London to Brighton 2010 With Mini 1

London to Brighton 2010

Add a little bit of Sun, a little bit of rain, a tiny amount of sleep and lots of Mini's.  Hey presto you have a Mini Run.

Mini 1 was all clean and ready to go.  We camped at Crystal Palace and were woken at 3:30am with a roar of modified Mini exhaust pipes.  At which point the cars were neatly lined up at the start line.  See if you can spot the Brazilians!

When we finally passed the Start Line it was 10:30....  What a mess!!!!
By the time we hit the mid day traffic it was a nightmare...  What would normally be an hour drive to Brighton took us about 4 hours!!!!!  Utter Chaos!!!!!

Strip for a Fake Tan Application (aka Full Body Respray!)

Anyone for Fake Tan?  A nice shade of Orange?  Feel like a Tango?

First step is to get undressed then get prepared and finally get in the booth for a pray job.

So Mini 2 is about to go in for it's makeover.  The car with a hundred shades of orange and a minor case of acne rust bubbles finally gets it's kit off in preparation for the workshop.

I think she needs a nose job!!! A bit of prodding about found some of the rust has eaten a few holes on the front lower panel.  A bit of extra cost to get it welded up and looking like new.

The car is now off to the body shop to have it's welding completed.  Then it's off to another workshop to get the preparation work under way before it get's a shiny new coat.

In addition the car will not be getting a nice pimp style white top hat.  The cooper black was considered, but not such a good option in the hot climates!

Now the paint is complete.  From the pics it looks awesome.

This car will also be getting a new set of Stage 2 wheel arches.  Colour to be determined.

The car will also need some extra attention to complete.

A new set of carpets on order.