Showing posts with label Aesthetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aesthetics. Show all posts
Monday, January 24, 2011
Interior Design
Here are some reference shots from the internet that I'm using as reference as I work on my own interior design...
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Licensing Ideas
I've been looking into what different kinds of license plates I can get in South Carolina due to this being a historic vehicle. I'm very happy to report that because my car is technically a 1972 vehicle, I'm allowed to register the car WITH a '72 plate! This is great news considering the following...
Here is a picture of today's 2009 South Carolina Plate:
Here is a picture of the 1972 South Carolina Plate:
As you can see, this plate is going to look a ton better on a white car vs. the one above.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Innocenti Mini Restoration - R & D
I know I've taken some time since my last posting. As things always turn out, life takes a hold and some things take priority from the things we like to do best.
As of late, I've relocated the car to my new home. At least now I'll be able to have the car close instead of traveling to it everytime I need to work on it... As I get settled in, I'll photograph the garage setup in order to show what's new with all of this.
Shown here, you can see that they've taken the entire front end of the car, and turned it into the hood...this would allow full access to the motor which trust me makes things a whole lot easier!
You might be asking "Why?"
A standard A-Series runs you at about 60bhp, on a good day. A Honda motor tends to start in the vicinity of 140bhp and goes way up from there (up to 240-280ish) with modifications/additions that are far more 'off the shelf' in terms of availability vs what is avail today with the British A-Series motor. Coupling this with the reliabilty of a Honda Motor, this has the makings of being a pocket-rocket-daily-driver with a power to weight that blows the doors off of most anything you can run into on the streets.
Yes, this would compromise entirely the concept of restoring the vintage vehicle to its prime condition... so, I'm going to need to check the financial ups and downs in order to see if there is value in bringing the '72 back from the grave, or going towards this modern solution.
Images Copyright of superfastminis.com, Minitec LLC.
As of late, I've relocated the car to my new home. At least now I'll be able to have the car close instead of traveling to it everytime I need to work on it... As I get settled in, I'll photograph the garage setup in order to show what's new with all of this.
On a separate note... I've recently stumbled across http://www.superfastminis.com/ . Minitec, located in Royston, GA (20 minutes from me) outfits classic minis with Honda motors.
Shown here, you can see that they've taken the entire front end of the car, and turned it into the hood...this would allow full access to the motor which trust me makes things a whole lot easier!
You might be asking "Why?"
A standard A-Series runs you at about 60bhp, on a good day. A Honda motor tends to start in the vicinity of 140bhp and goes way up from there (up to 240-280ish) with modifications/additions that are far more 'off the shelf' in terms of availability vs what is avail today with the British A-Series motor. Coupling this with the reliabilty of a Honda Motor, this has the makings of being a pocket-rocket-daily-driver with a power to weight that blows the doors off of most anything you can run into on the streets.
Yes, this would compromise entirely the concept of restoring the vintage vehicle to its prime condition... so, I'm going to need to check the financial ups and downs in order to see if there is value in bringing the '72 back from the grave, or going towards this modern solution.
Images Copyright of superfastminis.com, Minitec LLC.
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