92 City, My First Rebuild by big-jay

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Update,

Received my package from Optimise today, here are the contents -









Decided to do the sun visors first, here's what I started with -



Cut the vinyl covers off until I was left with the bare frame -



Fitted the new covers along with the hardboard strengtheners -



And then fitted them into the car -



Next we fitted the rear door cards, MPI plastic bin pockets and the burr wooden cappings -





Not the best pictures unfortunately, it's hard to get a decent one due to it being dark in the car and the light coming in through the window sends my camera crazy.

Then it was onto the doors, got most of the trim fitted but still need to get the screws to fit the door pulls and I also need to get the black plastic pieces that go around the door lock. Here they are -





Again, sorry about the quality of the pictures, my camera doesn't do them justice. Should have a new phone soon so the pictures will improve !

That's all the progress for today,

4-8-2015

Update,

Of sorts...

Life's a bit hectic at the moment so I've not had any time to spare for the Mini unfortunately.

That will hopefully be changing soon, I'm putting a list together for Minispares ready for Friday which will contain near enough everything I need to get her finished. I'm planning to have her done ready for the Mini show at Himley Hall next month, but that all depends on how long the garage I had it painted at take to do the cut back and polish. There's also a few areas I'm not overly pleased with so they're going to redo them, not sure how long that will take though.

In other news, I've purchased a new daily. It's a low mileage two owner MG ZR in really nice condition. Here it is next to the Mini -







And on its own -





Anyway, they'll be more progress made on the Mini this weekend so I'll update then.

4-23-2015

Update,

Well, the Mini is now back at the paint shop having a cut back and polish and a few ramifications to the paint work. Here she is loaded on to the back of the truck -





Not much of an update I know, but it's all a bit slow going at the moment. I'm hoping I'll have her back by next week and then I can get the last few shiny bits bolted on and get her through an M.O.T.

Id really like to be able to make the Himley Hall Mini show next month but my chances aren't looking brilliant at the moment annoyingly.

Best get my finger out !

6-1-2015

Update,

Been a while since I've done one of these !

I've finally got my Mini back from the paint shop after having the paint cut back and polished and the roof re-painted, she's now seriously shiny !

Unfortunately I missed out on taking the Mini to the Himley Hall show but I still went and picked up a few more bits anyway, here's what I got -







And some more autoglym products to add to my ever expanding collection -



So, first job was to get my DSN hinges fitted ready to get my bonnet on -



Then I fitted the bulkhead deadening whilst it was still easy to do so -



Bonnet fitted -





I also fitted the bonnet insulation and a Smiffys Bits stainless bonnet prop before hand -



Next bits to be fitted were the headlight bowls and looms -



Changed my rocker cover T-Bars for some red anodised ones as the chrome plated ones have already gone rusty, they haven't even seen any action yet ! -



Last job of the day was to swap out the black metal part of the switch panel for the Burr Walnut replacement -



Finally, I'll leave you with a couple of shots of her now she's been polished -





Can almost see that glorious finish line,