Restoration-Mini

Classifieds => Cars for sale/wanted => Topic started by: 94touring on February 07, 2016, 06:06:57 PM

Title: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: 94touring on February 07, 2016, 06:06:57 PM
Pick your color and trade in your old shell for a discount!  One mk3+ shell available. 
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: MtyMous on February 07, 2016, 11:23:03 PM
Sweet baby Jesus... that first blue looks almost like anodized Al. What color is that? I want that on my next rebuild.
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: 94touring on February 07, 2016, 11:45:48 PM
Lol just Tahiti blue.   4.gif
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: MtyMous on February 08, 2016, 06:19:20 AM
That is the best Yahiti Blue paint job I've ever seen. I love that color anyway, but that one looks like it's painted over chrome. Great job man. Almost as good as my car... lol. Anyone looking for another example of Dan's handywork can also check out my car. For the quality you're getting here, this thing is absolutely worth it.
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: 94touring on February 08, 2016, 06:54:11 AM
I think one guy was already busting my chops on mini parts trader on fb.  But considering a heritage shell cost 10k+ NOT painted, and quality paint jobs these days start at 5k, and the added bonus of a trade in...not seeing what the problem is.   8.gif
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: jedduh01 on February 08, 2016, 08:55:37 AM
What a good opportunity having a solid shell and to offer in the final color to the final buyer.
I guess it would be more in the final buyer's details = but if a buyer understood the cost breakdown - it all makes sense.

X amount for shell that needs rehab,
X amount for metal replacement - making the shell solid
x for - paint prep ( in to  primer and flat )
x for Final paints.
DONE and done  = 8K makes sense to me, man's gotta pay himeself for labor and time.

Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: 94touring on February 08, 2016, 09:53:39 AM
Restoration work certainly isn't cheap.  Panels and materials are pricey.  Then of course there's labor.  Anybody looking to restore their rusted out shell is getting a good deal. 
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: Nicholasupton on February 08, 2016, 02:40:20 PM
It looks like a good deal, if you need a rollup window car. I know that as a shop that does rust repair, and mini restorations I can't touch the 8k price, as most here run 12-14k+ after all the metal work to bring them back to factory fresh.
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: 94touring on February 08, 2016, 02:59:02 PM
Exactly Nic!  I'm fortunate in that I have very little overhead.  At 8k I'm not exactly lining my pockets either.  Trying to simply get rid of a shell honestly. 
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: MtyMous on February 08, 2016, 09:30:09 PM
If I had the money (and none of my sanity left) I'd buy it myself and do a very aggressive build.
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: MPlayle on February 09, 2016, 08:06:51 AM
As if your build isn't already aggressive enough?

:-\

Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: 94touring on June 28, 2016, 01:22:34 PM
Sold
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: 94touring on June 28, 2016, 06:15:14 PM
Yeah.  Sold as in I have a new one to sell lol.  This 67 S shell might have a buyer.  Holding off listing till I find out more info and get the car next week.
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: 94touring on June 28, 2016, 06:31:39 PM
In about 10 years when I retire at 46  20.gif
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: gr8kornholio on March 01, 2017, 06:23:55 PM
Ok, wait a minute.  Just stumbled across this thread and that tahiti blue mini picture looked way too familiar.  Dan, did you sell that to a guy in San Antonio by chance?  There was a tahiti blue mini for sale on miniguy.com http://www.miniguy.com/vehicles/tahitiblue1275/ with that exact picture in the description.  It is now owned by a friend of mine and Bruce here in the Dallas area.
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: 94touring on March 02, 2017, 05:51:22 AM
Yeah I built it for a guy in Indianapolis a few years ago.
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: 94touring on March 02, 2017, 05:53:35 AM
This is what it started as.
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: MiniDave on March 02, 2017, 08:45:42 AM
The shop has come a long way too, from a dirt floor pole barn to a nice clean, well lit, heated and cooled concrete floor house/shop!

Is that your pickup in the corner, Dan?
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: 94touring on March 02, 2017, 09:17:07 AM
Sure has and sure is!
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: MPlayle on March 02, 2017, 10:50:42 AM
Quote from: gr8kornholio on March 01, 2017, 06:23:55 PM
Ok, wait a minute.  Just stumbled across this thread and that tahiti blue mini picture looked way too familiar.  Dan, did you sell that to a guy in San Antonio by chance?  There was a tahiti blue mini for sale on miniguy.com http://www.miniguy.com/vehicles/tahitiblue1275/ with that exact picture in the description.  It is now owned by a friend of mine and Bruce here in the Dallas area.

And I am the one that bought it from the guy in Indianapolis and then later sold it to the guy in the Dallas area.

Small world.

Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: gr8kornholio on March 02, 2017, 11:15:33 AM
QuoteAnd I am the one that bought it from the guy in Indianapolis and then later sold it to the guy in the Dallas area.

Small world.

Well that's cool.  I figured there was someone in San Antonio restoring minis cause I see them regularly on minimania and miniguy. 
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: MPlayle on March 02, 2017, 03:11:37 PM
Not "restoring" Minis.  I just like to tinker on them, play with one for a bit, then try the next one.

I have done a couple "projects" in the past.  My current Moke will be a major project starting a little bit after the Spring Drive in Texas.  I have to keep it on the road "as-is" for now in order to lead the drives.

On the Tahiti Blue Mini, I made the final trace for a brake issue and converted it from SPI to carb.  The conversion cured some hesitation issues in the fuel injection system - likely due to aging sensors that had become NLA.

Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: BruceK on March 02, 2017, 03:49:06 PM
Quote from: MPlayle on March 02, 2017, 03:11:37 PM
Not "restoring" Minis.  I just like to tinker on them, play with one for a bit, then try the next one.

I have done a couple "projects" in the past.  My current Moke will be a major project starting a little bit after the Spring Drive in Texas.  I have to keep it on the road "as-is" for now in order to lead the drives.

On the Tahiti Blue Mini, I made the final trace for a brake issue and converted it from SPI to carb.  The conversion cured some hesitation issues in the fuel injection system - likely due to aging sensors that had become NLA.

Wait. So it has a 1275?   Because I think the current owner thinks it has a 998. 
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: 94touring on March 02, 2017, 03:55:06 PM
It's a 1275.  Was spi when I built it.  The master cylinder needed a gasket to shim it enough to keep from locking the brakes.
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: MPlayle on March 02, 2017, 05:11:16 PM
Yes, a 1275.

The posting I made with MiniGuy clearly stated a 1275 SPI engine converted to carb.  I believe the new owner's first name is Luis.  If you get a picture of the engine bay showing the area around the radiator top mount and t-stat housing, I can verify the plumbing in of the temperature sensor I did so that the factory gauge still worked.  Also, the wiring harness arrangements along the clutch housing side for where the ECU was removed.

There is a detailed thread here (http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/index.php?topic=960.0) that has details and pictures of the conversion.

Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: gr8kornholio on March 02, 2017, 06:11:50 PM
(http://www.restorationmini.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=541.0;attach=6354;image)

That's it hiding behind Bruce's mini at cars and coffee last month.
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: Davisio on December 31, 2017, 06:07:56 AM
Was sitting in the garage on this coldest of cold days and thinking about that blue Mini driving down my driveway with the windows all froze up with condensation.... pretty cool to see that it's still around. Just sorry I didn't ask more for it.  ;D Cheers!
(yes, I know these posts are from March)
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: 94touring on December 31, 2017, 06:32:00 AM
One of the coldest drives of my life. 
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: MiniDave on December 31, 2017, 09:25:14 AM
So Dan, did you deliver it to him out of town? Didn't the heater work?

I'm having trouble getting my green car to show any heat on the gauge at all when it's down in the 20's, let alone the 2* we have today! When I drove Buzz home from Baltimore, even tho the heater fan didn't work I was able to be comfortable with just the fresh air flow thru the heater - low 30's that day IIRC and the temp gauge ran on the low side of "N".
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: MPlayle on December 31, 2017, 10:09:30 AM
Back when I was living in Colorado and had a Clubman Estate, I had a similar problem getting it to develop heat in the winter.  I ended up blocking off the majority of the main grill with leftover lexan scraps from work.  With less cold air getting in, it finally had a chance to develop some heat.

Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: MiniDave on December 31, 2017, 10:33:56 AM
I may have to do that too, although when it's 2* like today, I drive the 2009 MINI Clubman....plus there's a ton of salt on the roads right now and will be till we get our first good rain in March.......
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: 94touring on December 31, 2017, 10:44:43 AM
I built the car and drove it to Indiana a few days later during what must have been record lows. I think I was dumb and had the heater valve closed or something. The car and myself were a block of ice when I pulled into his drive. 
Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: MPlayle on December 31, 2017, 01:27:06 PM
Flur was plumbed without a heater valve when I got it.  Flow was always going through the heater - which will slow down the engine building heat as well.

Title: Re: Completed and painted shell $8000
Post by: 94touring on December 31, 2017, 03:01:08 PM
That rings a bell.  I think the valve we bought was all wrong so it was constant flow or something.  But it never got warm..