The old adage is jacks of all trades are masters of none, but something tells me that's not the case here, at least when it comes to Mini restorations!

 

i've always been into art and such, so as many people know, an artists mind always wanders, so that how i control it

 

alrighty, prob not gonna get as much done as i thought today, but making good progress.....should have the roof ready for paint, back seat is completly fixed, and other misc body work done......been at it since 8:30am and will keep going till prob 9:30pm.....i have another crew of people coming by at 6:30......the guy helping me now is leaving at 3:30, so maybe i'll grab a bit to eat ......FUN FUN FUN....lol

 

Came here for my Norm New Mini fix.. Must be sleeping

 

just got home from getting more supplies.....lol....taking a break today, should have the mini paint ready by sunday......considering taking off the rear bumper lip to make it a round butt, but not sure yet......it will save me money down the road from having to buy a rear bumper and over rider kit, and it looks cool .....not sure if anyone has a pic of a mini with the round butt, but if you do please post 1....thanks

 

Here you go Norm!

 

awesome......now i just have to decide if i wanna take the time to do it....lol.....well bad news came today....the interior i was planning on getting fell through, but i have another possible one lined up.....dark brown leather/vynle

 

Good luck getting the sand out of the yard. Mine is wrecked with part glass bead and part sand.

The one day we put out lawn chairs around the sand and had a few cold ones. Probably not that exciting for you but in western PA it was pretty awesome.

 

yeah...to hot outside...lol....we have been waiting till 7:30 before pulling it out and blasting.....other than that we are in my nice a/c cooled garage...

 

so were gonna start the round butt mod tomarrow, wish me luck....lol

 

He lives in Florida... his yard IS mostly sand...

Looks good Norm! Waiting impatiently for the next updates...

 

Norm could always do an au natural garden treatment for his frontage which would honestly be really great in Florida. Sand and palm trees... I think that would be really cool actually. Especially with all the little lizards that would come to visit...

 

have i mentioned how much i hate florida....lol.....cant take the heat and humidity......someday i will move North, like MN

 

Bah! The humidity is great for your skin! I'm looking forward to moving somewhere with a humidity % greater than 0...

 

see i was raised in Vegas, and born in Atlantic City......i dont mind the dry heat or cold at all.....just dont like being hot and sweaty 362 days of the year

 

Norm, I'll trade you for your house and job/jobs for mine. Although I may need to throw in a little cash to sweeten the deal. My boss just told us today to box up your stuff cause we are moving an hours drive away in two weeks. At this point I'd rather pump gas or dig a ditch all day anywhere in Florida than have to step foot in that office again.

 

lol.....i'd love to get outta florida, but my family is the only reason im still here.......anyways, the round butt conversion has unearthed a sh*t ton of more labor on my part......seems that someone though it would be a good idea to pile a quarter inch of bondo throughout the rear of the mini, biggest prob is that they did it good...lol......just goes to show, that the more you dig the more you find......you can never predict this kinda thing when restoring a mini.....so paint might be delayed depending on how much we accomplish tomarrow we are gonna have to reshape the rear......im assuming this mini was rear ended or backed into something good.....oh well...2 steps forward 4 steps back.....

 

You're two for two on the rear ended minis. I'd say chubby checker had at least a gallon of bondo in the boot covering up the wrinkles.

 

yeah, unforchanetly with chubby, i didn't care bcause i though i would have that mini till the day i died, plus i didnt have the funds to do it all correctly, and the guy who did it was an *** hat !!... it's alot different when it's your own car....you can do what you want...lol.....when it's someone else's you have to go by the book !!!

 

Wheres the pics of the back seat? You can't hype us up with this secret repair and not show the handy work.

 

Anyways, Don't feel so bad about your budget. My budget is gone especially now that I need to move. Even if i get it ready for paint I won't have cash for paint or the rest of the stuff I need to get for it. If i hit the lottery I'll give you the cash to finish your car.

 

rear seat fixed......needs to be cleaned up but u get the ides

 

also got the round but ready for body work.......we cut the lip off, grided down the welds, now we will use kitty hair (body hair) to fill and shaper the rear butt till smooth and fancy......cool conversion ......i will post pics of that after i smooth it all out, because it's not pretty right now...lol......also replaced the battery box today which was cake work

 

 

Nice! I think if I ever take my Mini back apart to that level it is going back to its original color of clipper blue. I was a lot younger when I put the red on it and liked the attention, now eh... it gets plenty of attention without the red and white.