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[makka]

G'day everyone, here are some pics of a Clubby that I am doing up for my sister, we bought it for $400.



I am respraying it in an original Clubman colour (in Australia anyway) called "Home On Theorange"
I made a bit of a start on it during the week but the weather turned to poo and started pouring rain so that stopped much work for a few days. got stuck into it yesterday and today though, I even had my sister down scraping stripper and paint off!

it had a bit of rust in the top of the guard

cut a section out of a LJ Torana guard

fits nice!

added a few bits to it

and in it goes!

I cleaned up the boot and gave it a quick squirt to see how the colour looked


the colour didnt come up in the pic (mobile phone) but its very similar to the orange on Triton work benches, im sure nearly every shed has one!
I got a fair amount of the body done today, I just cant get over how small these cars are, I reckon there is less to prep on the bonnet of a mini than a door on my Torana! Hopefully I will have the body in primer by the end of tomorow, then its just the engine bay and doors left. I am looking at putting a bit of time into making the engine bay look nice, messy engine bays are a pet hate of mine!

more to come tomorrow

[Retro_10s]

lovely, I do like the Oz minis,... great door handles too, something we didn't get over here in ol' blighty.

Good stuff,... I've seen 'Triton' work benches but we have other makes over here,... very nice orange sir what what!

Keep them pics coming

Edited by Retro_10s, 23 December 2007 - 11:39 AM.

[Bungle]

thats a new one "i'm just doing it up for my sister"

we are used to mini's for wives that they never get the chance to use

[bigjobs]

thats a new one "i'm just doing it up for my sister"

we are used to mini's for wives that they never get the chance to use

i did exactly that. got a mini for my wife, had it for 2 weeks, said she could not have it and then purchased a VW GTI

i will never live it down ... rightly so i think

[RobL]

Nice - currently tempted by a Clubman actually, hmmm.....

[miniboo]

nice clubby and nic ebit of metal work aswell. i have a aussie clubby at the moment.

[makka]

yeah, I have read your Project thread miniboo, are the Aussie ones any different to the Pommy ones?
the weather today is horrible si I havent really achieved much and I managed to break the trans mount in my Torana so I have to replace that, so much for having this thing undercoated by Christmas!
I am hoping that my sister will lose interest in it after a while then I can have it and make some big changes engine wise

[miniboo]

yeah there is quite a few differences between an aussie clubby and a uk one. external hinges, roll up windows, quarter lights, boot lid, seats, switch panel, front slam panel is removable, rear seat belts different, door handles are different, a few otehr little things aswell.

[makka]

Ahh ok, I know about the boot being different and thats about it, if the weather picks up I might be able to get some undercoat on it on boxing day hopefully. I might be going to look at a 1275 tommorow too, that should be better than the 1098 thats in it now

[Bungle]

the weather today is horrible

you have never tryed one of our winters have you ?

[makka]

haha, I havnt, I should head over there 1 day though, I will be sure to let all you guys know thogh.
it only made it to 20 today, it should be twice that here during summer!

[Bungle]

we get 20 on a good summers day

[makka]

well, its finally in undercoat, hopefully it will be orange by the weekend, I will post up some more pics tomorrow

[frankiebateman]

Looks great, love the way you cut a bit out of a asheet of metal and welded it on, love the color of the boot to keep it up

Edited by frankiebateman, 26 December 2007 - 10:08 AM.

[clubby]

nice mini mate