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  • MINI Dragon Poster


    Made a MINI poster about the dragon, not to be confused or associated with MOTD. Long story. Anyway if you’d like one you can get it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/766288829/the-dragon-us129-mini-cooper-limited-print-poster If we cover costs I will donate to the food bank at the dragon.
    I’m in contact with the printer to see if I can do a smaller run of the Matte 11x17s, this is what is driving the current printing cost up.

  • MOTD13 Custom Poster

    So what began as a custom R53 poster for myself due to mismatched poster sizes at home has turned into a custom Minis on the Dragon 13 poster. I am considering making these availble in a limited (25-50) print run via a kickstarter campaign.

    The text I wrote says: “11 Miles
    318 Turns
    This is why we drive

    The Dragon. It’s all about that feeling you get. The smile on your face when you press the pedal down. The pop and burble from the exhaust as you brake into a sharp turn. This we cannot live without. This is what keeps us coming back to MINIs on the Dragon. This is why we drive MINI Coopers.”

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  • R53 Poster Print

    Finally finished my poster design for an R53 ‘schematic’ design. Posted it up to Redbubble here. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, the colors were reworked to match some existing art in our home. Unfortunately they don’t offer a standard movie poster size (27×40) so I need to put it up somewhere else, but wanted to get it out there. Also I did NOT add the squirrel, that is there on the Redbubble site 🙂

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  • Orciari Cowl Scoops

    A recent thread on LXM was looking for the cowl scoops that I’ve had for a while so I thought I’d post them here.

    They were made by Orciari years ago but are no longer available from them. eBay has them once in a while, the key search terms are “Mini Cowl Scoops”. They are usually listed for around $200, so they aren’t cheap. They seem to be going up as more people with R53s are looking for them and they aren’t being made new anymore. If you find them cheaper, buy them and resell them! 😉

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  • Out for the Season

    Dropped off at Detroit Tuned yesterday for the winter.

  • Winter Storage

    Drove the convertible with the top down today, most likely the last day before it goes into storage at Detroit Tuned for the winter.

    Next up is getting some winter tires for Rocket. You’d think I’d have kept the set I had on Chakik, but I didn’t really plan on having 3 MINIs when I sold those wheels. Rims are waiting, just need to pick out the tires.

     

  • Clean

    I felt guilty after Amy cleaned both of the hard tops today, so Chakik got a bath as well. I did a test and didn’t dry it, to see if it would get spots. It did. So dry your matte paint people.

  • Blacked out center cluster

    Finally, finally finally! I’ve been wanting to black out the center gauge cluster for YEARS, Detroit Tuned tinted the glass on it to help, but I finally found a spare online so I felt comfortable enough to paint the face. Left only min/max markings on it. Looks amazing!

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  • 80,000

    Chakik turned 80,000 today! Still looks pretty good I think. 😉

  • First Gen Misc Items for Sale

    I went a bit crazy buying new bits for the 2 new cars, and planned for some projects that are no longer going to happen. So I have some extra parts for sale! Lucky you! Send an email to jhamman(@)gmail(dot)com if you are interested in any. Or use the checkout below. NOTE: The total isnt showing up correctly in the cart, but it should when you go to PayPal.

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    • [button color=”silver”]SOLD[/button] Schroth Quick Fit Racing Harnesses with Pads – Set of 2 (driver and passenger) quick fit racing harnesses.


    • [button color=”silver”]$175[/button][wp_cart:Interior Panels:price:$175:end]  Interior A/B/C panels. I was going to paint these black to darken my interior.


    • [button color=”silver”]SOLD[/button]New Black Union Jack Aluminum Door pull covers. Spruce up your interior with these high quality door pull covers. Includes unused doublestick tape.


    • [button color=”silver”]$25[/button][wp_cart:Red Tow Hook:price:$25:end] New Red metal Tow Hook. Was supposed to be purple. Its red.


    • [button color=”silver”]$60[/button][wp_cart:Toggle Panel:price:$60:end]  5 Switch Toggle Panel. Doesnt have the switch for rear fogs.


    • [button color=”silver”]$80[/button][wp_cart:OEM Fog Lights:price:$80:end] OEM Fog Lights. Would work great with the panel above for a stock appearance upgrade.