I picked my mini up today. It was at the Honda tuners getting the K-Pro tweeked.
Runs like a champ.
Here are a couple of pics from today.





tti

 

wow that is pretty schweet...so how much did the total conversion run ya if u dont mind my asking?

 

that is one sharp looking vtec

 

Awesome! We want to see more!! Here's an interesting fact, Minis and Honda's are distant cousins, the founder of honda, Soichiro Honda got his inspiration for the original civic from the mini, I believe he owned a mini himself...

 

See my thread titled "vtec spy photos" for a better look.

 

Today after a Kwik drive!
Rear Bumper needs to be put on still.

 

LOL Awesome. I like the autobot emblems on it.

 

Travis,
What are you using to hold down the hood, strap-wise? Mine doesn't have straps right now which is fine most of the time, but if I am hard on the brakes like at an autox the hood will slide forward. So, I will need something soon.

 

That's a really clean install, nicely done!

But not exactly 10 inchers, are they?

 

East German Judge, "Very nice."

Looks good, Friend. I don't know how you keep the windscreens so clean though...that's amazing!

I like your little purple jeep, too.....you got all of the toys.

 

Looks short (and SWEET!). Is it a "minus" shell?

 

wow this classic is cleeeaannn... i love seeing old cars kept up like this.

 

Thanks...I think.
No it is not a Minus Shell.

It is a steel shell 1962 MK1 mini shell.

Mine looks lower/shorter because I used "crazy visual effects".
In other words, I did something that most dont do and it make it look lower than most.
Look at the pics, whoever can figure it out....you'll win a cookie.

 

I can't tell and I wanted that damn cookie, too!

 

Uh, painted the sills black? And yes, it was a compliment!!! It looks great!

 

Looks great - I want one!

(does your left front need a camber check?)

 

Camber/Castor needs adjustment on both wheels.
I just got a home alignment kit and will give it a try.

By the way, bgrant, which kind of cookie would you like?

The sills are not painted by the way, they, and the bottom side of the car are rhino lined (spray in bed liner).
It was really an accident. I wasn't specific when I told my painter what went where.

Everyone comments on how low it looks and I finally figured out why that is.
It is such a minute thing but it does make a difference I think.

TTI

 

I think it looks great! Chocolate chip is fine. How did they rhino line it? On a rotissiere (sp)?

 

It's the arches/flaps cutting down on dead-cat space (wheel gap). Looks facntastic.

 

I'm sorry. The game is already over.
Cookies have been spoken for.
The arches can only go in one spot, at least on the seem end. They can roll a bit as long as the seem end meets, well, the seem.

It was the sills being black.

.....didn't us a rotissiere but boy I will next time...

 

Travis, is this the MK1 mini you got a while back? It looks very very nice.

 

Yes it is. Well, it was November 2007.
After a soda blast, new sills, a rear valance, door skins, door hinges, A panels, boot lid, epoxy primer, two paint jobs (both times blue) and almost every nut/bolt replaced (actually every bolt now that I think about it, this is the result.
The only thing I can think of that is still from 1962 is the shell and the trunk hinges.

By the way, thanks.