GBMINI#3 – Page 37 – M&I / GBMINI

Thanks for the duck, Ed!

Posted on March 30, 2005February 11, 2017 by Ian C.

When I returned home from vacation last night, one of the packages waiting for me was this cute Chili Red / Black duck from Ed Smith (MaxaMINI on MINI2):

Ed has an ongoing theme of ducks, from long ago. He regularly distributes ducks at MINI events and always carries ducks in his MINI … Thank you Ed 🙂

Thanks for the pics, Josh!

Posted on March 29, 2005February 11, 2017 by Ian C.

So only just back from Las Vegas & California and with no MINI, I have pics from Josh Wardell to give me a taste of what Sublime Restorations has done to GBMINI#3 while I was away …

Josh also sent me some “in-process” pics that Julian had taken:

I have to say that the pics don’t convey the image I was imagining; of course I really need to see the real car to get the full effect and hopefully I will agree with Josh’ comment that “Looks great!” …

A big “S” on the roof

Posted on March 14, 2005February 11, 2017 by Ian C.

I have been trying to figure the size of the “S” I want painted on the roof of GBMINI#3; over the weekend I noticed M.2 on MINI2 has a slightly similar “S” on the roof of his MINI, so I contacted him and he was kind enough to send lots of pics.

I edited one to black out his checkered roof, and alter his MINIs color from yellow to red; I decided that the “S” was bigger than I wanted, so I printed a 4×4 blow-up “poster” of Scotts design – and after much cutting-and-pasting the old fashioned way, I tried the “S” on GBMINI#3 with help from Letizia (the wind was not being helpful!)

Minolta DSC

I think the size is about right – of course the colors are wrong but Julian & Scott will have no trouble getting that right! So GBMINI#3 heads off to Sublime Restorations tomorrow to be worked on, while I am away.