Pick up Restoration Project !!!

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Mickeymorris66
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Pick up Restoration Project !!!

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Please see the start of the Restoration project !

Wow .cant Believe she's in so many bits !!


:cry: :cry: :cry:



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Re: Pick up Restoration Project !!!

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Check out the New chassis !!!
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More Photos of my Lovely little Pick up in Bits !![frame]Image[/frame]
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wow !!!![frame]Image[/frame]
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This was her before it let the Boys go to work on her !
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Her she is !!! Before work started ![frame]Image[/frame]
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Re: Pick up Restoration Project !!!

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Excellent looking great!


Too many Minors so little time.....
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Re: Pick up Restoration Project !!!

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Thank you david

That was before its was taken into for a full restoration !!

i hoping she's gone look 100 times better once its all completed !.


Finger crossed !
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Re: Pick up Restoration Project !!!

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I'm sure she'll look great. Any updates planned to the engine/box/suspesion or just a good old as she should be restoration ? Oh and looking good even beforehand !!!!
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Hi Ian


Thank you

No I'm trying to get her back as original as possible ! the only thing i want to change is to up grade the brakes , as every knows how bad they are at stopping .. lol :) :D



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Re: Pick up Restoration Project !!!

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The pick up is in at Esm , ad I'm going down every week and taking photos of her progress ..


So i will keep them update on here every week if possible


Cant wait for it to be finished !!! She only went in 2 weeks ago and i can't wait to have her back ! ( Her Meaning My Pick up )


:lol: :D
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Re: Pick up Restoration Project !!!

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How much is a full restoration nowadays Mickey ??
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Re: Pick up Restoration Project !!!

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Interesting question! Might be a plan to be sitting down when reading the reply though. :D

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Re: Pick up Restoration Project !!!

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prob starts at 8K for a full resto and i did say starts
i saw a 2 door at esm that had been dipped etc and that was 23K finished
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Re: Pick up Restoration Project !!!

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Well i hope you are sitting down !!!!

You would be looking at £20k !!!!! There or there a bouts depending on how far you would like to go ....
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Re: Pick up Restoration Project !!!

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Crikey !! If I put 23k into old Boris Minor he'd stand me at nearly 24k !! :D
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Re: Pick up Restoration Project !!!

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Lol

Its not about the money now , as i just want the Pick up to look amazing ... :D

I will keep it up dated on here ,as on Thursday the pick up gets stripped of the paint work ..

Theres see what we find once thats done ! Fingers crossed not to many shocks !!! !!
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Re: Pick up Restoration Project !!!

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hi mickey c u hav new chassis any chance u b able to give me size of it cheers
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Re: Pick up Restoration Project !!!

Post by les »

Sorry my last post to u was no use I thought I had been quite specific on the measurements that u required. Hope someone can help.

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