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[ac427]

But after extensive panel work and a fresh cost of porsche signal orange, thenowner has a lovely shell in which to build on

 

 

 

 

Blimey Ben, that is fantastic.

Edited by ac427, 02 February 2023 - 11:50 PM.

[pete l]

Ben, is that 2K gloss ? ou base and laquer ?

[Ben_O]

Ben, is that 2K gloss ? ou base and laquer ?

2k direct gloss

 

Cheers

Ben 

[Fred&Rex]

Thanks to Ben he has done an immense job, this car was my first car I passed my test in and as usual it got modded in the late 80s

I sold it on and somehow I found it again.

In reality it was scrap but because it was my first car and I knew it was with knowing the shell and bits that was on it I decided to have Ben resurrect it from a mess, I said to Ben I wanted the OEM look and the colour was a big problem for me and the Wife.

I saw Porsche Signal Orange and with it being a 70s colour thought it would be great.

 

I can honestly say Ben and Mill Road Garage have been fantastic, I had many questions and concerns and Ben was very good at keeping me on the correct path even though I’m sure I was a tad annoying.

 

Anybody that wants the job done properly contact Ben as he is the real deal.

 

I’m also pleased the fellow mini clan approve of the way it has been resurrected.

 

Cheers 

 

Daz & Anne 

[ac427]

Thanks to Ben he has done an immense job, this car was my first car I passed my test in and as usual it got modded in the late 80s

I sold it on and somehow I found it again.

In reality it was scrap but because it was my first car and I knew it was with knowing the shell and bits that was on it I decided to have Ben resurrect it from a mess, I said to Ben I wanted the OEM look and the colour was a big problem for me and the Wife.

I saw Porsche Signal Orange and with it being a 70s colour thought it would be great.

 

I can honestly say Ben and Mill Road Garage have been fantastic, I had many questions and concerns and Ben was very good at keeping me on the correct path even though I’m sure I was a tad annoying.

 

Anybody that wants the job done properly contact Ben as he is the real deal.

 

I’m also pleased the fellow mini clan approve of the way it has been resurrected.

 

Cheers 

 

Daz & Anne 

 

Great stuff. The love for the little car is strong with you both.

 

It's a fantastic colour and a fabulous job from Ben.

[Fred&Rex]

Indeed Ben has transformed the mini for sure, I certainly could not of got the body back to this condition.

Thanks again Ben..

Daz

[Crazy]

Wowzers that looks superb!

[smithyboy]

Hi all

i hope You are all doing ok

 

I have been rebuilding a 1976 mini shell thebpast several months and now it's complete, I thought i would share the photos of the finished car here

There is no rebuild thread unfortunately

 

Here it is before it was stripped

 

 

And as it came to me

 

 

 

 

It was in a pretty bad way 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But after extensive panel work and a fresh cost of porsche signal orange, thenowner has a lovely shell in which to build on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers

Ben 

 

Don't suppose you have space for another shell needing some TLC and paint do you Ben?

[wingnut]

Hi Ben,have you any new projects in the pipeline.Really miss your restorations

[Chris1275gt]

Ditto above.

[pete l]

Is Ben still around ? haven't seen a post from him for a very long time !

[Fred&Rex]

Ben is still about… Always busy…

[floormanager]

Saw him a few weeks ago.  Very busy

[Ben_O]

Good afternoon all

Long time no see! I hope everyone is well.

 

I've been so busy that I unfortunately had to knock the forum on the head for a while whilst I catch up with work and sort out some health problems.

 

I've still been continuing with restoration work here at Mill Road and I've still had a few minis through the door which I'll catch you up on below.

 

Time allowing, I'll post up some more detailed reports if there is any interest in me doing that again?

 

Going back to last year, I had a very rough RSP in for a body restoration.

You might remember it but bit didn't ever finish the rebuild thread for it

 

 

 

 

This one had extensive panel work and went off as a rolling shell for its owner to rebuild

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whilst that was going on, I was also doing a full body restoration on a 1986 Mayfair which came in as a stalled project

 

 

 

 

 

This one also needed a tremendous amount of panel work to put right

 

 

 

 

 

It came out lovely though and went back home to the mainland for reassembly by its owner

 

 

 

 

 

I had a lovely riley elf in for a second visit.

Last time, I replaced the boot lid and m

Bonnet and did a few small jobs but this time, it had gotten quite scruffy and so the owner decided to strip it and send it in for a front end rebuild and a respray.

The car was in remarkable original unrested condition so the work required was fairly minimal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And that's all for this post

I Have more which I'll upload tomorrow

 

Thanks for looking 

 

Cheers

Ben

[Fred&Rex]

Great to see more of your work Ben…
Thanks for your efforts, keep showing those projects when you can