1998 Mini Cooper wide retro race look

[craig1010cc]

Have to say that the 1st incarnation didn't do it for me, sat too high, but now, V nice. Loving the exhaust now as well, looks like it is supposed to be there.

[philsford]

Quality motors. The mk2 and the avenger I remember from croft rs show, I was showing my mk3 that day and looked round both of them very nice.

The mini, Where did you get the sunsrip? I fancy 1 of those if I can tear myself away from a patrick motors one.

[luckygti]

I have pics of the Avenger and your Escort. I think your car was the one that has my wife obsessing over having a Mk 2 Mex from a Retro Rides show at Santa Pod a few years ago. One day!

[Ray]

Mini Looks cool Found a YouTube vid of your BMW too. Is that you in the car?

[PhoenixCapri]

Wow, I love the mini and looks like you done a stunning job on all your cars, Escort finish looks stunning ;D

Really really like what you've done with the wide look and the exhaust is brilliant, really good to see something different like that on a mini - look forward to what you do next, going on past form its bound to be good!

[digler]

glad you all like my motors ;D
one more for you
this is my RS1600i, a bought this years ago and it was a bit of a shed, someone had tried to make it look like an XR3i!!, they had taken all of the RS graphics off, but they had put an RS turbo engine & box in.
i tarted up the bodywork and put the graphics back on and made it look loads better, but it needed alot of welding to make it right, but i couldn't weld back then, so after a bit i sold it, but i regretted selling it
five years later i bought it back ;D ;D it still had the engine & box and it had alot of the welding done, but it wasn't good. it had three battery trays on, four sills on each side and more patches than you could shake a stick at. so with new found welding skills i set about work. 27 panels later not including any i had to make it was all welded up and ready for painting, i got the engine bay and inner wheel arches painted, but then i had put it to one side so i could get on with my Mexico, Ive not touch it for two years, its sat on a shelf above my mates RS turbo and his Vauxhall 16v mini.

[digler]

Posted by Ray on May 7, 2009, 10:01pm
Mini Looks cool Found a YouTube vid of your BMW too. Is that you in the car?


yeah thats me in the car, i didn't get anything for going down to film that, not even a copy of the video

Posted by philsford on May 7, 2009, 8:43pm
Quality motors. The mk2 and the avenger I remember from croft rs show, I was showing my mk3 that day and looked round both of them very nice.

The mini, Where did you get the sunsrip? I fancy 1 of those if I can tear myself away from a patrick motors one.


i got the sunstrip from mini in the park last year, there was a miglia stand there.

[digler]

May 7, 2009 5:23:04 GMT mk14dr said:

The mini looks well hard, I knew you'd be back with a different car. I loved your escort, and the avanger is quality

Have a pic or two of your escort

hi, i remember, you followed me down the motorway with your mk1. i think i will be going to the next retro-rides meet so i might see you there.

[digler]

Ive been doing a bit of welding on the front of the mini, i had to weld some more metal back onto the wing for my new arches, i welded up the indicator hole and sorted some rust on the wings and front panel. also i had a play with the grill, i just rearranged the slats to look like a Mk1 grill.












i went to the ace cafe meeting in Bradford yesterday, but i didn't have time to paint it so i went with it in primer.

[whitbytom]

Awesome. A thread filled with motors I'd donate organs to own! Nice work!

[digler]

some pictures of my front end, got my front arches done and the front end painted.

[digler]

Ive finally finished my arches ;D the back ones gave me loads of grief, to get them to look right, but i got there in the end ;D ;D ;D












Ive done some work on the inside too, Ive fitted my stereo back in, but i didn't want it in the dash, so i put it next to the bonnet pull under the dash, so with the face off you cant really see it
i fitted some speakers under there too, hidden as well. in the back there are four sets of 6x9 speakers, two on top and two underneath, powered by a jvc 4 x 100 RMS amp

[digler]

11 days left to fully respray and rebuild my mini for the retro show
i started it the week before last. the only thing is i cant spray my car in one go, i have to do it in two halfs.
i started with the back half, straightening the rear and side panels, preping the wheel arches and the boot lid, then painting it all.










then i turn it around and started on the front, i've welded the dash top, a bit of rust damage and to get rid of the spare holes, and the scuttle panel, again rust damage and to get rid of the spare wiper holes.






then i got the front all primed including the front inner wings.






then in the morning i went down and painted it all.











old paint



base coat



clear coat



i do like the look of to darker green, had a bit more metalic added to it too, to make it catch the light more.

thats all the shell in green got started on the front end, ive repared the a panels and have started to make my front spoiler, :shock: :shock: yes a front spoiler, i'm making it from steel, if i like it i'll make it front alloy, but for now.....
so i'll be mounting it, not welding it on.





















got my doors painted and back on, made a new dashboard, well ive made a steel cover, so i can paint it body colour, and started painting on my stripes.










got my dash painted, looks very nice



front spoiler on, i did paint it the same colour as the stripes, but changed it to green.

[MrSpeedy]

Blinding cars there mate. You have good taste in both motors and mods.
You haz got skillorz

[PhoenixCapri]

Wow this is coming along great - tho got to say I'm not a fan of the stripes, especially the side bits, looked amazing without them, proper siniser, but then what the hell do I know, it'll be amazing whatever

Love the Arches and the splitter too ;D

[HoTWire]

That is looking great some proper work gone on there.. can't wait to see what happens next with it!

Also.. don't think we didn't notice the Escort... if you can get it sitting that at that height when its out and on the road, you are a winner:

[bmcnut]

How the feck did you get the Escort up there!?!

Anyways, that mini is looking better every time you touch it, and those arches are the best mini arches ive ever seen, bar none, great choice of wheel too. Cant help but think what 10's would look like under 'em...

[patlink]

like the attention to detail in your builds. seen it over 16vmini looks great
real tidy work like it

[Deleted]

All look great, good effort fella

[luckygti]

Mini looks absolutely stunning. Such a quality stance I must own a mini one day! They are cool as, especially when they look like that ^^ Nice work mate.