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[TomTom]

What a project. You'll have to excuse my ignorancew as I haven't been here long.

You've made a good choice in putting the bumpers back on, personal preference but I prefer them with.

I've just fab'd a metal smooth bootlid skin for mine, dead chuffed with it, just needs spraying now.

What colour are you going for mate?


Keep up the hard work. It will be a stomper when its done. Tom

[Lt-SilverDragon]

Those wing mirrors do look the business, got any other pictures maybe from further away? Wonder if I can justify buying them this month, looks like there easy to steal though

Heres a set of Mirrors

Looks good, can't wait to see it when it's finished.

[Lund]

Hi Steve Cruise Wirral buddy


Its lookin good, keep us posted -



F304 NBU

Make:AUSTIN
Year of manufacture: 1989
Model: MINI 1000 CITY E
Engine size 998

There you go Steve thats what your Mini originally was

[steveobennet]

more progress..... got the boot 95% done still needs bits doing on the inside but outside is smoothed!!!!!


to tom = i like it with the bumpers too makes it look wider, getting it sprayed tahiti blue with a white roof.

cheers lund, knew it was something like that couldn't remember though!
just been doing small bits and pieces here and there, and test making a carbon fiber door card. will get some pics of it up next week, but the process i am using is similar to fiberglassin not as strong but looks the same. it also genuine carbon weave i'm using!

[steveobennet]

been a while since i posted here! lets see whats been done................................
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bought some fiberglass arches of ebay



heres how they look on the car



then got some 3 clock dials, will be selling the union jack covers soon so pm if you want them



got a front safety devices cage off a mate for a tenner! so went about painting that.



removed all the rust



used 2 coats of primer and then 2 coats of gloss black



inspired by ades mini, i went the cadburys purple as well (well actually mines ford purple velvet!) again 2 coats of purple and then 2 coats of laquer. the reason for the base black coat is to make the purple darker and give it that little bit more shine! will take some pics in the daylight soon!



managed to get a rear cage, also safety devices off ebay!



went about removing the rae diagonal as this car is for road use and i would like to see out the back window!




and finnally got my car sprayed! went for tahiti blue with a white roof! its still in the body shop at the mo but am expecting delivery very soon! got my boot arches and seam covers though!







its all coming together now!

[miniboo]

looks nice is it a glass front or steel

[ed4ran]

I would say Fibreglass looking at the other pics

Like the colour, and everything looks like it fits well.

[steveobennet]

tis indeed a fiberglass one! fitment is good but only because of the pain staking hours spent trying to make it fit! as mentioned before boot is also a fiberglass one just mated to the original steel skeleton to give it some strength!

[Lund]

tis indeed a fiberglass one! fitment is good but only because of the pain staking hours spent trying to make it fit! as mentioned before boot is also a fiberglass one just mated to the original steel skeleton to give it some strength!

Lookin good my fellow Mini cruiser

[steveobennet]

more progress..................
got it home stripped it down. managed to trial fit my cage in place just starting to fit everything back on slowly so i don't scratch anything! i'll let the pics do the talking!























there you go! more to come soon...............

[bert998]

it looks like that mg is jealous of all the attention the minis getting to me. You better be careful he doesn't trash it while your backs turned....

[Purtsi]

Sure looks nice one and I sooooooo much want a fibreglass flipfront tooo hmm.. If I only had a old crappy paintjob on my mini, i'd cut the frontend right away....

[retrodan]

nice car and glad to see u kept bumpers!!! whats ur plans for engine and interior???

[steveobennet]

the mg certianly wants in on the minis attention! lol. thats the only reason i went for the front flip because the front was rusty! interior will be 6 point cage with buckets, harnesses, carbon bits here and there and of course carpet! engine wise am going for a 1380 engine kit which i will probabily build myself and am hoping to break the 100hp mark.

[PhoenixSimon]

looks class keep up teh good work
any news on your carbon fibre door cards, all the ones ive seen are just a sheet of carbon fibre cut into a square and slapped on, im tempted myself but would love to see some pics.
cheers simon
keep us informed and the pics coming