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[Its a mini thing]

strated by taking the seats out then got carried away, out came the carpets, rool cage, head lining, rear side windows,
new headlings on order, the rear cards are naff so going to get a new set of those, respaint the cage in Orange to match the outside of the car, gonna get some new carpets from Newton, and im gonna make do with my seats out of my other mini for the time being,

Some idiot along the line welded the Subaru Seats in, this was one of the welds, (Not alot there)


Scooby seats anyone........






the rear bench has a few plates in it, as you can see, treated them with some rust eater etc........


Comments welcome the floors quite solid really which im glad about few plates here and there but it is 32 years old lol, gotta had a new drivers door post in etc gonna cost me £200 too.

Edited by Its a mini thing, 22 March 2008 - 08:25 PM.

[iansmini]

Nice job

Them welds on that crossmember look all over the place

[Its a mini thing]

you meen where the seats were? or the rear bench?

[Down&Out]

nice to see there is some progress on your tango'd clubby

[iansmini]

I meant the front seats. The rear could've been far far worse love the clubby by the way!

[syko]

do you want to get rid of them seats?

[Its a mini thing]

i do actually, as i dont plan on using them again, there not very good thou, the drivers seat has a tear in it and they dont fit very well, they always rubbed the door posts so everytime i mooved about they pulled the door seal off lol and we had to cut part of the frame off the drivers side one to get them out

the front cross member was a mess yeh, dunno whos idea it was to weld them in in the first place?

Painted all the welds etc with Davids Zinc paint today and iv Zip wheeled all the crappy white paint off the Roll cage and resprayed it in Orange to match the outside of the car ill get pics later as its drying outside atm

I have a new black headlining on order
Going to get those Moulded carptets in black from Newton Commercial
New door cards Black with Orange Stitching (Will have to wait a bit as im running low on money )
Iv got Half leather cooper seats in my old mini round my grandads so there going in as a temp measure......

But FIRST before any of that goes in, im just gonna bang a drivers seat in and take it to MiniMine and have my door post atc replaced because i dont want to get welds etc all over my new carpets.......

Then it will just be ready for its MOT where it will need a New suspension Cone on the rear as it leans slightly, (Gonna have Hi-lo's fitted whilst its in)

Then its should be ready for the Big classic car show im booked in at Trentham Gardens in June (Or July, Cant remeber off the top of my head )

Cheers for reading, ill add pics later today of the cage etc.........

Cant wait to get it finnished, should be nice then,

after all that all it really needs are passenger wing looking at and the front Valance................ Oh and the Engine of course

Edited by Its a mini thing, 24 March 2008 - 03:43 PM.

[Its a mini thing]

heres the cage in primer.......


Rear bench.........


Painted......



One of the little fella........

Edited by Its a mini thing, 24 March 2008 - 04:23 PM.

[Lund]

Looking swish! Good work keep it up!

[mini_lad_1990]

hey mate what type of roll cage is that??? i was looking at getting one but everyone i looked at the took the rear seats out but yours hasent???

cheers

[Its a mini thing]

havnt got a clue, it was in the car when i bought it, it bolts into the wheel arches and into the bins by the rear seats

Edited by Its a mini thing, 24 March 2008 - 06:14 PM.

[syko]

sorry to crash your post but how much would u be wanting for the seats? i just need some cheap ones, which arent to far away and your not too far away

[Its a mini thing]

you can buy them with pleasure but what im saying is you will have to bodge them in, weld them etc as they havnt got propper frames on etc, thats why they were welded into mine