Vehicle Owner

Member ID: dansmini

Location: north east, GB

Vehicle Info

1988 Austin Mini

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

Exterior Styling

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    • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Mar 23, 2009

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Daniel’s Austin Mini

  • Currently 3.3777777777777 /5 Stars.
15 guestbook comments

FROM SCRAP TO....(YOU'LL SEE)
dansmini's 1988 Austin Mini

Please take the time to look through the painstaking, pocket burning and heart aching journey of this car...

QUICK REFERENCE PAGES...

1: INTRO
2: START OF IT ALL
3: MECHANICAL WORK
4: POST MOT / PRE SPRAY JOB
5: SPRAYING PROCESS
6: FRESHLY PAINTED - BACK HOME
7: INTERIOR
8: THE FINISHED ARTICLE!

My mini is a 998cc engined car, with a stage one tuning kit, which includes a bolt on pipercross filter, LCB, full 2" straight through exhaust, boxster style upswept back box.

A lot of time and effort went into this car and a lot of money, lots of things wrong and at the time it felt like nothing went right, a good few times i seriously considered scrapping the project and selling it for whatever i could get, but patience, support and the fact i'd put too much into it to back out stopped me.

Thanks to..
Chunky and Padge (East Coast Customs) For pulling me out of a welding and painting nightmare, being the best in the business, and doing a fantastic job.

Michael Duncan (MD AUTOS - Chester le-street) Mechanical Issues, repairs and advice.

Rick (RB CUSTOMS)
For being the best airbrush artist in the world and for being my brother, still young but with so much talent, who knows where he'll end up. Thanks Rick for making the mini such a head turner and for a unique paint job exactly how i wanted it.

dansmini's 1988 Austin Mini

dansmini's 1988 Austin Mini

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jerseystyle1  

Posted by: jerseystyle1

11/06/2009 12:25PM

Great work on the mini! Love the color!

drop-lexus  

Posted by: drop-lexus

10/11/2008 04:03PM

nice mini man 5 stars for shure

whiztech  

Posted by: whiztech

10/04/2008 11:15PM

That's one sexy little Austin

geilesAuto  

Posted by: geilesAuto

09/08/2008 12:27PM

Hey, you should help out a fellow cardomainer and vote for my car! Here's the URL:

http://texacocarofthedecades.com/CarDetails.aspx?CarDetailID=81&Decade=2000

you just have to register to vote... Thanks a ton!

geilesAuto  

Posted by: geilesAuto

07/30/2008 02:34PM

i love your ride, 5 stars for sure! come check out my ride

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: dansmini

Location: north east, GB