We finally managed to get Greg's car in the showroom where I work. Here are a couple pics from it's arrival today...


Greg putting the front end on


Service advisors Geoff checking it out, and Jaymes eating lunch


All back together


In the showroom...finally! Greg's son Nick putting the door on


Greg showing Geoff and Mario the components in the boot


Promoting my MINI dealership


Promoting my BMW dealership




Greg talking with my lead MINI tech Steve and Paul(pmello)







...here's a few short video clips I shot with my camera...
http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...14_2008013.flv

http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...14_2008014.flv

http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h1...14_2008015.flv

 

What an awesome car. Every time I see pics, I drool...

 

The car is pretty bad *** and very well built.

 

I will be up there to check it out soon...how long is the car going to be there for?

 

The car will be here until after the MINIs Make-A-Wish toy run on December 7th.

 

dear onasled, where did you get the tubes connected to the windows?

 

Just off the shelf race stuff. NACA ducts and 3" duct hose. Not something you can do on glass windows of course.

 

All,

Thanks for the nice words. Thanks tons to INSKIP and Partsman for the connection to them. He has done a ton of ground work for me here.

I will try and get on here later this weekend and post up some more info on the car if you have any questions.

Want to thank M7, Vitesse Pro, Bentley Publishing and of course INSKIP for there support in this car.

 

 

man, your hard work truely did pay off. I want to driveeee itttt :D

 

Thanks.... Very appreciated.

 

Well it has come a long way since I saw the bare chassis upside down on a rotisserie in the shop . Seems like that was back in 93 or 94 but it is finally done Now its time for the next phase which will be just as challenging but should be a lot more fun. Congratulations on a job VERY well done and I look forward to seeing it in person next month.

Randy
My Tuning

 

Ha-haa. Not quite that long ago Randy.
Thanks to M7 and you for all the support.


As you know the car did it's first, one and only race this last season with BMWCCA. We had a blown head gasket and were just pumping water through cylinder 2, but even with this going one the car took the fastest time of the day in all classes and qualified pole. Unfortunately the car finally gave up when leaving the grid for the race.
This Mini has proven to perform to my hoped expectations and then some.

See ya in a few weeks!

 

I found a few pics of the car when it was still under construction...









...it has come a long way.

 

How about these, Greg...?







...going back a little bit there.

 

I <3 gold and black

 

The car looks even better in person, and better still when it's moving around a racetrack.

And many thank to Greg for helping out other local MINI folks (like me) in addition to building his race beast. Many of the parts that have been taken off of Greg's MINI as it made its transformation have wound up on other people's cars. For instance, my Cooper has his car's old front bumper cover and side sills.