arches
the trailer has the same rims but then on 5J but with spacers to make it a little bit wider.

Edited by vinnietenapolie, 10 February 2011 - 08:32 PM.

[myredmini]

I would weld mk1 rear light conversions on the trailer to match the van, looks amazing though, top job !