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BABY BLUE - 1990 City

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:43 am
by pearseof
Hi, im Pearse and along with my father Derry we have grown a love for minis over the past few years. bought this project about 4 years ago and done bits and bats here and there so finally decided to crack into it and get her finished.

she is a 1000 cc 1990 city with 66k on the clock. engine or a bit was not running when i bought her but took a chance.

on my easter break from college at the moment so working on her every day in the garage, got her running today for the forst time, and have been reassembling her slowly from the remains that i got with her when i bought her. have aquired alot of parts over the years.

took a few pics over the past month or so

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schutz her inside the boot and inside the car itself
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full colour change she was originally white then purple
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recon of brake servo
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valeting the seats (before)
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after
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locks, windows, trim going on
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my new doorcards
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petrol tank
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got her up and running today sweet as a nut
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Re: BABY BLUE - 1990 City

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:45 am
by pearseof
Ordered a load of parts off internet there for her, cant wait to get her done now

Re: BABY BLUE - 1990 City

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:01 pm
by st3e
Looking lovely man keep up the good work! Love the colour scheme!

Re: BABY BLUE - 1990 City

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:07 pm
by pearseof
Car is coming along nicely now, She is entered in the MTM which is fast approaching!! more posts to follow

Veneer on the dash was peeling off so stripped it back
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All sanded and painted back up
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Doing the headlinging bit of a challenge + the new black roof
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came across this poor bugger which had been laid to rust stripped what we could
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Re: BABY BLUE - 1990 City

Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:42 pm
by Tomini
its looking good pearse.keep up the good work you wont find mtm coming.

Re: BABY BLUE - 1990 City

Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:57 pm
by coolmini
Hiya,
what colour blue is that looks real nice.
reminds me of the ford blue

Re: BABY BLUE - 1990 City

Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 11:23 pm
by pearseof
It's from a set of Colour Cards
Standofleet by Standox #B152

Re: BABY BLUE - 1990 City

Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 12:18 pm
by pearseof
Got alot of work done this weekend, finished off the dash, tuned up the carb, fitted all the interior.

fitted the bonnet with stripes

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re-assembled the dash

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took the mini badge off the scrapped yellow mini city

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finished off the wiring

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put in the seats

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and Finally after 8 years in the making she is done, took her on her first vintage run today
Ready for the MTM2014
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Re: BABY BLUE - 1990 City

Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 9:15 pm
by kerryminigringo
Looks good Pearse,looking forward to see it Friday evening.