marcp
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Its the new Mini Chris.
Actually... why did they bother with the cladding stuff :S
Not like we cant guess what it is lol
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dp
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darrenw in da house:
"pix of 3 sad attempts at customizing the Mini"Why oh why does every attempt to retro/hot rod customize "A New Something" look all the same, PT Cruiser, Mini etc.  ?? DP says: Have yet to see a cool "New Someting"..... Well this is kind of cool.....   Sadly it's only a 1:24 scale attempt......
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Last Edit: Nov 1, 2006 6:15:45 GMT by dp
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There is a few 'outside the box' New Beetles around now, the Mini will take a few years to catch up though...   |
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I saw a new mini on UK ebay a while ago, it had been horribly barried and had been converted to have a central steering wheel (with gearlever pointing right at the drivers nads) 'for track days'!!!! Horrendous! ****edit: Here it is!**** I knew it would be here: www.barryboys.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=19068 |
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Last Edit: Nov 1, 2006 9:46:13 GMT by Mr_Bo11ox
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Back on topic, as far as Mini's go... Give it a few years and you'll see some cool stuff when they're more affordable, and the people with less money but more imagination can buy them. Creatively modded BMW MINIs? Bring 'em on... Yes agree! saw a MINI last night, although I would like to own and DD one, they are too big, don't stop it being modded and tweaked though. Its like the MK3 and Mk2 MR2's completely different crowd, they don't even blink when they see mine. |
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts  |
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Cooper GP  Nice wheels  4 x 100 I trust? |
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MWF
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Everyday that passes the new Mini seems to gain more potential cool points with me.
Have to echo DarrenW's comment, go to one classic mini show and you've seen 99% of modified classic Mini's.
It's a shame so many of the new ones are treated to either the stereotypical classic mods like mini light wheels and chroming or cheap Max Power style mods.
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I think that whoever pointed out the warranty hit it on the head. Most MINIs aren't modified - they are optioned.
They are still quite expensive to fall into the hands of modifiers, especially us. And nobody wants to hurt their resale values do they, thats what these things are famous for.
I think for now you'd be better modifying a Ford Ka if you want a "new Mini" retrofied.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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There is a few 'outside the box' New Beetles around now, the Mini will take a few years to catch up though... That`s the Oxford Edition Bugster and it is absolutely stunning ! You really need to look at it to see the amount of work that`s gone into it - front indicators, badges and panel joins all smoothed for one. It`s this months Redline cover car as well  There are a lot of nicely modded New Beetles around - I`ve started on the wifes already, only some RS4`s and a tickle with the stick so far though   What`s been said about "classic" Mini`s is sadly true though, they are all slowly turning into Sportspack lookalikes with Superlight wheels and bonnet stripes  Mine was hardly original but at least I saw the light towards the end and ripped off the bonnet stripes and but some cross wires on |
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bryn
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I saw a new mini on UK ebay a while ago, it had been horribly barried and had been converted to have a central steering wheel (with gearlever pointing right at the drivers nads) 'for track days'!!!! Horrendous! ****edit: Here it is!**** I knew it would be here: www.barryboys.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=19068Okay, I'm braced and ready for impact... But that's a Mini owner thinking outside the box. I respect whoever did that, regardless of the finished example, and let's face it, a spray job and strip out and you could drive that... Even the central gearlever doesn't bother me, I've seen vintage race cars with that sort of arrangement and what about slingshot dragsters that had a diff between the drivers thighs? I'd far rather a non exploding gearstick. Kirkey seats? There's some nice stuff going on there, and whoever did obviously put their money where their mouth is. |
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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I saw a new mini on UK ebay a while ago, it had been horribly barried and had been converted to have a central steering wheel (with gearlever pointing right at the drivers nads) 'for track days'!!!! Horrendous! ****edit: Here it is!**** I knew it would be here: www.barryboys.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=19068Okay, I'm braced and ready for impact... But that's a Mini owner thinking outside the box. I respect whoever did that, regardless of the finished example, and let's face it, a spray job and strip out and you could drive that... Even the central gearlever doesn't bother me, I've seen vintage race cars with that sort of arrangement and what about slingshot dragsters that had a diff between the drivers thighs? I'd far rather a non exploding gearstick. Kirkey seats? There's some nice stuff going on there, and whoever did obviously put their money where their mouth is. I'll never understand people who spend a (relative) fortune on a new car ... and then proceed to hack it to bits/cover it in irreversible chav tat.  |
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I think the idea's pretty good, it's just the execution that is a bit half-ar$ed. It looks like he's gone steaming into the central driving position mod then noticed the gearstick...
...oh, and -5890 points for the "SMALL COCK" "BIG MAN" reg plate...
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With respct, is that plate intentional for comedy purposes?!  ;D Although I cringe at that orange MINI's finished outcome, it does have some good features and I like the colour scheme, and its out the box cetainly I agree. Just clocked one I liked ouside, bit modern but nice will post pic later. |
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts |
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With respct, is that plate intentional for comedy purposes?! ;D I`d like to pretend you`re the first person to say that ........... however, I would be out by about 372 ;D There`s a lot of WUSS`s round here in the West at the moment |
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Bryn, if you read the barryboys post it appears his money wasnt where his mouth was.
sounds like a half arsed project, with a shocking looking dash to me. I mean why rip out the rear to stick in ICE - and use just a pair of 6x9 which, according to the barryboys thread, came as standard in the mini anyway
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bryn
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Bryn, if you read the barryboys post it appears his money wasnt where his mouth was. sounds like a half arsed project, with a shocking looking dash to me. I mean why rip out the rear to stick in ICE - and use just a pair of 6x9 which, according to the barryboys thread, came as standard in the mini anyway Yeah fair play, I've never really looked at BB and having viewed that thread I see why. I guess I'm trying to play devils advocate, as it's the sort of thing I'd do myself, minus the bodykit, rims, dash treatment, ICE, paint... Err in fact, I'll just take the seats and idea. I really just like the fact he's chopped about a modern car, irrespective of the final outcome. |
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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What the world needs is a BMW - MINI CLUBMAN!
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i don't think any of the pics on this tread as actually out of the box, ok the demo roadster is outside the box. painting something matt black and fitting steelies just isnt outside of the box anymore, its been done to death IMO. i think the only way for stuff like new beetles and mini to look different ie out of the box is to completely forget that they are related to a classic car. i would like new minis a whole lot more if they didnt pretend to be classic minis with mini lites and spots lights and stripe etc.
rant over. not sure if point reached
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BigWig
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Thrasher, where are these pics! |
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