Race Car Back To Retro Daily by CobraV8

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Thanks guys,

The Escort and Cobra I have had since I was young, lower paid and single with no kids! I would struggle to buy them now.

New Zealand is a nice place to live. Bringing your ute/pickup over would not be a problem if it has been registered in your name for a couple of years I think it is.

Classic cars (older than 1985?) I think - you can import anything - anything newer has to have passed frontal impact laws tests (which the new mini did not pass).

9-17-2009

Well... it is Christmas early, all sorts of wee bits and pieces have made their way across the world frpm the UK to reside on my Mini in New Zealand.

Here are some photos, new grill fasteners and front bumper installed (no overriders yet):

Next, had to work out how to install whiskers, they took about an hour to put them on, a little fiddly:

1. Take off front flares
2. work out height of whiskers
3. rivet clips to body (tip I put a washer behind the clip so that they were not so hard up against the body)
4. spray silicone spray on clips, body and whiskers
5. slide whiskers on, over the end of the grill surround







Next.... mount the overriders and nudge bars


by the way.... I am surprised how light the stainless bumpers are, much less weight than the old chrome ones, and a good finish (so far)

oh yeh.... put a fake fuel tank on the right hand side, and some Monza fuel caps... I know, fake fuel tank a little tacky, but I have the large tank on the LHS and do not want to lose more boot space, and I like the look of it.