LOL... my roof is OEW so that's fine. If you're interested in selling PM me with a price - in the States these go for about $150 a pair - too much for me to justify when I have a perfectly servicable pair of chrome ones on there now. I prefer the white ones though. Thanks!

 

Hey lookin gooood!

 

Looking forward to seeing the interior. I bought my interior from Newton Commercial back in the early 90's when our exchange rate was much better, still pretty expensive, but worth it!

 

Few more days and counting

 

Hi..well I had a phone call from Newton on Friday and they have made My special door and rear bin cards and the rest of the order and its in the post.............Yippee!..........

 

SWEET! Cant wait to see them installed. Question.. what are the lights you cut into the back valance? Did you do that for safety or just looks? They are cool, just never seen that done before.

 

Hi there.. well I made them from a copy of a Radford rear fog as fitted to their mk1 custom mini's..............



and I think I've got them quite close.............

 

Yeah, they look great.. were they a rear fog made specifically for this purpose? I need to go look, would this fit into the front?

 

SIMPLY AMAZING!

 

Hi..Everyone I feel like a kid in a candy store today as the postman came with this lot .........

so I unpacked it and WOW ..............
Reproduction mk1 cooper S recliners..........
and I had these specially made to my spec and Newton did a brilliant job...

door and rear bin cards with pockets............

rear seat cover kit.................

crackle cream head lining..............



and deluxe moulded carpet set...............



all I have to do is take it easy and fit it as not to damage it..........

 

Looks like Christmas came early for you this year. So all this will be installed before the weekend is finished, right?

 

Yeh a 6 week long weekend must be carefull and not damage interior or paint work.................

 

ok, now I'm really jealous! Wow! The entire interior kit looks incredible. Love the seats.

 

wait a minute... what are the red pads in the last photo?

 

well its a compelte carpet set and those are inner wheel arch, cross member, door inner sill and below shelf behind heater pieces...............

 

silly me... I have a pick-up so I don't think about things that exist behind the front seats

 

Dood.. very nice. Love the molded carpets. Have fun with the headliner. I did the same exact thing as you about 8 years ago. Only difference is I redid my own front seat frames with all new material. Now if I can just get it back on the road I would be happy Trying to save my nickels for a new 1098 crank.
My carpets got messed up in storage and the back seat foam, a mouse got in the car and chewed up part of my new carpet and tunneled in the bottom seat. I love the red and grey you chose. Cant wait to see it all fitted.

The pocket cards, do they have like a pocket on them? I thought the corners had notches in them for the Mk1. also did you get the corner pieces for the doors? are they red or grey.. man those are just really cool. the door pockets are a bit tricky to get in.

 

Hi..Mercy the door cards are for a 1990 rover cooper IE mk5 and fit on front of door oppose to in side of door as per mk1...................

 

So pray tell, what does a Newton gold brocade interior cost these days?

It is lovely.

 

Hi..Minimad the whole complete interior IE carpet set, headlining, repro recliners, rear seat cover kit, and special panel kit to my spec.......cost less VAT...£1700......................

 

mk1leg, these snaps are sooo sweet. Shivers are going up and down my spine as I write.

I also did the carpeting in mine and found it to be quite easy to install, so if your reasonably careful, I don't think you'll have any problems with scratching the paint.

You might want to consider installing an insultor kit under the carpeting first. It will make the interior much more quiet, feel a little softer under foot, and add some class to the sound of your radio as well.

Good Luck and keep the updates coming, nice work!!!

 

On the front of Mk1 doors instead of inside? huh? did you take the pockets off? Can you show me your doors? 1700UK wow.. thats x2 for the US dollar.. I think I paid about 1200US in the early 90s but thats when the dollar was strong against the pound. I didn't get the premium carpets like you have either, thank goodness since mice chewed mine..Have any pieces installed yet?

 

Mercy....My doors are mk5 wind up windows not mk1..................

 

At what point were the door pockets dropped? I thought they ran the entire life of the car.

Either way, this is going to look real good.

edit; Just re-read your comments about Mk1 Mk5 door cards/pockets. I get it now. The pockets are attached on later models, but were actually a part of the door in very early models.

Does that sound right now?

 

This is a mk1-mk2 door with a built in metal pocket................
and this is a mk3 door with cloth/vynal pocket.............

and this is a mk4-5 door with plastic screw on pocket............

I hope this clears things up for you......................