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[BGB]

Our British open classic isnt 100% original

when we got it last year it had pepper pot alloys, Chrome Arches, Walnut dash with Trip guages, and Spotlight grill. Oh and the white bonnet stripes.

I need to get a set of mini lites and a grill to have all the parts there to return it to original if i ever want to.

But i really like the additions and changes so when we restored the car we left them on. All except the Bonnet stripes. I hate them and will be removing them at some point.

[project mini chris]

i totally agree i dont mind minor mods its great aswell that you have all the original parts!!! (i also like pepperpots aswell )
lol

[Down&Out]

I see a Chelsea behind Lily

[project mini chris]

I see a Chelsea behind Lily

lol so do I!!!

[sazal]

[project mini chris]

can i join MWA?? even tho i live in luton and cant drive????? lol

[MetallicMunky2]

Ive got a mini Paul Smith, and in all fairness I disagree with keeping mini's "totally" original, i think it should be up to the owners as to whether they modify they car. Mines going to be going through a full restoration in the next few months with the addition of sportspack arches and sideskirts. Im also adding 13x7 satin wheels (www.minispares-online.co.uk) with a lime green pinstripe to inkeep with the styling of the car. At a later date when I have the cash its going to be supercharged, a rollcage added (in lime green) with the possibility of New cooper S Works seats in with lime green piping. I know some people will disagree with this, but of the 300 cars in Paul Smith Blue, there wont be one like this. Seeing them all the same is a bit boring in my opinion! Plus isnt the mini scene about being different?

[MetallicMunky2]

I have another famous mini. Phoenix is an Equinox in Amaranth Purple..

She is far from orginal now, but after 3 accidents (write offs) and the last owner had modified her, there was no point in trying. I've kept the orginal colour, sourced original decals and have kept the interior. I love her to bits and is special to me.. thats all that matters.






her major modification is the flip front:

Is that a fibreglass flip front or steel?

[project mini chris]

Ive got a mini Paul Smith, and in all fairness I disagree with keeping mini's "totally" original, i think it should be up to the owners as to whether they modify they car. Mines going to be going through a full restoration in the next few months with the addition of sportspack arches and sideskirts. Im also adding 13x7 satin wheels (www.minispares-online.co.uk) with a lime green pinstripe to inkeep with the styling of the car. At a later date when I have the cash its going to be supercharged, a rollcage added (in lime green) with the possibility of New cooper S Works seats in with lime green piping. I know some people will disagree with this, but of the 300 cars in Paul Smith Blue, there wont be one like this. Seeing them all the same is a bit boring in my opinion! Plus isnt the mini scene about being different?

im sorry for offending anyone this was my oppinion on how i would like my mini to look, i wasnt telling anyone what to do to there mini, i was just saying what i would like to do to my mini/minis (if i get another), i am extermely sorry for offending anyone but they were my oppinions on what I would like to do

[Charliebird]

Ive got a mini Paul Smith, and in all fairness I disagree with keeping mini's "totally" original, i think it should be up to the owners as to whether they modify they car. Mines going to be going through a full restoration in the next few months with the addition of sportspack arches and sideskirts. Im also adding 13x7 satin wheels (www.minispares-online.co.uk) with a lime green pinstripe to inkeep with the styling of the car. At a later date when I have the cash its going to be supercharged, a rollcage added (in lime green) with the possibility of New cooper S Works seats in with lime green piping. I know some people will disagree with this, but of the 300 cars in Paul Smith Blue, there wont be one like this. Seeing them all the same is a bit boring in my opinion! Plus isnt the mini scene about being different?

Sounds fab! You'll have to post some before and afters up on the LE Register for us all to see!

[project mini chris]

pm'dyou my reg CB

[Minigirl]

yes the mini scene is about being different but its also sometimes different to see a completly standard mini as so many of them are modified

i dont think theres any right or wrong to it. the important thing is there's a mini being kept on the road

Edited by Minigirl, 04 September 2009 - 08:18 PM.

[Charliebird]

yes the mini scene is about being different but its also sometimes different to see a completly standard mini as so many of them are modified

i dont think theres any right or to it. the important thing is there's a mini being kept on the road

Here Here!

[glennthrower]

Mine (like roo's) Is a amaranth purple Equinox.

Still quite rare i would say, very few at mini shows (makes you feel special)

Mine is what i would call tastefully modified. Angel light, alloys, exhaust, dash. Still looks standard but has a few extra nice bits

G

[yorkshirechris]

Not an LE but when I got my GT it was all original/standard as far as I'm aware... even as far as the stereo, and old man brown vinyl roof