vulgalour
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Mini nerds, I need your input! I've been working on a sketch for a new portfolio, this one being a 1980s Austin Mini City, like so. Wheel trims are 'wrong' for a City too, I'm undecided if they're staying as trims that came off a higher spec car, or if I'm going to make them proper City ones. Things like vinyl graphics tend to stay the same as whatever they were from factory. So this one will eventually have the black arches and bumpers, probably.
![](https://img.retro-rides.org/i/v/vulgalour/8b2863b2ea03.jpg) I'm not sure what year the graphic I've used came in. I suspect a D reg car like I've done would have this style. Rather than this style, which I want to use.
If you know the date range for the curvier City graphic I'd appreciate that and I'll correct the number plate as needed. It's a made up plate too, that's not deliberately chosen for an actual Mini.
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jimi
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Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour![](https://jlawson.co.uk/images/Jimisig04.jpg)
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vulgalour
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Excellent! Looks like the graphic I want to use arrived in 1989, that's an easy fix, just need to change the D to an F on the plate, I think.
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jimi
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I believe there's an earlier graphic as well from around 79/80 but can't find a brochure for it.
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Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour![](https://jlawson.co.uk/images/Jimisig04.jpg)
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jimi
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This is from a 1979 brochure
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Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour![](https://jlawson.co.uk/images/Jimisig04.jpg)
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vulgalour
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jimi Finished the piece today, this is the first in the portfolio. Consider this a car that's second-hand, current owner has fitted head restraints for safety, and some nicer wheel trims probably off a Mayfair so it doesn't look as old-fashioned/down market. Thanks for the help with this one. Lots of work ahead to complete the portfolio, off to the other end of the scale with a G-Wagen next.
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jimi
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Nice ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) not quite the same colour as my first car, a 1961 mini ![](https://jlawson.co.uk/originalsite/1375.jpg)
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Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour![](https://jlawson.co.uk/images/Jimisig04.jpg)
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