Chop Chop, dude. Who said you were allowed to have a life outside working on your MINI and providing us status updates??????????????




C ya,
Dutch

 

LOL! Yeah I've been slacking. It's just such a pain to post pics here anymore. :(

 

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We need updates! Pleeeeeez.

 

 

Update:

Well the paint will start going on after I get home from the Dragon. I have been priming and blocking the body, getting everything ready. Took a couple weeks of work on the new to me hood, just to get the crap respray job off of it and to add an inset hole for the one remaining NACA duct I am using.
I still cant find anybody who wants to swap bumper covers or a salvage yard that has the 2002/2003 pre facelift Justa Cooper bumpers with the chromeline trim. :( I might just need to bite the bullet and pay the $600 for new ones from the stealership.
I decided on wheels for the makeover, and they are going to pull off the look I am going for perfectly. I am going with Enkei J-speed's in 15X8 for the front, and 15X7 for the rears. They have a really small barrel to the wheel, so even with using the stock brakes, I will need to do some minor modification to make them fit. ( the lower ball joint stud, and one of the ridges on the brake calipers need ground down.)
I cant wait to get all of this done, its going to be one unique MINI! :D

 

And you think we can? it's pics we want for our temporary fix. We've been overly patient. You could've driven this to the Dragon if you weren't slackin'!

 

Yeah I have been slacking...
Things will pick up after Dragon season though!

I really don't have any new pics to share, nothing worth posting anyhow. Primer looks, well like primer! Only so much to see in that shade of grey.

 

Back to my lil corner to patiently wait.

 

Dicks Garage,

Have followed your mod thread and missed seeing updates lately. Glad you are back posting.

Happy to see a very different slant on modding a MINI. Have been around long enough to see Hot Rods when they were vogue. Was not sure what a Rat Rod actually was until I attended the Turkey Rod Run in Daytona last Thanksgiving. There were a number of them there. Your MINI will truely be unique.



Hope to see you at the Dragon and look forward with great anticipation to seeing your progress when you return to the project

 

Thanks!

I will be the only one I know of at the Dragon in a big white Jeep, so I should be easy to spot...

I am leaving CO on the 25th after work, and will be there for most of the festivities.

Then its back to work when I get home...

 

Small weekend update:

I got bored, and figured I had already spent enough money for the day, so I shot some paint on my mirror caps...

Crappy cell pics...

 

Gonna have plenty to do in about a week when a Working Motor with SuperCharger get there!

 

Shhh...
Lets not talk about that yet...

Got the first clear (the one with all the pearl and candy) sprayed. A quick sanding in the morning and its time for the final matte clear.

Look how much the colors shift with the pearl coat!

 

Done...

 

Very creative...I will give you that. But I liked it much better how it was before.....when it didn't look like a pile of crap

 

Pretty unique idea for sure. Keep the updates going, I want to see where this project goes.

 

After the Dragon, it should go pretty quick... Then its just getting it running again before going to collect some trophies...

Honestly, I am loving the "crap" look way more than what I had before! Nobody will ever expect it.

Time for a little voting session...
Out of these 3, what logo is going on the doors?
I have am idea of what one I like best, but could easily go either way...

 

Any thoughts on side exit exhaust pipes just ahead of rear wheels....Seen it done on an R53, looks hot and would be appropriate for RR.

 

Nope, doing a different system, but still going to be a centered rear exit... Much quieter this time though!

 

I like the second one!

 

It does look terrible, but I love it. It looks like crap from a distance, but when you get up close you can tell that you really love it. I think you did it a little TOO well though... A lot of peeps will be fooled into thinking it's junk. But that's awesome in its own way.

 

Thank you!

It really is the kind of thing you NEED to see in person to fully appreciate. Even when my best friend saw it in the garage fir the first time he couldn't believe it! I have tried different lighting, camera modes, photo editing, you just cant get the full effect in a pic!

Got one vote here for #2...

Added into the votes so far on the other site with a build thread for this car + the friends votes I am up to:
#1= 4
#2= 4
#3= 1

Please, if you are a follower of this build, cast a vote... I will be getting the stencils cut when I get back from the Dragon!

 

What's your route? Would like to see this car in person.

 

I'm actually taking my Jeep to the Dragon... The MINI still has no engine (will have an engine VERRY soon, but not soon enough.) And EVERYTHING else is still in pices! If you really want to see it though, plan to come to MINIs In The Mountians (Colorado) in 2015.