She lives!!!!!!!

Well all the vitals are in and she drives :D


Pictures and more info coming soon!

Thats great, cant wait to see the pics :D

here's a few shots

another

and one final shot

the car when back to the body shop on saturday and the rest should be painted pretty soon. :)

thanks for the pics, That thing looks great. What color are you painting it? :clap:

here's the link to the last update thread

http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19204

and

http://forum.dtmpower.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8657&highlight=mini+countryman

It's a sort of a Porsche blue, with some metallic in it. For a better idea check out the third shot in the wheel well.

Fresh update and a dedicated webpage!

http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~smithm3/Project%20Mini/project_mini.htm

fresh update.... (03/07/02)

the paint job is in the final stages of polishing :)

check out http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~smithm3/Project%20Mini/project_mini.htm for more info

here are the two pictures that are the newest at this point

http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~smithm3/Project%20Mini/Minipaintedrear%20a%20little%20smaller.jpg
and
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~smithm3/Project%20Mini/Minipaintedside%20a%20little%20smaller.jpg

The white flakes a bits of polishing compound

That looks awesome, I'm about to go drive out to Ohio just to check out that bad boy. Very Impressive job....cant wait to see it finished congrats....:D

Hey thanks Lance!

Eh... what the heck!

A quick update... The car's all wired and the lights are all in. Next step is to get the "dashboard' if you can call it that all mounted and wired up.
The addition gauges will be going in also.

A fresh update with LOADS of pictures of the Project Mini! It's looking awesome! :D

(Not for the faint of heart.... we're talking lots of HUGE pictures)

click the picture below to head over to my webpage with all of the pictures.

http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~smithm3/Project%20Mini/DSCN0398.JPG (http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~smithm3/Project%20Mini/project_mini.htm)

Updated the page with thumbnails instead
It's much easier to look at now

OMG, I can't believe I haven't been checking up on the Mini threads....I feel bad :(

Matt, dude, that is SO friggin awesome! If you don't mind my askin, where did you find the mini, what condition was it in, and around much was it?

You've got my attention on rebuilding one of these...but I drop in a different engine if possible ;)

Hey Smith, kick ass mini, how much was it? Or how much money have you spent on it so far?

Originally posted by PreppyX5
OMG, I can't believe I haven't been checking up on the Mini threads....I feel bad :(

Matt, dude, that is SO friggin awesome! If you don't mind my askin, where did you find the mini, what condition was it in, and around much was it?

You've got my attention on rebuilding one of these...but I drop in a different engine if possible ;)


Found it near Lexington Ohio, for those of you who know racing, that's Mid-Ohio territory. The guy was an SSCA mini racer. He's got some VERY impressive stuff tucked away in his barn. But, that's another story.
The condition was rough. Lots of rust... The sills (rocker panels) had to both be replaced. The entire from clip was replaced. New rear door halves were affixed and the lower rear end was recreated. This was all done in our garage.

As far as different engines, I've seen a honda powerplant in one of these....

alright so it's been quite awhile.

The wood and the flares are just about ready to get some stain and then some clear.

The seats and carpet is all in. The rear bench and all the paneling has not been installed yet, but it assembled.

The dash is complete and the headliner is in place.

So... it's getting close.

As of yet, no new updates to the webpage, but I'll see what I can do in the next week or so.