Resurrecting GP1827

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  1. Motoring Magic

    Motoring Magic New Member
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    Last July, A friend had a run in with a barbed wire fence in GP 1827.
    That fence caught the car up like a fly in a spider web, stretching and gouging everywhere it touched and then bouncing the car into the post at the right rear corner, but the fence wire not breaking anywhere. It would be hard to gouge the sheet metal with a sharp object as deeply as the barbs tore into this car. The hood, windshield filler, right side door and quarter were all badly etched, with the door the only savable piece in that group. My friends insurance company treated him badly (gee there’s a surprise) and in the end I wound up with a great deal on a low mileage low production GP. How perfect is that? SoCals premier MINI enthusiast shop should have a GP in the stable, right?
    While sourcing parts, I was told the special front bumper was down to 4 left in Europe with no future production runs planned, and the right side rocker was down to 2 with no future production planned. Each piece was also 4x the price of a standard MCS part. I finally have all the pieces painted and reinstalled, still runs great, I will start using this little gem for supercar Sunday and limited breakfast runs. Gotta take it to Eyedentity Graphics to get the hood stickers reinstalled. I have the 08 MCS shop car and the 15 Paceman for DD duty, mileage is way under 50k on this one and I intend to keep it there.
     

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  2. ColinGreene

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    Who owned it?
     
  3. 00Mini

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    Looks nice !!
     
  4. BlimeyCabrio

    BlimeyCabrio Oscar Goldman of MINIs
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    Awesome! I got one of those rare right side rockers and front bumpers, too...
     
  5. Motoring Magic

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    almost done
     

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    Ha, rear and front bumper here. Glad I kept the original front bumper, still salvageable.

    What size wheels are you running on it now?
     
  7. MCS02

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    Would you like to trade for a R53 in the fastest color?:D
     

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