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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 04:08 PM
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Lets See those before and after restoration pics

Since i havnt seen a thread like this yet and mercy asked about seeing some of my resto's, i figured we could start a thread about it.......these are the cars i've done in the past year and a half.....vehicle age might not be acurate (sorry), also still have 2 minis im working on right now that are not included in the pics....

 
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 04:22 PM
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This is how I bought Jennifer..............

and during reatoration........

and nearly there...
 
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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Nobody likes a show-off Norm....
 
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 06:13 PM
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Here's a before:
















And here's the after:





There's not enough room here for the during's
 
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Old Oct 27, 2008 | 06:55 AM
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very cool
 
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Old Oct 27, 2008 | 08:20 AM
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Steve Austin



















 

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Old Oct 27, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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Meno -

Awesome car ..............! That is a tough one to top
 
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Old Oct 27, 2008 | 05:27 PM
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Here is a pic of mine before:



During:




So far:
 
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Old Oct 27, 2008 | 05:45 PM
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Joltfreak's car is legendary - it is an icon to the Mini underworld. However I am disappointed that there was not a close up picture of the Honda vented disc brakes. That's like Apple computer without the apple on it.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2008 | 06:59 PM
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Did you shoot your pictures Meno? With what? You have hidden or not so hidden talent.. Nice color, lots and lots of money.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by meno
Joltfreak's car is legendary - it is an icon to the Mini underworld. However I am disappointed that there was not a close up picture of the Honda vented disc brakes. That's like Apple computer without the apple on it.
i didn't want to put a shameless plug but......since you asked:
 
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 01:28 PM
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You guys are amazing!
 
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 06:37 PM
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 08:26 PM
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joltfreak is my inspiration!
 
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