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[senior800]

Hi, thought I would introduce myself and post this here.

I am James, son of Dave from DSNClassics/Retrosport and this is my mini pickup, which was a Birthday present from my parents for my 13th birthday back in May 2005. It first past its MOT in December 2009 (It has been to a Bingley Hall and Mini in the Park and also had a minimag article on it sometime last year.) Since then It's been through a lot of install changes but this next one should hopefully be the real deal sound wise!

It is going to be a few weeks until I am back home from uni in America and will get to crack on with this build properly but there is lots of design work and equipment pictures coming in that I can add to it in the mean time.

This is where it was found:




Having stripped it:




After sand blasting, attaching a steel support frame and then having cut the bottom floor away, before re-welding all the pannels (70%+ of the panels had to be replaced:)










After all the welding was done it was then dipped at SPL in Birmingham which removed all the sealant etc, followed by their dip-primer process.


Back from the paintshop:

Edited by senior800, 22 April 2011 - 12:54 PM.

[senior800]

The cabin was originally fully deadened and covered in mass loaded vinyl:




And finally re-built:















Before adding the initial install:

And a few pictures of an earlier install (which will now be completely re-done upto show/competition spec in this thread:






Here is a quick video of how it sounds before I get started. It was done on my phones camera so the quality isn't there but you get an idea (it also can't cope with high's or low's )

YouTube - Mini Pickup - Previous Build

Edited by senior800, 22 April 2011 - 12:55 PM.

[senior800]

So here is the Kit List:

Headunit and Processor: Pioneer ODR RS-D7rii + RS-P90 (latest European models.)





Speakers: Rainbow Reference (currently I just have the tweeters and woofers - but I'm trying to find the mids as well. If not I will see what suits when up and running.)



Subwoofer: Is currently a Focal Utopia 21wx - but looking for an aliante or similar slim 8"



Amplifiers: 2 x Audiowave Aspire and a Sinfoni 120.4x (for now - will hopefully upgrade it to another couple of Audiowaves when money becomes available (in a year maybe as upgrades are expensive ))





Cables: Audioquest King Cobra RCA's, Chord Odyssey Speaker Cable, Audison Sound Power Cable

[Ruckus]

Honestly this will be the highest spec SQ mini that ive ever heard of once its built.

Makes my kit list look cheap!

Cant wait to see it hear it when it done.

[Pitcrew6464]

love this mini, great project will get lots of attention in the complete mini rebuild area of the project page

[Brams96]

Good choice in quality gear, this should sound amazing with the imaging set up right. Will definitely keep an eye on this thread.

[senior800]

Thanks guys.

I want to update some more, but there are a few changes that could be happening to make it a slightly simpler but more effective set-up, so I won't post the updates till I know exactly what I am doing.

Home May 15th though and I'll be getting straight on with building the enclosures!

[Brams96]

Just a quick question, in the first picture of where the car was found what happened to the other 3 mini's you can see? Are they still there or have they been sold as barn find projects?

[ado15]

Just a quick question, in the first picture of where the car was found what happened to the other 3 mini's you can see? Are they still there or have they been sold as barn find projects?

Just stumbled across this thread. James is my business partners son.

The pickup came from a restoration company who is a customer of ours. Not a barn find. Sorry!

[DaveJH]

Any updates to this? That pickup is mint!

[Ruckus]

I think that's the problem, the car was just to good to do the install the kit deserves.

I have a feeling this install will never happen. (I Hope I'm wrong though).