Mini Pickup Rebuild by mini-man-dan

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My Bro has decided to buy the Clubman rolling shell off me, so he's doing that one now. His plans are redtop conversion... he likes to dream
And the plans are:

1275 engine that I have sat in my garage. Had a insurance quote and is £1085 with an 850 or £1300 with a 1275, so am definately going for the 1275 for an extra £5 a week!

Interior, mainly black with some cream stitching bits n bobs. Cobra classics without headrests, black doorcards etc.

Put the centre binnacle thingy in with large speedo and 2 smaller dials, but am fabricating bracket for a round digi-dash to fit dead in the middle of the centre speedo, so will still look like the old skwl speedo but without the needle. Will have digital speedo reading and rev counter all in one then, and be a little bit unique!

Colour is staying the same

Got some Gp5 arches, and am looking at putting 10x6 Ultralights on it in silver. Got to sort out brakes first though, Has 8.4 discs on the front, but apparently there's an article in the new MiniWorld about spacers that can be used to make 10x6 wheels fit over 8.4 discs. Will be looking at that!

Want arches and roof black.

Got adjustable suspension, bottom arms, tie rods and rear camber brackets, so she'll be running nice and true. Oh, and low

Mk1 grille on the front, chome bumper with chrome overiders.

Hopefully it'll be a tidy car when it's finished, and I'm fussy so will be done well! You don't see many pickups anymore, especially ones used as everyday cars...

Thanks
Dan

Oh and the doorhandles on the car aren't fantastic and the ones in one of the Magic Boxes is quite good. Am yet to find one with a key though, only a passenger exterior at the moment! Will let you know if I get any extras with it
And if anyone knows of someone with a Pikcup flap down rear numberplate holder, please let me know. I don;t know if there's one in with the other bits I'm yet to get, but if there's not I'd like to put one on as I think they look nicer than attaching it straight to the car