K3V HA

Hey there peeps, sorry its not a ford, but my RS Turbo doesnt really need that much doing to it only having 27k on the clock, so thought id put up pics of my other halfs car and what ive done to her.
I fetched the mini from Amy's mums house in Stevenage where it'd been stood for 2 years, was in reasonable condition but clutch had seized and a few other things(!!) After spending near on £1200 gettin her through the MOT and working sweetly, i set about freshenin her up. We went to a mini show few weeks back and bought tonnes of new stuff for her ready for when i could fit her in at work! Being as this weekend we were quiet at work (a rarity!!) i decided it'd be prfect time to sort her!
Ill start with a few pics of how she looked to start with!
Coming home from Stevenage...


After gettin her running sweetly, we ran her like this for a month or too..




Then friday night we took her in...

Charlie Chalk

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Looks quite clean tbh!

K3V HA

Id bought a new bonnet for her, as old one was knackered, Saturday morning she was lookin like this (Didnt get much done Saturday, as soon as people knew i was in, they needed 'urgent' work doing! Bastards lol)



Sunday monring, up bright and early 6am to get her done and sorted,

Charlie Chalk

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My blue mini was alot worse than that LOL

spent nearly 1.3k on welding on it! Loved it though, and as I had the cash I put it on it, Great little cars...

I want another TBH!

K3V HA

After gettin her filled with 20 tonne of filler lol she was ready to roll into the bay! (note this bay is not mine, i had a Stobart trailer in mine baking so had to use this shithole one which i wasnt happy with either lol)



Getting 1st coat, Etch primer...



Then Wet on Wet...

lardypants

looks like old english white?

K3V HA

And finally onto top coat, in the brightest white we use at work, proper blinding in the sun lol Pics really dont do the colour justice, basically it is 98% pure white off the mixing scale!

Charlie Chalk

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Looks awesome mate! So is it done now then?

K3V HA

And after getting up at 5 Monday morning to get her rolled into the car park before everyone turns up for work, she looked like this...

And after work building her so i could at least get her home, like this, including, new crystal headlights, new grill & surrounds, new rear lights, new number plate holder, fuel cap..






Got to paint the bloody bonnet again though, as the new(!!!) bonnets catch wasnt welded on properly and need rewelding, causin the paint to blister on other side obviously, no biggy though, will get done asap.


New mirrors...


Still got loads to put on her, like the new W & P arches we painted, Union jack decal (genuine Rover one)....
I really fancy some 13 x 7 deep dish mini lites, although theyll have to wait till after we've moved now...
What ya think, not bad for my first car paint??

K3V HA

Sorry charlie, was still putting pics up, shes nearly there, got a few bits still to fit (see above), buit Amy is well happy with it which is the main thing and it has no rust visible now, although really good nick underneath anyway, which is going to get treated with some black paint i think. Its just a case of having time to do everything really, as i have an RS Turbo to keep tidy too now.

Thanks for the comments anyway matey

TimC

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cool little car

Charlie Chalk

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Cool, looks awesome now!

hai07222

Looked good to start with, even better now .

Twins

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Looks great ,interesting place to work aswell by the looks of it

Mr RS500

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Mint ,,,now paint the roof black

great little car

Charlie Chalk

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What is it that gets painted there normally?

Sticky.

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Hello stranger....hows tricks mate???

New job & pad still going well....

BillyCabrio

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Looks wicked chap, glad your putting the roof decal on again

K3V HA

Hey Paul, Job is great, loving it mate, and me and the girlfriend are moving into a new house as soon as we sell my apartment, as well as being an RS Owner again! You going to Central at pod, we'll have to meet up and catch up buddy!
Charlie, i paint articulated trailers everyday, either curtainsider or box van, as well as tippers (which are a bastard, takes about 10 litre of of silver and 10 litre of laquer!). Mostly paint around 6 new Eddie Stobarts a day!

Charlie Chalk

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Where abouts are you, I need a job

Painter by trade myself.... Out the RAF in les than 40 days after 7 years!


Thats alot of work you do, I normally paint planes

Sticky.

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Yeah i'll be at the pod mate...you still on the same number???

Glad all is well, Oh & cool little car for the missus

_DAN_

Lookin' good.

fezzajsy

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luving it

SupaMiniCupa

Fantastic looking car! I'd be tempted to keep it plain white with no decals or arches.



That's a complete car, job done, no more work required!

K3V HA

cheers supaminicupa, im 50/50 as to put decal on again, but she loves it, and it kinda makes the car stand out... we shall see lol
Charlie, we're in Notts mate, and you wouldnt wanna work there, remember were ooop north, so wages would be crap compared to southern monkey wages!!
Heres a few pics of a tipper i painted and was used at Tip-ex exhibition last year, got aus a fair few orders too

COLEYST200

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I love old minis i had 6 of then back in my days

MrCapriScort

I like it without the arch ext. nice paint job mate

K3V HA

Finally got round to fitting the arches and the new union jack, done a couple of other bits too, but here are new pics
Interior next....

fordrs2005

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thats a cracking job on that body by the looks of it there had work ,

a used to work on them but we never had they big stand under the body a used to sh**e maself when paintin under them and when doing the chassis in case the ram gave in and it came down

BILLY

Nice job there. I'll keep a look out while I'm about since your just down the road from me. I live just behind Toray

Little-AL

Woah, i've used my mates commercial spray booth to do our Merc and thought that was large - but your work is on another scale dude! Thats mad - fantastic work on the tipper anyway

Mini looks great, i'd love to own one at some point - don't think I put up with the rust though. (which is saying a lot for a Vauxhall owner! LOL).
My only comment would be to get the back dropped down... would really improve the overall look of the car imo!