Vehicle Owner

Member ID: minighost

Location: Hamrun, MT

Vehicle Info

1979 Austin Mini

Bought: Jul, 2007

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed90mph
  • HP39
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

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

Modifications

Performance Parts

Interior

  • Auto Meter Gauges 
  • Custom Pedals 
  • Custom Shift Knob 
  • Custom Seats 

Exterior Styling

Car Audio & Video

  • Kenwood Speakers 
  • Boss Wiring 
  • Sony Head Unit 

Ratings

    • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.

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Last updated: May 25, 2009

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Mark’s Austin Mini
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  • Currently 3.0888888888888 /5 Stars.
11 guestbook comments

Work in progress
Recently I purchased a set of second hand 10 inch Revolution Wheels. They werent really messed up but I decided to strip them to bare metal and repaint them as they would look much better when the mini is resprayed.

The wheels after cleaning them
minighost's 1979 Austin Mini

minighost's 1979 Austin Mini

Masking off the wheels after much of the paint was removed and sanded down
minighost's 1979 Austin Mini

minighost's 1979 Austin Mini

After the base coat was sprayed
minighost's 1979 Austin Mini minighost's 1979 Austin Mini

After The first black coat was Sprayed

minighost's 1979 Austin Mini

minighost's 1979 Austin Mini

The Finished result
minighost's 1979 Austin Mini minighost's 1979 Austin Mini

from the inside of the rims

minighost's 1979 Austin Mini

Some Objects I Bought still to be fitted
I bought a sett of Wood and Pickket Style arches but will be fitting them when I take the min for a respray. They will be colour coded to the car.

The arches un-packed

minighost's 1979 Austin Mini

I also bought a winged COOPER Badge and two lock surrounds for the interior. They will also be fitted to the car after the respray

minighost's 1979 Austin Mini

Recently I drilled holes in the lock surrounds so I can fit them with screws instead of the stock plastic clips. The reason for doing this was that the clips werent enough to hold the lock surrounds tightly in place

minighost's 1979 Austin Mini

Finally I orderd the front grille from minispares. It is a Cooper S Grille with 8 wide slats. Now all i have to do is wait for it heh =[

The grille

minighost's 1979 Austin Mini

Finally after some delays the Grille arrived ^^ her are some pictures while i was unpacking it

The present xD

minighost's 1979 Austin Mini


more packiging

minighost's 1979 Austin Mini


The contents

minighost's 1979 Austin Mini


The grille with its surorund attched in place

minighost's 1979 Austin Mini

Guestbook

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jerseystyle1  

Posted by: jerseystyle1

11/24/2009 12:35PM

Great work on the mini! It has come a long way! Anything planned for the future?

CarinaE-dgar  

Posted by: CarinaE-dgar

01/25/2009 12:35AM

Great work on your mini! 5 stars for your car and you sir! just started building my mini. check mine out. comments and suggestions on it's build-up are welcome. :)

scottbowen  

Posted by: scottbowen

11/30/2008 12:50PM

Kick ass whip & five stars!

geilesAuto  

Posted by: geilesAuto

09/08/2008 12:51PM

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!

wheelincj7  

Posted by: wheelincj7

09/06/2008 09:11AM

That is one AWSOME looking ride; 5!!!!! Stars. I have a 1984 CJ-7 that HAS BEEN IN FIRST PLACE ON THIS SITE FOR OVER EIGHT MONTHS NOW, please take two seconds and check it out! Don���t forget to give me a rating!!! Oh and watch my videos to���.���Jeeps Bouncy and fun������ If you���re interested you can check out our 1926 Model T rolling on 22���s ....OlllO���.

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: minighost

Location: Hamrun, MT