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"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond) 09/29/2019 at 09:51 • Filed to: None

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I put the money where my pie hole is. The often referenced Mini finally begins a teardown for a repaired shell. Its a twelve footer , as you can see from this shot taken 6 feet away. But the straight up trippy 70s interior is in awesome shape!

The engine/transaxle is also decent, so that just leaves nothing else very salvageable except suspension arms and a front subframe. So heres to a winter of rust penetrato rs and Harbor Freight purchases. A year, I believe, is when”Winston” may be on the road again....in another suit, with hardly anything the same.

Should I get a white top? I’m thinking we decided on Riviera blue...

Nibby > Grindintosecond 09/29/2019 at 10:17

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leave it the way it is... it’s awesome

Grindintosecond > Nibby 09/29/2019 at 10:27

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Orange? It’s a really bad orange. It doesn’t pop in the sun at all. But a blue...

I could be these people with such a blue! But with two yellow fogs

dogisbadob > Grindintosecond 09/29/2019 at 10:32

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cool

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Grindintosecond 09/29/2019 at 11:17

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Holy cow do I love those seats.

f86sabre > Grindintosecond 09/29/2019 at 11:22

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Blue with a white top. Your keeping the awesome fabric , right? The blue from the WRX would probably work well

I’m doing some light work on Kaiju today after I finish with the Evo.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Grindintosecond 09/29/2019 at 11:37

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Out of curiosity, whats wrong with the current shell?

Grindintosecond > Snuze: Needs another Swede 09/29/2019 at 12:34

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Rotten. Bottom 8 inches needs cut out and some other spots. Look at the pic closer, any discolored orange is big Bondo patches as well that’s not doing so hot. I found another shell that’ll cost all in less  to fix n paint than this one.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Grindintosecond 09/30/2019 at 05:39

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I see. That makes more sense now. Sounds like a heck of a project. Best of luck and can't wait to see the finished results!

Grindintosecond > Snuze: Needs another Swede 09/30/2019 at 09:11

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Me too. It’s all plug and play assembly. Pretty ingenious construction from the 50s in terms of how everything is mounted. Definitely easier to manage this than doing up an old mustang or Porsche.