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[Shifty]

I saw the cortina in the pics you sent me!!

It did look quite nice.

So are you still gonna fit him with a neon kit, 13" superlites, sportspack arches, spangly bumpers????


Edit...it is an Austin healey!!

by the way the Cortina is Aubergine!!!

Edited by shiftyseamus, 18 February 2009 - 07:04 PM.

[mini93]

by the way the Cortina is Aubergine!!!

Aubergine is purple unless your a woman!

looks good though chris

[bert998]

Awesome, nice buy.

[yorkshirechris]

Edit...it is an Austin healey!!

Mrs Chris: i took a proper picture of it ..gorgeous!

by the way the Cortina is Aubergine!!!

yes.. i said "it's PURPLE! " all excietedly and he made me aware that it was, in fact, 'aubergine' lol

... and "a very rare colour these days because it was a bit garish back then but these days purple is the thing"

*as i stood there in my purple coat *

Edited by yorkshirechris, 18 February 2009 - 07:44 PM.

[yorkshirechris]

No neons I'm afraid Sean ..

Plans for it are... Mk2 rear lights, Black/Silver plates, new carpets & seats the same as I did Evelyn's, new Stereo/speakers.

All the above are reversible as I will be keeping the originals and not doing any sabotage so if I come to sell I can put it back to original

May possibly spray the vinyl roof black, and get some white stick-on spots and a line to make it into a big DOMINO (hence the name Dominic) I know a place where I can probably get him to do some off-cuts for me. Only trouble is with this is I obviously can't really reverse the colour of the roof, but I don't think it's a big deal and will look better black anyway. Haven't decided on this yet though.

Spoke to the seller earlier, as there were two problems: exhaust knocking on the gear stick housing thingy, and rear brake locking.. he's had a mechanic take apart the brakes and it was infact the front pads which were sticking? Therefore the rear brake was over-compensating for it and therefore locked up. He said it's fine now. Exhaust knocking couldnt be sorted as the mechanic didn't have a ramp thingy small enough to fit Dominic on but to compensate for this not being sorted he has put two new tyres on the back... so I can't complain

Hopefully he will drive home ok tomorrow night and I may even have a ride around at the weekend, if I think he's reliable enough (haven't got the breakdown cover details through from the insurer yet).

Fun fun fun

Soon to start a project page

P.S. Getting a halfords trade card this week, which will save me a bit on tools etc.. its amazing what a decent printer and Word can do!

Edited by yorkshirechris, 18 February 2009 - 08:04 PM.

[mk1leg]

Have you got him yet???

Tomorrow













A sneak preview of Dominic the Mini GT:

that vynal looks like its been fitted via a specialist and not by the factory as there does not seem to be a seam on either side as The 1100 specials had ............... ...........But I could be wrong..............

[yorkshirechris]

that vynal looks like its been fitted via a specialist and not by the factory as there does not seem to be a seam on either side as The 1100 specials had ............... ...........But I could be wrong..............

By seam do you mean a plastic "cover" that runs along the gutter? Because there is a black plastic clip-over thing right around the gutter, I dont know what its called but its like a long plastic strip

[blacktulip]

nice mini Chris, im glad you found one so soon. full pics required as usual! lol

[Shifty]

that vynal looks like its been fitted via a specialist and not by the factory as there does not seem to be a seam on either side as The 1100 specials had ............... ...........But I could be wrong..............

By seam do you mean a plastic "cover" that runs along the gutter? Because there is a black plastic clip-over thing right around the gutter, I dont know what its called but its like a long plastic strip

YES!!

Thats whats been bugging me about the roof!!

I knew it looked different, but just couldn't put my finger on it!!

What MK1 leg means is that there are usually 2 seam strips actually in the vinyil roof, these are about 8" in and run from front to back.

[yorkshirechris]

nice mini Chris, im glad you found one so soon. full pics required as usual! lol

Still gutted about yours, its your fault mike!! Had yours not come up for sale I probably wouldve left it for now!! But because you hit me with the mini bug again my budget suddenly expanded by 2 grand and the tax exemption preference went out the window!!

[mk3 Cooper S]

by the way the Cortina is Aubergine!!!

Aubergine is purple unless your a woman!

looks good though chris

LOL,

Looks very nice , hope it is kind to you !!

Leting us in on the price?

Edited by mk3 Cooper S, 18 February 2009 - 09:12 PM.

[yorkshirechris]

YES!!

Thats whats been bugging me about the roof!!

I knew it looked different, but just couldn't put my finger on it!!

What MK1 leg means is that there are usually 2 seam strips actually in the vinyil roof, these are about 8" in and run from front to back.

What, like ridges?

Mk3 Cooper S - I refer you to the post just before yours, do a bit of digging and you will find out!

Edited by yorkshirechris, 18 February 2009 - 09:07 PM.

[GreaseMonkey]

The aftermarket vinyl roofs did not have the seams running down either side as the Special. The Clubman I bought had a vinyl roof which looked to have been stuck on rather poorly. Yours looks like its had a proper fitting.

[jplonie]

Chris, still chuffed for you mate!
Off for it , sorry I mean him, sorry I mean dominc, tomorrow ?
You need to change your profile, "I dont drive a mini...."

J

[sprintmini]

Looks like a very nice example.
With regards to the roof vinyl ,mine has the aforementioned strips either side of the roof and a plastic cover round the gutter,pain in the rear though as I cannot get it to stay down all the way round.
Reading about the exhaust knocking have a look at the pot joints before you go removing the exhaust,I have just come in from the garage having replaced the pot joints and it has stopped what I thought was the exhaust knocking on the underside of the car,turns out the joints were almost dry and sloppy causing the noises.