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Mini-Trainer · Apr 17th, 2007, 03:43 PM

I saw this FAKE in Edinburgh on Sunday......

Hand painted, brush stroked stripes to really give this beauty real charm!!

So anyone thinking of painting there stripes....think again!

I first saw it and thought hmmm nicceee well worth a photo op!

Rams

MaTTy_P · Apr 17th, 2007, 03:45 PM

Ford capri anytime

wildchild jules · Apr 17th, 2007, 03:46 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by MaTTy_P (original)

Ford capri anytime

Capri's are legend!!!!

Minnie Mouse · Apr 17th, 2007, 03:50 PM

I owned 2 Capri's.....

Mini-Trainer · Apr 17th, 2007, 03:52 PM

I think the guy was intent on getting the thing nicked, leaving a ready stolen radio on the dash!

I think it could of been an old skool twist and tune number

Hartge210 · Apr 17th, 2007, 03:55 PM

More Crapi than Capri

Love the open plan ice install as well

LoCo · Apr 17th, 2007, 06:46 PM

I hand painted some stripes on and old 1963 mini in the seventies.
It was a light blue, I got some navy Dulux gloss from my Dad's shed and painted a stripe all the way around. Looking back it wasn't the best thing to do and I stopped short of painting flowers and wotnot on it but I felt like the 'bees knees' at the time, especially after I'd installed a 6' yellow, bendy aerial which came out of the bonnet, curved over, and then was fastened to the back.
Not exactly BMW or the way forward but great to go to the beach.

:: Jon :: · Apr 17th, 2007, 07:09 PM

hard choice... that capri or that mini.....

capri

Birdog · Apr 17th, 2007, 07:46 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by LoCo (original)

I hand painted some stripes on and old 1963 mini in the seventies.
It was a light blue, I got some navy Dulux gloss from my Dad's shed and painted a stripe all the way around. Looking back it wasn't the best thing to do and I stopped short of painting flowers and wotnot on it but I felt like the 'bees knees' at the time, especially after I'd installed a 6' yellow, bendy aerial which came out of the bonnet, curved over, and then was fastened to the back.
Not exactly BMW or the way forward but great to go to the beach.

Got close to that, E reg, Red with a white roof (classic), CB aerial on the rear driver side and looped forward to the roof/windscreen seem on the driver side.
I also thought I was the bees knees.

Birdog

LoCo · Apr 17th, 2007, 07:50 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Birdog (original)

Got close to that, E reg, Red with a white roof (classic), CB aerial on the rear driver side and looped forward to the roof/windscreen seem on the driver side.
I also thought I was the bees knees.

Birdog

He he, sounds brill. Remind me, what year was an 'E' reg?

Mini-Trainer · Apr 17th, 2007, 07:57 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by LoCo (original)

He he, sounds brill. Remind me, what year was an 'E' reg?

Wasn't E Reg 88/89, the one I shot was an 'A' reg 1984 I think, CB radios where big in them days!!

Birdog · Apr 17th, 2007, 09:20 PM

So. my dad bought it new in 88/89 and drove it till around 94, when it was put into the garage and left, 96 it striped and rebuilt (not by me), then november 96 I passed my test and was on the road, lasted me 2 year (E505GCP), then I bought another (M293OSA).
Then company cars, and now another mini.

Love the mini`s..............but, had a shot in a lotus elise the other day, the guy had put the 2Litre R-Type engine with a supercharger in it.
It goes like ****.

Mr G · Apr 18th, 2007, 12:57 PM

I once knew a guy who painted his whole car with a brush. (a mazda RX2) He painted it the fashionable colour of Mission Brown using exterior house paint.

why?

becasue we dared him to.

Buffster Bird · Apr 18th, 2007, 02:23 PM

[quote=Hartge210;2987458]More Crapi than Capri

I had a Capri once. Only had the thing two weeks. Didn't like it at all.

sel · Apr 18th, 2007, 02:31 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Mini-Trainer (original)

Wasn't E Reg 88/89, the one I shot was an 'A' reg 1984 I think, CB radios where big in them days!!

love it....the way the stripes dont really line up is quality at its best....well it is a Ford-nuf said

....and if 'A' came out in 1984.... i was 1 yr old.....just to make some of u feel old who can remember owning one

LoCo · Apr 18th, 2007, 05:42 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by sel (original)

love it....the way the stripes dont really line up is quality at its best....well it is a Ford-nuf said

....and if 'A' came out in 1984.... i was 1 yr old.....just to make some of u feel old who can remember owning one

Now I feel really ancient. I meant the 'E' reg as a suffix not a prefix. I've just looked it up and it was 1967. The mini I had which I painted with Dulux didn't have either a suffix or prefix.
It was 611 XYA - now that really is going back a bit.

Lo

Apr 17th, 2007, 03:43 PM	#1
Mini-Trainer Morph-a-Doodle My Classifieds Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Shakey Wakey!! Local Time: 08:04 AM Posts: 2,550 Offline	Hand painted stripes, are they the way forward?? I saw this FAKE in Edinburgh on Sunday...... Hand painted, brush stroked stripes to really give this beauty real charm!! So anyone thinking of painting there stripes....think again! I first saw it and thought hmmm nicceee well worth a photo op! Rams Attached Thumbnails MINI Test Vid - Google Video New MINI JCW Test Drive... My Sharona R56 JCW Vs R53 JCW :-http://www.vimeo.com/1212517

Apr 17th, 2007, 03:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
Minnie Mouse It's nice out..... Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Londinium Local Time: 08:04 AM Posts: 24,678 Offline	I owned 2 Capri's..... ~~Global Moderator~~

Apr 17th, 2007, 03:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mini-Trainer Morph-a-Doodle My Classifieds Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Shakey Wakey!! Local Time: 08:04 AM Posts: 2,550 Offline	I think the guy was intent on getting the thing nicked, leaving a ready stolen radio on the dash! I think it could of been an old skool twist and tune number MINI Test Vid - Google Video New MINI JCW Test Drive... My Sharona R56 JCW Vs R53 JCW :-http://www.vimeo.com/1212517

Apr 17th, 2007, 06:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
LoCo Fizzy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: West Oxfordshire Local Time: 08:04 AM Posts: 29 Offline	Forward or back? I hand painted some stripes on and old 1963 mini in the seventies. It was a light blue, I got some navy Dulux gloss from my Dad's shed and painted a stripe all the way around. Looking back it wasn't the best thing to do and I stopped short of painting flowers and wotnot on it but I felt like the 'bees knees' at the time, especially after I'd installed a 6' yellow, bendy aerial which came out of the bonnet, curved over, and then was fastened to the back. Not exactly BMW or the way forward but great to go to the beach.

Apr 17th, 2007, 07:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
:: Jon :: . My Classifieds Join Date: Apr 2003 Local Time: 08:04 AM Posts: 14,761 Offline	hard choice... that capri or that mini..... capri EMPTY SPACE NEEDS FILLING.... but it has to be something that wont get me banned

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Apr 17th, 2007, 03:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
MaTTy_P Joy! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newcastle Local Time: 08:04 AM Posts: 1,298 Offline	Ford capri anytime

Apr 17th, 2007, 03:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
wildchild jules Now answering to Lady J! Join Date: Aug 2004 Local Time: 08:04 AM Posts: 10,235 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by MaTTy_P (original) Ford capri anytime Capri's are legend!!!!

Apr 17th, 2007, 03:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
Hartge210 Zippy - GB210 Join Date: Jul 2005 Local Time: 08:04 AM Posts: 748 Offline	More Crapi than Capri Love the open plan ice install as well

Apr 17th, 2007, 07:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
Birdog Mini Cooper S GP1299 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Local Time: 08:04 AM Posts: 142 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by LoCo (original) I hand painted some stripes on and old 1963 mini in the seventies. It was a light blue, I got some navy Dulux gloss from my Dad's shed and painted a stripe all the way around. Looking back it wasn't the best thing to do and I stopped short of painting flowers and wotnot on it but I felt like the 'bees knees' at the time, especially after I'd installed a 6' yellow, bendy aerial which came out of the bonnet, curved over, and then was fastened to the back. Not exactly BMW or the way forward but great to go to the beach. Got close to that, E reg, Red with a white roof (classic), CB aerial on the rear driver side and looped forward to the roof/windscreen seem on the driver side. I also thought I was the bees knees. Birdog

Apr 17th, 2007, 07:50 PM	#10 (permalink)
LoCo Fizzy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: West Oxfordshire Local Time: 08:04 AM Posts: 29 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Birdog (original) Got close to that, E reg, Red with a white roof (classic), CB aerial on the rear driver side and looped forward to the roof/windscreen seem on the driver side. I also thought I was the bees knees. Birdog He he, sounds brill. Remind me, what year was an 'E' reg?

Apr 17th, 2007, 07:57 PM	#11 (permalink)
Mini-Trainer Morph-a-Doodle My Classifieds Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Shakey Wakey!! Local Time: 08:04 AM Posts: 2,550 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by LoCo (original) He he, sounds brill. Remind me, what year was an 'E' reg? Wasn't E Reg 88/89, the one I shot was an 'A' reg 1984 I think, CB radios where big in them days!! MINI Test Vid - Google Video New MINI JCW Test Drive... My Sharona R56 JCW Vs R53 JCW :-http://www.vimeo.com/1212517

Apr 17th, 2007, 09:20 PM	#12 (permalink)
Birdog Mini Cooper S GP1299 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Local Time: 08:04 AM Posts: 142 Offline	So. my dad bought it new in 88/89 and drove it till around 94, when it was put into the garage and left, 96 it striped and rebuilt (not by me), then november 96 I passed my test and was on the road, lasted me 2 year (E505GCP), then I bought another (M293OSA). Then company cars, and now another mini. Love the mini`s..............but, had a shot in a lotus elise the other day, the guy had put the 2Litre R-Type engine with a supercharger in it. It goes like ****.

Apr 18th, 2007, 12:57 PM	#13 (permalink)
Mr G Its not me - Its you Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spiffington Manse Local Time: 05:04 PM Posts: 3,124 Offline	I once knew a guy who painted his whole car with a brush. (a mazda RX2) He painted it the fashionable colour of Mission Brown using exterior house paint. why? becasue we dared him to. I love Warsaw. Where else can you hug a pole? If you have any information, any information at all, please contact me as I'm writing an encyclopaedia.

Apr 18th, 2007, 02:23 PM	#14 (permalink)
Buffster Bird Justified and Ancient Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bury St Edmunds Local Time: 08:04 AM Posts: 3,821 Offline	[quote=Hartge210;2987458]More Crapi than Capri I had a Capri once. Only had the thing two weeks. Didn't like it at all.

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Apr 18th, 2007, 02:31 PM	#15 (permalink)
sel bye bye MINI hello 206 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bodmin/Cornwall Local Time: 07:04 AM Posts: 4,297 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Mini-Trainer (original) Wasn't E Reg 88/89, the one I shot was an 'A' reg 1984 I think, CB radios where big in them days!! love it....the way the stripes dont really line up is quality at its best....well it is a Ford-nuf said ....and if 'A' came out in 1984.... i was 1 yr old.....just to make some of u feel old who can remember owning one Log on to www.newminikernow.co.uk and check out what's happening in Cornwall

Apr 18th, 2007, 05:42 PM	#16 (permalink)
LoCo Fizzy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: West Oxfordshire Local Time: 08:04 AM Posts: 29 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by sel (original) love it....the way the stripes dont really line up is quality at its best....well it is a Ford-nuf said ....and if 'A' came out in 1984.... i was 1 yr old.....just to make some of u feel old who can remember owning one Now I feel really ancient. I meant the 'E' reg as a suffix not a prefix. I've just looked it up and it was 1967. The mini I had which I painted with Dulux didn't have either a suffix or prefix. It was 611 XYA - now that really is going back a bit. Lo

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