I called Julian at Sublime Restorations this afternoon to check up on GBMINI#3 and he confirmed that the bonnet stripes were being painted … When I visited Saturday we agreed on the design, based on another mock-up panel he had done for me:
Minolta DSC
Minolta DSC
(I abandoned the original idea of chrome stripes due to the complexity and expense of reaching a reasonable result)
So with luck I will soon be driving GBMINI#3 again, and I can return the rental [yuk!]
M&I / GBMINI 
Wow! Sounds like #3 will be quite the looker when all done. And, BTW, you win the ‘crappiest loaner car’ contest so far 🙂
Mmmm, Dunkin Donuts! We don’t have them here in L.A. but I get my fix whenever I’m in Chicago.