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[Mini Mad Drakeley]

i knw a goo place in ards that reapolstered my mayfair interior
court aplostery next ard tech in the industrial estate

i didnt think they would have done car interiors for some reason lol, can i ask how much they changed to re-upholster your seats?

Adam

[RichardBrown]

250 for the lot and it was still cheaper than buying cover urself
and the werr perfect
any design and material but if i was u id keep it orginal

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

250 for the lot and it was still cheaper than buying cover urself
and the werr perfect
any design and material but if i was u id keep it orginal

i went to them today and asked about re-upholstering my seats and they said they wouldnt do full re-upholsters and only repairs, got very confused when i said that you said they did your mayfair interior and then said they hadnt done a mayfair interior :S very confused on that one lmao

heres a wee update of tonights work :

tee brought some big assed tyres from his work and wee flipped the mini on its side


then started seam sealing the floors
my welding


tee's welding

quite a difference in the proffesionals welding and mine

repairs to the rear floor pan



got a couple of pics of the front right sill and the left hand side that ive partially cut out now



whoever last did the repairs on the sills needs beaten round the head several times, not even welded on in many places and i could basically just tear it off and they didnt even remove the old sill ffs, aww well im probably just goin to buy one sill and use it to repair both sides

Adam

[RichardBrown]

why on earth did he say that? i have th recipt to prove it! was it an old fella in like a big shed? he was reali good i knw others my mates mayfair thats forsale in greyabey was brilliant il get the number of him

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

why on earth did he say that? i have th recipt to prove it! was it an old fella in like a big shed? he was reali good i knw others my mates mayfair thats forsale in greyabey was brilliant il get the number of him

yep, a yellow nd black shed with a sign saying court upholster nd he had loads of materials in it aswell, theres a guy in bangor somewhere that tee is checkin if he is still alive cus apparently he does brilliant work and not hard to pay so ive got a few people to get quotes off

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

a little bit of an update, tee has left his welder over since he is away helping set up a show for a couple of weeks so ive tried to get a bit done but not as much as i would have liked, ive got the rear seat bit repaired as the was a small hole and all the surrounding metal had alot of surface rust and was a bit too thin so it was all cut out and i spent a couple of hours attempting 3 patches until i was happy with the last one


then cut out a couple of sections of the floor as they were just rotten and started to patch them


yesterday me and my dad made the journey to the middle of no where some where near belfast to see a guy about re-upholstering my seats, i was very impressed with his work so ive left them with him and they will be done in a few weeks cus he is going on holiday, he had just nearly finished his mini van and gave me £50 odd worth of paints and primers and a heater as well for free and he also has a sill in his work so im also getting that so i can fix my sills
when we where stripping apart the seats some dutch money fell out aswell, along with around 5 pens and some other crap


all opinions welcome

thanks, Adam

[handon]

awesome welding wish i could weld like that i really like your project ill be keeping an eye on this one

Tom

[RichardBrown]

whats the first mini show of the year?
good work by the way i still cant get my carb set up keeps backfiring
whats ur plans for ur mini?

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

awesome welding wish i could weld like that i really like your project ill be keeping an eye on this one

Tom

haha thanks its not as good as i would like it to be but its good enough until i just learn to get it neater

whats the first mini show of the year?
good work by the way i still cant get my carb set up keeps backfiring
whats ur plans for ur mini?

if you join the ni-minis forum theres a section that has all the shows that will be on, theres already been a couple but i havent been to them, theres shanes castle on sunday and monday which i cant go to cus dad decided he was goin to fermanagh so im just goin out nd gettin pissed at the regent pre-formal tommorow

if you cant get it sorted out you can take it to alan lemon on the portaferry road, he is a bit of a mini wizz and he doesnt charge alot, i want his mk1 cooper s though even though it needs a full resto or his riley elf or the engine from his other mini

plans are to get it looking very retro and standard-ish
im not goin to do much with the engine, just replace the clutch
lighten the flywheel in tech
im considering gettin a 12g202 head of a mates scrap mini and putting it on
also considering twin carbs cus the guy doing my interior has twins but i dont know what type they are yet lol

car will be sprayed blue (not sure what colour blue yet) with a silver roof and silver cooper s reverse rims with no arches

i will be picking up my interior on sunday afternoon and the pics of the rear seats i got look awesomee

a bit of an update of what ive got done over the last couple of days:

finished patching the floor to heel board area and that patch was a bit of a pain, had to weld it before it was even on the car so i could keep everything looking original underneath even though no one will see it really



the next patch took 5 little patches to keep it looking original and proper and i had to cut out a previous patch to do it properly


started this patch on the boot floor, got it plug welded on and tacked on


the i ran out of gas so thats me bugered till tuesday cus of work and bank holidays when my dad can go get the bottle re-filled while im at tech

not much left to do on the body:
patch a couple more areas, a couple of them will be a ******* to patch but it will get done
repair sills when i get the sill to cut up to what i need
weld on rear valance and closing panels
weld on the front end


all opinions welcome

thanks, Adam

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

yaaayyyyyyy

went and picked up my interior and i love it better than i hoped for and ian who did it it a really nice guy and i couldnt be more impressed with his work

ha them done in black with silver piping and silver stitching il let the pics speak for themselves










its double stitched purely for looks


even my dog loves them, got home and found him asleep on the drivers seat

Edited by Mini Mad Drakeley, 02 May 2011 - 05:19 PM.

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

not really got alot done cus ive been stuck in bed since tuesday when something hit me hard, wednesday the local company thats was getting in my flywheel puller foned me and i was feeling a bit better so cycled down and that wasnt a good idea but got the flywheel off later that day it only took 2seconds to do surprisingly, it just popped off and im glad im replacing the clutch on it


went last night to try get some parts off a few scrap minis a mate has, didnt have that long but managed to get a mph speedo, front wiring loom and a few other small bits, wiring loom and speedo wer a pain to do but also found and original scissor jack not sure if its from a mini but still and i also got an original owners service manual which i was quite surprised at



hopefully getting some welding gas tommorow morning so hopefully some updates soon

all opinions welcome

thanks, Adam

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

just a small update, ive not really got much done cus i was waiting on more welding gas but got some finally

made this hole alot bigger cus it started a little small patch and then i wasnt happy with the metal around it so i cut the rest out


finished welding in this patch


did 2 patches here on the wheel arch and on the boot floor, unfortunately due to me being very stupid at the time i cut off the bracket that the petrol tank screws onto just gona have to be careful and weld in on again


i then started cutting an oversill i had been given into a proper sill and mocked it up abit

still needs some cut off so it will line up with the original

also went and got this beast


i hope to god i dont need much of it

also my doorcards are being done aswell at the moment so i should hopefully get them sometime this week

all comments welcome

thanks, Adam

[RichardBrown]

do u knw anyone looken a cheap mini? 1275 equinox? 650quid needs alot of work but its orginal

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

small update,

managed to get into the garge for the 1st time in a while cus tee came over to get some more welding done again, got a couple of bits done now

got a pretty big patch done in the wheel arch/heelboard area that was a pain to make and get right but its all welded in with only a few small fires


welded on the sill repair patch and cut it down to the proper size


and finally rolled the mini onto it other side for the other half of welding


its getting there, not much left to do im picking up my door cards on sunday and ive set a very optomistic deadline for completion on August 27th so i can go to the causeway coast mini show

opinions welcome

thanks, Adam

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

went and picked up my door cards well happy with them, same theme as the seats, double silver stitching and silver piping will look great when i finally fit them