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[hoody99]

Brought the front end home today and sat it on lol



And does this look normal apart from being wide ?



That's the rear passengers wheel ???

Can't find arches to fit the rear of the tyre is just over 6" out of the body lol

[hoody99]

update.....
it has begun

[Davethepioneer]

Nice work fella looking good!

[hoody99]

Update but a boring one lol

















Getting boring now lol

[hoody99]

Just been plodding away filling and sanding refilling re sanding but getting some where









Just a few small bits to re do on the valance and bottom quarter. Next up is the drivers side



Started a bit already as you can see lol. In between all this have been messing with other bits and bobs

Down



Up



Front end now had custom tea cup stain



He he. Also had a play with different headlight bowls all of which are a bit naff but during this I hada miss hap while tighningthe rings





Oops mega problem as I can't find these lights anywhere and like them as never seen them on a mini yet. Anyone got any ideas or links ???? If I can't get tem I have my eye on some new ones might be karma lol



Also made a major commitment lol

Tools and paint





Cheers

[Davethepioneer]

Looking really good this mate, great work!

[buddylove]

Looking good. Check into Mexico or Miglia flares.

[hoody99]

Got miglias bud I like mexicos but not the price tag lol

Edited by hoody99, 04 August 2013 - 09:41 AM.

[hoody99]

Still on this folks but on hold for the time being as my daily decided to sh!te its self today and is making some strange noise and broke the prong on one of the spark plugs ??? So now have to strip that down. Ahh the joys of motoring

[F1L8EY]

Looking good hoody!! ill be intrigued to see how the one piece flip front looks when its finished. 

 

keep battling through the sanding... there is an end in sight!! keep up the good work!!

 

Filbey

[hoody99]

So no progress as this had to be dealt with first lol





The reason I had to strip it



good old spark plug failure

All nice and shiny before it got rebuilt lol



back on the mini this week

[hoody99]

Slowly slowly catchy monkey lol





the worst bit of painting ain't the prep by the way it cleaning the gun lol

[Archived4]

This is a quality build! Amazing work! Can I ask you what the compressor is too? Might need one as I'm going to be moving to a garage without power soon

[hoody99]

It was bought like that bud I have a loan of it from a friend but he got it from the company like that Abac they are called it has a Honda gx 160 engine same as a go kart lol that's all I know

[hoody99]

Few on eBay just type in petrol compressor