meeni
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mini: bending the rules and ruling the bends since 1959
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hi guys, I'm new here my name is sean and I'm 14 years old. i live in australia and I'm currently building 2 minis, one is a 62 street car which ive been restoring from the ground up, it was a rusty old blue thing, and over 3 years ive built it up to what it is now, a nearly finished bright orange mini! it now sports an 1100cc engine, soon to be supercharged, cosmic alloys, which will be sold for wider items, wood and picket arches, twin dtm exhaust, custom interior etc etc..    dash is being remade at the moment so it doesnt look like this anymore   this is the new dash as it is at the moment, I'm covering it in black vinyl with orange stitched seems when i get the chance  the second is a race car project that i will start a new thread on soon hope you like the pics cheers sean  |
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Last Edit: Dec 18, 2005 12:15:20 GMT by meeni
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slater
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looking good  |
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Dec 18, 2005 10:00:37 GMT
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That looks realllly nice ,.. welcome to the forum  |
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meeni
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mini: bending the rules and ruling the bends since 1959
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Dec 18, 2005 10:05:05 GMT
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cheers guys, hey slater, i like the width on your wheels! whats the go with them?
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Davenger
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It's only metal
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modified morris mini 850 - 1962Davenger
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Loving it
Nice to see an early MK1 with it's original unvented front panel.
Got any pics of the dash?
Looks great with the Cosmics.
Group 2 arches would rock, but I'm just old fasioned like that.
Ever thought of using group 2 arches with the lip cut off? I was gonna do them on my old 1275GT before I scrapped it.
Anyway, welcome
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hey, good work there...I'm impressed! |
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meeni
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mini: bending the rules and ruling the bends since 1959
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i was toying with the idea of group 2's, but I'm keeping the wood and pickets on and fitting 6x10 inch wheels, so it will be nice and fat, or if i can get wider custom ones i will. thanks for the positive stuff guys
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slater
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use some 10x6s but put 145s on them! lots more width without the tyre sticking out the arch.
(my wheels are 10x7s with -5inch offset. I used spectrum rims (a 3" inner and 4"outer) and made my own custom centers.)
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Nice one dude, very clean car you got there, Oooohhh yeh 10's are pure class. Good stuff!
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I think I prefer the pre-arch look in your sig, but I'm sure that the wider wheels will justify the new arches once they're done. The new dash looks great as well as functional, I hope all this modernising isn't at the expense of the cars classic looks though (being a '62 and all), I'm hoping that a pair of red bucket seats and tinted windows aren't on your shopping list ;D). That's still got to be the best 14-year-old's car ever though...top stuff! |
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meeni
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mini: bending the rules and ruling the bends since 1959
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Dec 23, 2005 23:30:20 GMT
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hehe thanks! no I'm not going to rice it up, its going to be modified, but modified to an extent that it can be returned to origional with little effort.
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That is awesome alone, but the fact you only 14 makes me wonder what i done with all my years.
My dad used to go on about having 3 motorbikes at 14, but this takes the biscuit! I had 3 push bikes and a scootex! Wow
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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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meeni
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mini: bending the rules and ruling the bends since 1959
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hehe, well I'm obsessed with these things, and i do alot of the stuff myself so costs arent that much of a problem, just a shame i cant drive on the road for a couple of years, i still enjoy going to shows with it though |
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fomoco
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Dec 24, 2005 18:37:25 GMT
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looking good mate!!
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Dec 27, 2005 19:15:54 GMT
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Muchos, Muchos Quality |
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minicity
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Finger Lickin Good!
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Very nice, another vote for no arches though.
W&P or Gp2s are an excellent choice though!
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emzay
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Dec 29, 2005 13:32:07 GMT
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lovely |
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Dec 30, 2005 13:51:08 GMT
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 That is amazing! Keep us informed on the progress on both cars!
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meeni
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mini looks great, nice to hear of someone so young modding so thoughtfully!!
Enjoy the track day, sounds like it should be a blast.
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