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[Nickh_16]

Cheers guys

Umm well she's not far from being finished really, most of the big stuff is done. The only problem now is time and money, my dad's had a lot on lately and i'm running outta money...especially after those new wheels lol. I have 2 and a half months left until my b-day, once the doors boot nd bonnet are done it'll just be the engine and then putting it all back together....so fingers crossed!

[sazal]

Have you got much left t buy? Are you putting the original engine back in?

[Nickh_16]

umm not too much no, just the shiney bits, mirrors, filler caps ect..

Yep same engine, might be geting a 998cooper head for her though and a stage 1 kit with a maniflow exhaust system

I figure i'm gonna come up some £200 short =(

Time to start crossing things i don't need off the list i think =(

[Nickh_16]

Hey hey, guess it's time to do a lil update after bingley.

Bought most of the things needed to finish her now, so basically here are a few pics of what i bought on sunday

I know a few of you will be dissapointed to see that i'm going to badge her as a cooper as she's much more valuble as original....buuut i may aswell go the whole way now that she's been sprayed in cooper colours....criticism or comments welcome...

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[yorkshirechris]

Looking great how did I miss this project? I like those morris cooper badges...

[Nickh_16]

Hey thanks, i was a bit worried about what people would think of me making her into a cooper as she was quite an original car, but i think after the mods and the cooper head she won't be tooooo far off a 998 cooper, so i thought why not..

Thanks for the comment =D

Nick

[mini_surfari]

how come you went for the mk2 cooper rear badge? (not a criticism, just wandering)

[Nickh_16]

lol i 've just always liked that badge, and my friends and the randomer in the street won't know that not everything matches up, only you lot on here and at the mini shows, but i don't mind really =)

[James182]

Car looks great!!! When do we get pics of the car on the d1's?

[liirge]

Nice work mate, i know you've heard it all before, and its too late now, i still would of kept that gorgeous old colour, but that's just my opinions!!

[Nickh_16]

Hey Hey! it's been a while since i updated this last so here we are...

since my last post we've been preping the doors, boot and bonnet for spraying and i've been getting on with anything else than needed doing
shouldn't be too long before all the bodywork is done!
Here are some pics of what's been done....

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[Nickh_16]

Whey doors, boot, bonnet done!! That's basically all of the bodywork done! which is awesome......

Onto the engine next i guess then just put it all together

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[Down&Out]

its a lovely mini dude im envyous

[dfraser]

Best forum thread I've read for a while (apart from my own of course -haha!). Great car, do it your way - I know I am. Looks like you and I should be on the road roughly the same time...

[matty135790]

Thanks for the comment on mine! thought i should have a look at yours:) it looks really nice totally convinced retro styling is the way! cant wait to see it done!!!