Still awaiting my Garage to be built and signed off by the council

Still thoose red cars on the tv today, didnt keep up with those blue ones,

How did your boys do today Neil

That's unkind - Stuart how many times have we got to tell you about kicking people when they're down

Now tell us who's got several constructors titles? and who fluked one last year? <ha ha - clatter> (laughed my head off)

its 2k ford radient red, bought from a decent supplier, so its all new paint, so no problems with out of date materials (a problem ive had before with 2k)

its a deeper red than the gel coat, i will take a photo against the untouched rear bumper for comparison

got it painted and started to reassemble it, as per with gtms, nothing ever seems to fit!



engine in (a 1071 cc)



major dissapointment is the maniflow exhaust, it hangs down far too much, i suspect they assume that the bumper will hide this, but as im not fitting that im going to chop this around to try and hide it a bit more, it really grates on me every time i open the garage door!!



it now starts and drives, but its all the little detail jobs that take the time!

Looking pretty good! any pics of the front lights? What are you using for the headliner?

bit of an update

now runs, new maniflow exhaust system has been modified to 'snug' up as far as it can so its nearly invisible

just needs water leak fixing on rad, new front tyres, front and seat fittins + some bits and bobs

ready for the summer?

heres hoping!

bit of progress on mine, the mot gets nearer......



I love these lights, well worth the effort they took to make and fit





ignore the suspension, none of it was set in the photos and it looks a bit odd!

nice!

get in!

took it to the local bmw mini dealers today for its mot (just so they could see a proper mini based car lol)



its handy as its literally 30ft from work so its easy to take cars, and they really look after them.

it passed first time with no advisories!


few more little jobs to sort and a rolling road session and its ready to enjoy

Great news! Now you can get out there and enjoy the rewards of your hard work.. and deal with all the questions...what is that?? who makes that? Where can I get one?? Nice work!

Good work, looks like a nice tidy one. I'm assuming it's Rich's bad influence that lead you to this. He didn't exactly help me not buy Wil's old Nimbus....

What are the rear lights from? Something similar might look OK on the nimbus.

I am rich

they are bmw2002 rear lamps, reworked to fir into a flat panel

wils nimbus has, dare I say it, a far more comfortable drivers compartment that a gtm, that extra bit of width at the roof really helps.

I cant wait to get some pictures of them together to really compare the size

I thought that might be the case. Those lights will probably be out of my budget. Would be good to see a shot of them together.

I reckon the Nimbus will still be a tight squeeze for those of us with a taller frame.

I think I paid about 40 quid for those lights on ebay, they where not expensive.

they where a horrid job to use though as on a bmw there are all off set, so you have to take them to bits and rework them so they sit flat.

worth it in the end though as they look perfect

They suit the Coupe, but I think the back of the Nimbus is too low and too wide to pull it off. Will keep it in the back of my mind. Need to finish the mini off first...