Restoration-Mini

I've been fond of the tan like Daves clubby, but also keep toying with the light blue idea like the mexico blue mini I painted.  I do have some tan paint on hand to cut cost. 

Some colors lend themselves to the wagon better......

How about cream below and red on top?

Anything other than white, black, union, or checkered roof is too much for my head.

The blue stands alone well, doesn't really need stripes or white top but looks good with or without them ....although that wood accent is cool.   I think the tan is really 70-80's retro and really benefits from the accent stripe(s),  may be a bit plain without it.....I am still thinking of a possible offset accent stripes or bottom door area stripes on mine.

What about this root beer brown beast  or green machine.....  oh damn, I just seen this is up for vote between the two. You could do tan with / blue stripe.

Definitely not the brown but that green looks pretty good.

I like the green one and the surf blue also.
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What's the plan for the interior? are you gonna get new everything based on the outside color?

Stan, put a blue roof on that tan car and see what it looks like.....then try it with a red top too?

Interior will be based off exterior.  I happen to have seats that would work with either.

Going to leave it a "Steelie" or add the wood kit and have a Clubman "Woody"?

This is one I had at one time:

(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/MGalleryItem.php?id=528)

Negative wood kits.

I liked Buzz with just the stripes on the side.....I've only seen one Clubman Estate with no stripes/faux wood that I liked and it was all black....with lots of chrome/shiny bits.

I definitely never liked the fake wood/aluminum trim that came on the early cars.

I think the paint should compliment the level of performance.  Fire-breathing dragon should be bright and bold, grandma's grocery-getter should be diminutive. 

So, if it were mine, I'd be tempted to go with a sort of pastel salmon-pink / coral-color with royal blue trim, possibly a thin/narrow paisley wedge-motif (in royal blue paisley) instead of the traditional 2 stripes down the side of the body.

I'm thinking this sort of colour (Edit - I don't know how to change the color like Stan - how'd you do that?):

The wood kit on the red one I owned was not fake.  It is the same replacement real ash wood kit made for replacing the wood one the early round-nosed Woodies.

I ordered the kit and finished (5 coats of marine Varithane) and installed it myself.

how about the almond green mini had hard to find correct photos of it but i think it would look good on a clubby? I like the tan and blue both, but Id go with the blue if I had to make a choice between the two.

but wait theirs more another color other than the two you are thinking about. farina grey

That grey looks good.

Will be keeping the clubby front.

Ummm, ok ...  :-X

Paint one one color - and get this Traveler - and paint it the other =  Problem solved

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Austin-Mini-Countryman-/201610062714?forcerrptr=true&hash=item2ef0e56b7a:g:UwEAAOSw-4BXbG60&item=201610062714

I WOULD LOVE to have  THIS CAR!

Don't tempt me...

So, what did you decide?

Lol, still torn.  I may be changing up the look of the blue mini after the engine upgrade, in which case it's interior would come out and go into the clubby.  If that happens it will go Mexico blue.

Saw this pic today, I'm sure some of you guys have already seen a pickup done like this but it was a first for me and I like the way it looks!