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On 5/21/2020 at 1:38 AM, beeRS said:

Nice work on the interior. I especially like the wood effect. How did you create that?

Thanks, Bud!!....let me put together a few photos for you guys on how...

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On 5/21/2020 at 2:16 AM, 89AKurt said:

Really like the wood detail.  Is that Burled English Walnut, Canadel, Mahogany, or Sapele?

Thanks, Bud!...its that English thing, i just call it what i want...lol

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On 5/21/2020 at 2:29 AM, PatW said:

Superb start Dann. We had two brothers who lived near us in the late '60's who built the Cooper 'S's for customers to race and raced a pair themselves also a guy who lives in Silverstone village 5 miles from us who still races one!

Thanks, Bud!...that would be so cool!!!.....wish i could afford to own a real one. A bank here re-possessed one....an early one-66?, and left it in their parking lot with a FOR SALE sign in it, and some stupid urchin came along, and busted out all the windows....

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On 5/21/2020 at 9:37 AM, espo said:

Great looking interior. I also like how you did the wood trim. The instruments as look good. 

Thank you very much, bud!!

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On 5/21/2020 at 10:27 AM, shucky said:

Wow, the color, paint-work, fender flares, etc all look fantastic! Where is the dolly from? Did you make it?

Thanks, Mike!!....i did actually make the dolly....i used the ones at the Pagani factory as my inspiration.

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Hey everyone, heres an update for anyone still interested.

  These are all the bits left to paint. When sanding chrome parts, i like to leave the chrome on as i sand. To me it saves on primer use.

  All the light buckets will be filled with silly putty before i respray all the chrome bits because i want all the "bright work" to be polished aluminum instead, while using the chrome to replicate very bright headlamps.

  The front grill is already sanded ready for paint, but i need to cut a seam line on the top crossmember that is actually attached to the hood when it opens.

  I changed my mind on the racing tires, and am now using these Pirrellis, but now i need to trim the inside wheel rim.

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On 4/19/2020 at 6:27 AM, Matt Bacon said:

...you don't want to "over-tire' it, Dann... it won't go sideways in the approved Mini racing style properly!

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best,

M.

You will like these tires better...lol

Posted

Nice model taking shape here.  Reminds me of many customised minis I have seen.

Back in the day there were many custom goodies for Minis over here in the UK. Never owned one but did hundreds of miles in a Van version with my job.

Cab Driver posted about making a pseudo American built under licence Mini. When the Mini was first made, most American cars were the size of barges !  But hey! Anything goes on a model right?

Posted
15 hours ago, Steve H said:

I missed this one first time around Dann. Really cool project, I will be watching! 

Thanks, Steve!

Posted
12 hours ago, Bugatti Fan said:

Nice model taking shape here.  Reminds me of many customised minis I have seen.

Back in the day there were many custom goodies for Minis over here in the UK. Never owned one but did hundreds of miles in a Van version with my job.

Cab Driver posted about making a pseudo American built under licence Mini. When the Mini was first made, most American cars were the size of barges !  But hey! Anything goes on a model right?

Thanks, Noel! Musta been fun driving that little bugger around. I use to be subscribed to Mini Magazine for the longest time...loved most of the custom ones...,.especially the Mystery Machine panel version i saw once.

 

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12 hours ago, stitchdup said:

if it was purple it would almost be my mates mini, lol. nice work Dan

 

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Thanks alot, Les! that one looks so cool!....jealous

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Yes Dann,  It was fun to drive back in the day. The van. Very basic to say the least!  Sliding door windows, a pull cord to open the door from inside and the instruments all  clustered within  one large dial. Two basic shelves under the dash I think, two big door pockets and that was it.

Unlike the cars, the vans and pick up trucks are very rare, and restored examples fetch good money. 

The Riley Elf and Wolseley Hornet versions likewise.  Original restored 1275 Cooper S cars are really sought after.

 

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