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[pretzil]

You can actually subscribe to Minimag online

ahh thts too easy lol ill keep hunting for it
right off to work i go chat to you guys at ten xxxxxx

[taffy1967]

Guys, It's MY Designer, Monty, in the Minimag issue guide. I don't know whether it's Ltd Ed specific for the model, but all the Designers we've met on our travels in their original garb have Austin grille badges too. - Or whether it's just the case that the only grey grilles available now are Austin badged ones...

When the City and Mayfair got the plain bonnet badge shield that didn't say 'Mini' (some time in 1987/88 I think?), then the grille badge carried the 'Mini' insignia instead.

The 'Designer' has the Mary Quant flower and no Mini marked badge on the bonnet. So that's why the grille should perhaps have the Mini insignia badge instead?

The Mayfair I bought new was registered on the 1/8/88 and it was off the then current stock. If I'd waited a mere month or two, then I'd have had the updated version that had better trim and a stereo radio/cassette as standard.

Edited by taffy1967, 12 September 2008 - 07:24 PM.

[pretzil]

Guys, It's MY Designer, Monty, in the Minimag issue guide. I don't know whether it's Ltd Ed specific for the model, but all the Designers we've met on our travels in their original garb have Austin grille badges too. - Or whether it's just the case that the only grey grilles available now are Austin badged ones...

When the City and Mayfair got the plain bonnet badge shield that didn't say 'Mini' (some time in 1987/88 I think?), then the grille badge carried the 'Mini' insignia instead.

The 'Designer' has the Mary Quant flower and no Mini marked badge on the bonnet. So that's why the grille should perhaps have the Mini insignia badge instead?

The Mayfair I bought new was registered on the 1/8/88 and it was off the then current stock. If I'd waited a mere month or two, then I'd have had the updated version that had better trim and a stereo radio/cassette as standard.

ahh fair doodles
iv got a mag now woop woop good old wh smith having one left
i thought you were keeping yours original gotta? like the centre console tho its niiiiice lol

[GottaDesigner]

The console and a bootliner are the only additions I have, Pretzil. I needed somewhere to put my CD player and something else to give me an even floor in the boot Both are removable though. Just unscrew and put away when needed. Minimag weren't fussed about it as it wasn't a major change to his interior.

Taffy, Monty's reg date is 8/8/88 and when I got him the grille was the only supposedly original bit of his exterior trim bar one decal. He'd been chromed up by a young lad with no clue about his heritage

He had an Austin badge then and is registered as an Austin Designer... the others of his kind I've seen have also had Austin badges. I don't really think it's a fighting point though. *Grins* Austin-Rover were known to mix and match parts so maybe they had a surplus of grey Austin badged grilles that they used on some. Either that or, as I said, it's down to those who have restored Designers only being able to get Austin badged grey grilles now?

[pretzil]

The console and a bootliner are the only additions I have, Pretzil. I needed somewhere to put my CD player and something else to give me an even floor in the boot Both are removable though. Just unscrew and put away when needed. Minimag weren't fussed about it as it wasn't a major change to his interior.

Taffy, Monty's reg date is 8/8/88 and when I got him the grille was the only supposedly original bit of his exterior trim bar one decal. He'd been chromed up by a young lad with no clue about his heritage

He had an Austin badge then and is registered as an Austin Designer... the others of his kind I've seen have also had Austin badges. I don't really think it's a fighting point though. *Grins* Austin-Rover were known to mix and match parts so maybe they had a surplus of grey Austin badged grilles that they used on some. Either that or, as I said, it's down to those who have restored Designers only being able to get Austin badged grey grilles now?

mines the same badge in this pick so the same as yours i beleive
the only mods iv done is take the casset player out and store it and put my cd player in and my sub but like you say same as yours a few screws and its back to original. the other thing i noticed tho was you had black exterior insted of grey? unless its just the pic making it out that way

[GottaDesigner]

It's the pics, trust me Monty is black and grey, as he should be! Just take a look at him in my sig, can see it much better there. Trim-wise, apart from this contentious badge, he is completely original inside, outside and under the bonnet. Even down to his original, bright yellow engine block

Edited by GottaDesigner, 12 September 2008 - 09:13 PM.

[pretzil]

It's the pics, trust me Monty is black and grey, as he should be! Just take a look at him in my sig, can see it much better there. Trim-wise, apart from this contentious badge, he is completely original inside, outside and under the bonnet. Even down to his original, bright yellow engine block

lol aww so is mine even with the speakers and everything i love mary * yes i know abit of a guessable name but the women before me named her well the old lady who first brought her did and its stuck* just as much as she loves me haha
iv found another set of interior on ebay going to probably buy that which will make it five
oh and iv got a mini project to make before next l2b which should be able to do but ill see how it goes. i wont say what just yet but ill let you know whn its done

[pretzil]

bump

[Kookoo LaRou]

hehe why do you need five interiors? Im going insane with mine at the moment - Ive scrubbed it three times by hand and used the vax three times, and its still not as clean as it should be (in my mind at least). Im not being obsessive, it seriously is quite grubby Has anyone dared to put theres in the washing machine?

Pretzil - let me know about the stuff you're designing - I'll definitely want to have a look! And YES Daisy and I would LOVE to be in the crew!

[pretzil]

hehe why do you need five interiors? Im going insane with mine at the moment - Ive scrubbed it three times by hand and used the vax three times, and its still not as clean as it should be (in my mind at least). Im not being obsessive, it seriously is quite grubby Has anyone dared to put theres in the washing machine?

Pretzil - let me know about the stuff you're designing - I'll definitely want to have a look! And YES Daisy and I would LOVE to be in the crew!

OH GOD DONT SCRUB TOO HARD! lol
i scrubbed one of mine and it made it turn greay insted of white! eek lol use this special stuff i cant remember what it is but it basicaly bleeches it back to white its like a whiterner or something
i wont put it in there i think the name bit would apple up on it
yeh i will ill show some piccys when i get around to doing it
cool daisy and you and gotta and me and nikki and voo are the crew sofar
im having some t-shirts made on one that iv got already il get a pic and show you and see what you think.
its basicaly half the tshirt is white,the other half is blak,and its got the logo in the middle in silver and mary quant writen around it in silver too

[minielle]

I'd love to get my seats back to being white. They look abit grubby. So do the seat belts actually.

[pretzil]

I'd love to get my seats back to being white. They look abit grubby. So do the seat belts actually.

lol ill try and find some stuff that actually does get it whitey white lol
its the stuff they use if you were to take them to be done
ill find its name and let you know
so minielle are you and .... going to join the mary q crew lol

[minielle]

.... going to join the mary q crew lol

Would if I could drive

[pretzil]

.... going to join the mary q crew lol

Would if I could drive

aww bummer well you could allways join and make someone else drive for now lol

[pretzil]

M ary Q C rew
Adam aka Pretzil & Mary






( Add your name and your cars name to the list if you wish to join so i have a sense whos going to be part of it )

Edited by pretzil, 16 September 2008 - 05:17 PM.