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[DaVe]

Hi,

I thought I would put up some pictures of my 1979 Mini Pickup. It was in fairly reasonable condition (compared to some pickups!) when I bought it having been used by BP in a refinerary, so stored inside for most of its life.

I stripped down the shell and shotblasted it, deciding to get the majority of the bodywork done by a local garage.

They ended up replacing quite a few panels:
Front Panel/Grille
RH + LH Front Wings + Inner Wings + A-Panels
Front Floor Pans
Load Floor Skin
New RH Door + LH Door Skin



(Obviously before the work had been carried out!)



















I am hoping for getting it finished for the summer, as theres not much left to put back on now.

[Jordie]

omg, pickup's are sweet

[ReBorne]

Niiiiiiice. Damn, seeing the inside stripped and painted like that almost makes me want to take the rest of my interior out and do the same...... *sigh* decisions decisions.....

Looks like they've done a nice job overall, too.

Mike (",)

[Purple Tom]

that is stunning. wish mine looked like that!!

looks like you're not a million miles away from finishing it now then, just the mechanicals to put on, trim to do etc. The joy of having a shell like that is that now everything should just bolt on, will make it an absolute joy to put together.

Congratulations on having such a nice motor, have fun with it!!!

[Jackman]

Thats really nice! keep up the good work!

[centralminiTC]

Nice work - cool colour!!!! :grin:

I want it.....

[Dom]

very nice, good job

[DaVe]

Thanks for all the nice comments.

There is some more pictures of how it looks now at:

http://www.daxhosting.com/latestmini/

[DaVe]

Does anyone know what this is for? Seems to be standard on the pickups Ive seen:

[Purple Tom]

i did know, i'll have a look at mine later see if I can remember. that pick-up is sooooooooooooooooooo nice. choice of colour is excellent too. are you restoring it back to original spec or is it going to be modified in any way??

[Guess-Works.com]

Hello Dave, looks like things are comming on sweet...

Maybe see you in a few weeks blatting around in it..

[DaVe]

Its going back to the original spec, the colour is Cumulus grey which is the original colour.

[Purple Tom]

have you not been tempted with subtle mods, like 12G295 head on the 848/998, twin carbs, Cooper S 4.5" reverse rims, S discs, period bucket seats, centre binaccle with oil press/temp gauge? My pick-up is the same colour as yours underneath all its coats of other paint! I really like it, looks like its going to be a wicked motor!