When i was 18 - (9 years ago LOL)

[paul]

I owned a few different minis! the blue tahiti being a show car (still was my daily driver) you will find below various pictures of my hard work to get it to look as good i as could!

Also theres a few other minis i had when i was younger - hope you like

My first car..

should really do a detailed write up of this as a lot of heard work went in to this!!

then i bought this

and turned it in to this! winning a fair few awards

then i bought this!

then this lol

Now you will see why i caught the bug of cleaning at an early age!

Hope you like

Cheers Paul..

 

[tedgeuk]

some stunnin examples there

 

[Coby.]

Your a Strange Strange Fella Paul.... I really don't like Mini's but they look Tidy

 

[RichRSi]

You've done well, they all look like tidy little mini's.

I love the old mini too, but I've never had one. My sister has a 1275cc mini 35 which is sitting needing work, it's pretty solid but failed it's MOT on subframe mounts, bearings and some wireing, it's a pinky purple colour with minilites.

I'd really like a late rover sports pack especially in white or Red.

 

[ForceIndia]

Awesome fella. Had a mini as my first car. And my first crash, which put me off them for life, but still the most fun I've had driving.

 

[paul]

thanks all :approve: should have kept the blue one! well all of them really! but were do you put them all!

 

[paul]

Awesome fella. Had a mini as my first car. And my first crash, which put me off them for life, but still the most fun I've had driving.

there a great car! not that safe in a crash though! but neither was my lotus!

 

[ForceIndia]

Awesome fella. Had a mini as my first car. And my first crash, which put me off them for life, but still the most fun I've had driving.

there a great car! not that safe in a crash though! but neither was my lotus!

Tell me about it. Tourist looked the wrong way coming out of a junction, drove strainght into my path, hit the side of her car at about 40-45. We were hugely lucky, the guy that took it away said it was the highest speed mini crash he'd seen where the subframe/engine didn't go back into the footwell. Girlfriend's got a scar from the stero flying around, steering wheel had a warren shaped dent in the rim, flipping nasty. Only accident I've ever been in that had me in tears once the shock kicked in.

 

[paul]

there a great car! not that safe in a crash though! but neither was my lotus!

Tell me about it. Tourist looked the wrong way coming out of a junction, drove strainght into my path, hit the side of her car at about 40-45. We were hugely lucky, the guy that took it away said it was the highest speed mini crash he'd seen where the subframe/engine didn't go back into the footwell. Girlfriend's got a scar from the stero flying around, steering wheel had a warren shaped dent in the rim, flipping nasty. Only accident I've ever been in that had me in tears once the shock kicked in.

not good mate! touch wood ive been lucky out there!! ...often other folks!

 

[.GAZ.]

Your a Strange Strange Fella Paul.... I really don't like Mini's but they look Tidy

+1

 

[cat171]

I quite like old minis, the cleaning obsession is a a bit geeky though.

Paul, were you the dude on here with the paul smith mini ?

 

[Alexander]

some lovely examples there, i really miss my one.

spent soo much time and money on it

 

[Rich]

Blue one looked Uber Clean.

 

[R1XPH]

Really like the old skool pics.

How ever, Mini's really don't excite me

 

[paul]

I quite like old minis, the cleaning obsession is a a bit geeky though.

Paul, were you the dude on here with the paul smith mini ?

no that wasnt me..but was a nice car back in 98 a green dash! i remember the car your on about thou

 

[paul]

Blue one looked Uber Clean.

you can be nice

 

[Rich]

I am always nice Rusty - I just speak my mind !

 

[christian rea]

like the last mini but the rest all look like ther owned by a granny lol.

ive gotta get around to getting my mini van sorted as its a bit worst for wear atm

 

[Alexander]

i would kill for a mini van, i think they are so nice, mega bucks now tho!

 

[christian rea]

i would kill for a mini van, i think they are so nice, mega bucks now tho!

paid 750 about 4 years ago now sourced a reaer door and some mk1 front doors but a need a pre 70 grille /front end for it

 

[Leeshez]

Very nice cars. My first car was a 1979 "T" reg mini it was full of rust.

 

[paul]

arent all of them! ^^ lol.. my first car was - but my blue one was pretty good overall! but it was pampered heavily as the pictures show! i bet its died now! L Reg my dad saw it in town not long after i sold it and said it didnt look that great!! it sold for more money than i paid for it! LOL

 

[Djw John]

Very nice looking examples Paul.

It was John185k with the Paul Smith model

 

[paul]

thanks ^ sold the wheels yet?!

 

[Djw John]

Nope, you should buy them!

 

[kpowell911]

wheres the back box pics?

 

[paul]

i did used to paint the little box on the blue mini back in the day!

 

[Timmay]

good collection there paul

so when did you start the exhaust painting obsession?

 

[paul]

LOL when i was 17 car at 15

s/s is the only way really!