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[JacckKirk]

Plans for the mini
defiantly RS green with full black interior , black grill with red GT badge , black 12" minilites , black vinyl roof , engine block will stay red

 
Liking this very Much^^  great plan! also nice work so far. Will be very interesting to see how it all turns out

Thanks hopefully it comes out how i want it , just taking it slow & checking everything

[JacckKirk]

Latest photos before another 6 hours of sanding

The side i have barely touched except for wing

The reason a new floor is going in

Oooo clean engine bay

[JacckKirk]

Currently sorting out parts & maybe another mini
We shall see what happens
Off on tour across france & Germany so will be slow updates

[Daviewonder]

If you're off travelling won't all the surface rust reappear, undoing all the work that you've done?

[JacckKirk]

Nope a friend told me to pop some oil on a rag and whipe the metal with it , stop rust ( this has worked since the start of project soo)

[JacckKirk]

Ok i havent been on here in a while probably because i bought another mini ,stripped it completely , sold the shell & now i have all the parts i could ever need :)
But now ive got used to college and have time its time to get things sorted and back on track
Got quotes coming to weld floor in
Moving new work bench into garage so i can work on engine in there
Going to teach my brother to strip subframes as i have 4 to do
Got a pallet to put the mini on to move it around
And thats todays work

[malcs_miniturbo]

nice mate be good to see some progress on this 

[JacckKirk]

Unfortunately i have to admit i bit off more than i could chew
This is now for sale
In brighter news a new mini is on its way 2014 cooper S
And im looking at buying a mini 1000