took a little over a year to do this ground up build

here are some before and after shots:
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Thats an awesome Restoration!

 

Fantastic transformation. Brought that Mini back from the dead, and now it's something to lust after. You are one talented dude.

 

Beautiful!! I know where there is an old Mini in a carport under a pile of junk. I would love to be able to watch that happen to one that was mine.

 

the owners are really excited......i cant wait to see the look on their face when they get here.....last time they saw it in person, they thought there was no hope and they were quite concerned on what they were getting into.....lol.......there's no need to fear, "MiniCreations" is here.....lol

 

Just plain awesome! Some day I will have one of the classics!

 

here is a couple more i just took

 

what year is this car?

 

1980

 

customers finally got here and they were very happy...woo hoo......

here is a link to a video of them driven around
http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...t=DSCN1073.flv

plus some pics:

 

Great job. How did it get here from the UK? I noticed it still had the RAC (a AAA organisation in Britain) sticker in the window - they would have had a job getting that started a year ago!

 

it's a 74 not 80 i was thinking of another mini......came on a boat....not sure what sticker your talking about?

 

First picture - there is an RAC tax holder in the upper left of the front window.

 

it was shipped over from the UK prob 3 yrs ago and it sat un touched until we bought it

 

Congragulations Way to bring another one back from the dead. It has to be a real source of accomplishment when you look at it now . I've been there a couple of times and it does make all the hard work seem a little less trying once it is done . Nice job !

 

Big Norm,
Congrats on a job well done.

On another note, your site has a few (MANY) broken links. They are all looking for stuff on your PC hard drive. I can help you if you want. 11+ years of web development. Free for you if you want it.

 

my site is being re-done as we speak......hopefully will be redone soon.....tryin to snaz it up a bit

 

Hey Norm,

How did they get it in that trailer?
Enclosed trailers are nice but dang it looks like a tight fit!!!!!!

TTI

 

Norm, which is more fun for you: The actual restoration process, or the day the owners come to pick it up and see your work ?

That is an incredible job... gorgeous Mini !!

 

well it was a very stressfull period waiting for them to arrive this morining.....you never know how someone is gonna react....but they were very happy with how it all turned out, so i was very relieved.....doing the restoration sucks....lol.....j/k.....it has it's ups and downs of course....there are times where you say "what was i thinking, taking on this project"....but when the cust finally see's what there car was and is now, it's the best of all of it

 

Looking at that Mini, it's hard to imagine you were a little nervous about the customer's reaction. But hey, after all that effort and time invested, I guess you can't help but worry a little.

Yeah, I'm sure the projects can get quite stressful. But I haven't seen one of your restorations yet that didn't come out great. Very cool work you're doing. Wow.

 

if anyone wants to see other restorations i've done go to youtube.com and search for austinmininorm and they should show up

 

Stunning! Gorgeous!
Thank you for posting so many wonderful photos, Big Norm.

 

i do it to show people, that you can make something out of nothing and that anything is possible......i ventured into mini restorations after restoring my own mini "Chubby Checker" about 2 and a half years ago.......i learned alot from that mini and i also have alot of good people working with me on these builds now........the biggest thing i learned is to not be afraid, anything can be fixed

 

my site is up and working again for those who were asking....Thanks TWISTER.... my web developer is still working on the flash site, i will let everyone know when that launches