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[Foxy10]

I thought it was about time i made 1 of these things

i bought my mini last may for £450

Some pictures from the night i got it home



and from the morning after







then i thought i'd teach myself some bodywork by restoring an respraying the bootlid



many lessons learnt here lol (dont spary lacquer when its cold!! doh)

with some chrimbo money i bought a snazzy blue carpet, gear knob + handbrake cover and leather gaitors
before:


after:






i went to my first mini show at bingley and bought these:
before...

after...



and the latest edition of electronic ignition pretty much rounds off what i have done to him.

any comment appreciated

cheers, Foxy

[Foxy10]

Iv decided to roller paint my car now as opposed to the rattle can job that i was going to do. Nt sure when probs over the summer but i think iv decided on something like Henly blue with a black roof
doin it this way will save me loads of money an by the looks of some other roller painted minis will look better than the rattle can job i did on the boot lol

cheers

[Foxy10]

i went to my first crewe's missiles meet on sunday and gt my window stickers on

[Andy-eat-chicken]

Thats real smart. Im liking the interiorr.

Edited by Andy-eat-chicken, 23 March 2010 - 05:39 PM.

[Mini_Woo]

SNAP! i've got same stickers didnt go meet this week though so wouldnt have meet you. welcome though

[Foxy10]

cheers! is the next 1 on the 4th? hope to see u there

[Foxy10]

just bought a mk1 moustache and austin cooper s grill for £32!!! on ebay. not in perfect condition but for that price i cant complain lol im tempted to either sell or swap with money for a morris cooper as i prefer the way it looks.

[Foxy10]

bin messin about on photoshop an com up with...

[Foxy10]

Finally got my mk1 grille and moustach if anyone wants 2 buy the grille (not moustach) i will make an advert with more info in a mo!

[Foxy10]

im gona be ordering my paint soon from avenue coatings and was just wondering wether it was worth geting them to mix the real mini colour that i want(Electric blue JSA (BLVC997)) or just get the RAL equivalent which is closest. i think RAL 5015 is quite similar. what do people think?

also another issue that would effect this decision is insurance as my car now is declared as a 'perlesent non standard respray' so im assuming that my premimum will go down a little bit due to the new colour not being perlesent any more but does anyone no if for it to not be a 'non standard respray' any more does it hav 2 go back to its original colour (orange i think) or just a standard mini colour?

thanks in advance

[miniman92]

Hi Foxy, where abouts in crewe do you live. Im in the club too but dont think ive seen you around. Did you go to cannon hill with the club? Ash

[Foxy10]

i actually live in moulton just north of winsford, an no i didnt get to go to cannon hill been busy with exams an stuff iv been to a couple of meets at the jolly tar tho.

[Foxy10]

im gona be ordering my paint soon from avenue coatings and was just wondering wether it was worth geting them to mix the real mini colour that i want(Electric blue JSA (BLVC997)) or just get the RAL equivalent which is closest. i think RAL 5015 is quite similar. what do people think?

also another issue that would effect this decision is insurance as my car now is declared as a 'perlesent non standard respray' so im assuming that my premimum will go down a little bit due to the new colour not being perlesent any more but does anyone no if for it to not be a 'non standard respray' any more does it hav 2 go back to its original colour (orange i think) or just a standard mini colour?

thanks in advance

bump

[Foxy10]

LET THE WORK BEGIN!!

First bit of progress today

nasty bit of rust on top of the wing


and fixed


some more rust by the near side wheel


still needs a bit of work but better

sori for the rubbish picture, it was geting dark

cheers

[MiniLandy]

Did you take that rust right back to bare metal, and then prime it before you put filler on?

If you didn't, then you need to. Trust me, it'll come back you bite you in the arse.