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Simon Says.. "It's time for paint"
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Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:07 amby dragonflyer
Simon, Former DMC member has been working on his Mini rebuild for over a year now.
Some of you may know Simon. He has a White 60's Australian mk1 cooper S. It was already very cool. ( you see it in the upper left corner of the forum next to a Hummer h2) Now he has taking the whole thing apart and has been preping the body for paint for a year.
So if you would like to see the progress here is you go.
http://s279.photobucket.com/albums/kk15 ... y/?start=0
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Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:36 amby danjmcs
Whats the big deal? Mark does that to his Clubman after every run
Seriously though, thats AWESOME. It'll be beautiful when he's done. Can't wait to see it.
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Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:12 amby JPMINITUCSON
Beautiful, Simon! Nice welding job on the "A" panels. Are you putting in a 1275 ?
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Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:38 amby azminiman
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Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:06 pmby Pommie
Thanks for posting the link Mike, wasn't sure if I could post on the forum as my membership lapsed.....
Also thanks for the comments, its been a hard slog to get this far with it - feels like a life sentence!
The motor is the original 1275 S unit for the car, bored out to 1330cc - ready to drop back in after some new diff output seals and some paint touchup.
I'll be posting more pics as I go along, it should be getting some base coat today (I hope)
Si
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Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:02 pmby deemotored
Hiiii!
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Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:20 pmby dragonflyer
Pommie wrote:Thanks for posting the link Mike, wasn't sure if I could post on the forum as my membership lapsed.....
Also thanks for the comments, its been a hard slog to get this far with it - feels like a life sentence!
The motor is the original 1275 S unit for the car, bored out to 1330cc - ready to drop back in after some new diff output seals and some paint touchup.
I'll be posting more pics as I go along, it should be getting some base coat today (I hope)
Si
Thanks for posting simon. I didn't really want to answer questions for you and get them wrong.
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Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:21 pmby th3118
Way to go Simon! Keep us posted.
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Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:59 pmby Pommie
Will do, put some pics of the painted panels on there -they started on the shell last night!
Si
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Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:58 pmby Pommie
Here's the bricks current status, nice and shiny! Just needs a little more colour sanding.
Si
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Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:23 pmby JPMINITUCSON
What are your plans for the interior?
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Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:39 pmby 66Cooper
I think a white interior with white piping and some white bonnet and boot stripes would really set that car apart from the rest.
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Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:46 pmby Pommie
How about some whitewall tyres also?! White wouldn't be my first choice but that decision was made in 1968, out of my hands
Technically the interior should be red, a PO previously painted all the red bits black..... I like black though so I'll stay with black with a grey headliner, need to get some new panels made up.
Si
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Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:10 amby dragonflyer
Was you guy able to add the paint sticker before he cleared?
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Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:58 pmby Pommie
I didn't Mike, not sure exactly where it needs to go yet - need to put the vin plate back on to figure it out. Borrowing a pop rivet gun from Pat this week for that.
Si
ok.. i do 