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[big-jay]

Looks really good 

Cheers buddy

[Daviewonder]

Can't wait to see this finished!

[big-jay]

Can't wait to see this finished!

The garage should be bringing her home on Friday, so I'll be beginning the re-build then !

[Ben_O]

Where are you keeping it during the re-build Jay?

[big-jay]

Where are you keeping it during the re-build Jay?

I've bought a car port/gazebo to put on the drive, that should keep me and the car dry while I put it back together.

I think I'll be buying one of those carcoons to store her in after that, the one that sets it's own atmosphere I believe, looks like a cracking bit of kit !

Edited by big-jay, 29 September 2014 - 09:18 PM.

[big-jay]

Update,

Well... SHES HOME

Before that though, this is what she'll be living under for the next few weeks while we get her back together -



Only a cheapy from eBay, but should do the job nicely.

Anyway, the garage bought the Mini back late last night, so unfortunately I couldn't take any pictures of her being unloaded due to it being too dark.

Been out there all day today though and have made a start putting her back together, here's a few pictures -







Couldn't resist getting my split rims out and mocking them up -









Got it up onto the stand that the bodyshop have borrowed us to make it easier to work on, then took a few shots of the underneath -





It looks great under there, next I began the process of waxing all the cavities. I use this stuff as I've heard good things about it -



Masked up and waxed -



I used the same process to do the rest of the car.

Roughly refitted the front loom -





And the rear loom -



New stainless stricker plates loosely fitted -





And finally, fitted my new MK2 lights and my stainless bumper -



Going to pick up a few things from Minispares tomorrow, I may even make a start on fitting the headlining if Im feeling brave enough

[Adam1275]

That paint job is amazing, you must be very pleased! 

[big-jay]

That paint job is amazing, you must be very pleased!

Cheers Adam,

I'm very happy with it, it'll look even better when they've cut it back and machine polished it !

[HarrysMini]

Looking awesome! This is the part you overtake me 

[big-jay]

Looking awesome! This is the part you overtake me 

Cheers Harry,

Looking forward to seeing an update on your thread, hopefully soon !

[Ben_O]

 

That is all

[Jared Mk3]

Those rims and that rear!

[Baldspeed Racing]

Stunning work as usual dude, looking forward to seeing the rebuild pics now. those rims will sit well nice as well, what arches are you going to run to cover them up?

[big-jay]

Stunning work as usual dude, looking forward to seeing the rebuild pics now. those rims will sit well nice as well, what arches are you going to run to cover them up?

Cheers buddy,

I've got standard arches to put on so they should cover them nicely, they won't stick out that far when there actually attached to the car.

Edited by big-jay, 04 October 2014 - 05:09 PM.

[colinf1]

Amazing, absolutely amazing! Well done mate