Nice. I'm getting mine painted soon. It's going to be neon orange with a black roof and black bonnet stripes. No checkers at all. All non-metalic of course.
Mine is running happily, but the silly thing won't pass smog.

 

Thanks again Cooperation!!!

 

here are some recent pics of my make-over classic

 

Wow! That is an extremely custom interior. Very unique. I don't think I could live with that much checker, but nicely done.

 

On the inner and outer rocker panels, were they custom made by a body shop or can pieces like that be obtained somewhere? Trying to get mine stablized and ready for Indiana road salt....

 

thanks for the tips. looks as though $10 - $16 range is about right depending on the model. maybe in next year's budget ;-) thanks again terry

 

I would like to go on record to say I had mine done before but it's still in the shop.

I do like it Norm, we are sure to turn heads when we are in the same place!!!

Here are some new things going on with the Beastie...
These are of course prior to the new valve cover.



The boot door cover and the shelf for the back of the rear seat.


The boot sans bumper with streamlined lights.

 

OK Here is mine
1978 Mini 1000 - soon to be a 1380 with Cooper S disc brakes

 

That interior is nice Bobby but the wheel is on the wrong side...

 

Maybe it's an Innocenti? I don't think I've ever seen those wheels or that grille before.
Nice looking Mini though. Very clean.

 

RHD cars have charm, but to drive them very much will get on your nerves after a while. I’ve had a couple of RHD Minis and I always recommend LHD, but to each their own.
This was British built German market car, not an Innocenti. As far as I can tell, they made some special cars for the German market (possibly other European countries as well). This model came in all black or silver and had the alloy wheels, which are Mini 20th anniversary wheels and the leather 3 spoke steering wheel. The grille is an aftermarket unit that was on it when I bought it.
The guy that imported it from Germany said it was a one owner car and it came with a bunch of receipts, including the original sales invoice, owners manual, etc. All in German, of course!

 

Hey Lance can you make those pictures a little bit bigger .......i cant seem to see all the molicules that make up the paint that was used

 

Hardy friggin har.....

:p

And that is from MY PHONE!

LOL

 

yeah my phone does the same thing........takes photo's in poster size.........Dion says he is almost done with you car, a day or two more.......im goin over there in the morning if you wanna go.............give me a ring if your interested.......

 

Here are mine at this point. One will be going to a new home hopefully soon.

The PickUp stays with me.

 

What.. no italian flags???

 

Little truck looks cool, Mike. What are the plans for it?

 

You're selling the V-Tec? After all the hassle, time and effort to get it? Nice ute btw. Looks like an assembled car though. Sliding windows on a Mini with Leyland badges?

 

I'm selling the VTEC because I've deside to build one on my own and Faster

Got it going like a champ now though.

Don't know much history with this PU or any PUs for that matter so it's going to be really hard to find out what is stock.

Why would it not have sliding windows if it was born in the UK?
Anyway I'm looking foward to bringing it to AMVIV next year.

 

Keeping in mind that I grew up in Aus where we only got rollup windows, I thought that sliding windows were done away with before BMC was converted into British Leyland. I may be mistaken on that though. I'm sure I will be corrected in the next hour if I'm wrong on that.
Looking forward to seeing it here. 8)

 

Well if you ever find a set of those roll ups I'll take them

So far though all the PUs I've seen have sliding windows.

 

All UK made vans & pickups had sliding windows/external hinges right up to the end. I think all the round nose wagons as well, but not 100% sure on that. The late vans/PU were kind of hybrids. Externally (sliding windows, external hinges, fixed grilles) they were the same as the earlier cars but internally just like the MK III’s with rubber mounted subframes, rod change gearboxes, wide mount hood hinges, etc.

 

There you go. It was a UK thing. My Mini van had external hinges and roll-up windows with Leyland badges. Have to see if I can find an old picture to scan. As far as I know, Mini pickups weren't built in Aus at all, and there weren't very many at all brought in. I only remember seeing 1 in a magazine, and it specifically mentioned that it was imported.

 

Dude! How do you know all this stuff? You rock. Is there a book you can recommend?

I'll look for those points when I get the truck. As far as I can tell from when I looked at it its all original with the exception of the steering being switched to LHD. I'll but it back to RHD drive though when I get it.

 

You talking to me? Or Bobbiemartin? I just have a slightly better than average memory, and have always been into Minis.