52 replies to this topic

[chilly11]

Just wondering about peoples individual reasons for having the UJ or any other flag for
that matter, on their mini? If you've got a flag on your car what one and why did you
want it on there? Style? Patriotism? ? ?

[THE ANORAK]

...lack of taste and/or any concept of style ????

Edited by THE ANORAK, 04 September 2008 - 10:33 AM.

[Natalie]

If it's on a mini it's just a Union Flag...

Ummm geeky Nat will now leave the thread because she doesn't have one on her min!!

[Ouster]

I'm going to go out on a limb here by saying that I think they look tacky!

[jammiedodger26]

If it's on a mini it's just a Union Flag...

Ummm geeky Nat will now leave the thread because she doesn't have one on her min!!

Haha is that because it's only the Jack if it's on a flag pole?....where did I hear that before?

I think it's because minis are supposed to symbolise everything British...and the flag fits the bill I suppose!

I think they only look good on Tahiti Blue cars....or if you have a black roof with a grey/silver union flag...then that's ok!...ish!

[Jammy]

I think lots of chrome on a car can just look tacky. One or two small metal UJ badges can look quite good IMO, I bought a Racing Green with them on the wings I thought it looked good. In fact I'd say they are better than Cooper stripes and/or the Cooper signatures people put on the stripes, and definitely better than clear rear lenses!

I'm not that much of a fan of the big UJ stickers people put on roofs though.

[taffy1967]

If it's on a mini it's just a Union Flag...

Ummm geeky Nat will now leave the thread because she doesn't have one on her min!!

Haha is that because it's only the Jack if it's on a flag pole?....where did I hear that before?

I think it's because minis are supposed to symbolise everything British...and the flag fits the bill I suppose!

I think they only look good on Tahiti Blue cars....or if you have a black roof with a grey/silver union flag...then that's ok!...ish!

I think it's a jack when it's flown out at sea?

Anyway I'm not a big fan of flag flying on a Mini, okay it's all about national pride and there's nothing nasty about it.

I think the union flag looks okay on the right Mini, but it got done to death back in the 1960's/70's.

I'm not a fan of other flags on them though and it's personalisation gone mad.

[Natalie]

It's a Jack if it's flown at sea on a ship like Taffy said

[Bec]

...lack of taste and/or any concept of style ????

Ouch!!!!!!!

I bought Vern not knowing what he had up top as he was covered in dirt and leaves when we first met, but I absolutely adore his Union Jack. I am very very proud of being British and I love the fact that my mini shows this, he sort of represents me if that makes sense with his roof and other bits and bobs. Anyone with a problem I'll be meeting with a large stick later.

I do think though that if I had bought him as an original Chelsea I would never have put a Union Jack on his roof and if he was just black and shiny I would only opt for an airbrushed one again.



And another in the cold, I can't help it ....





Actually am I really the only person on here that has a UJ on the roof or have all the above comments scared owner's of the flagged minis off? Don't be shy, some of us do appreciate the Union Jack/ Flags whatever so feel free to answer the question without being ridiculed

Edited by Verns_Playmate, 05 September 2008 - 06:10 AM.

[benb12]

Vern's one is quite tasteful in my opinion. But I only really like it to look at, I don't think I'd have a Mini with a Union Flag on the roof. Simply because it's been done so many times.

[sazal]

Verns union jack flag is something special Not like any other union jack flag ever

Vern wouldnt be Vern without his union jack flag

Edited by sazal, 04 September 2008 - 08:42 PM.

[Rhyd]

I might be less adverse to the union flag if it represented Wales, I can't be bothered to go into the reasons we're excluded though

[Haynes Emmanuelle]

I quite like the roof flag thang but never really tempted to get one on mine. I can't stick clear back lenses tho. I do feel very patriotic in my mini already.

[fatmini]

is a flag realy flown if its a picture of one ????

[rozzer!]

i did my boot design slightly different as the car was black and white, and had ome chrome on it i also dont think a red, white and blue flag would have looked right on it as someone said earlier, it only seems to work if done on a tahiti blue mini






this last picture was taken when i first painted the bootlid i sprayed teh black first followed by 2 coats of clear, thef flatted and applied the white followed by another 2 coats of clear then it was flatted again then the silver was added and another 2 coats of laquer between painting and flatting the boot was baked with infra red lamps due to lack of a proper oven facility at my old job i spent 3 days total doing the paintjob from primer to finish