Thats a great chop, not too much off the top, very nice.
Heres a couple of pics from minis in the park the other year




the last chopped van is shortened too.

Meh... they all look wrong IMO, except the Minisprint...

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yeah , i agree with the good Doc (as usual) & i also agree with Gaf about the tail lights on the first one,,, they`re just not true to the rest of the car,,,

but i must say that i`m definately not a fan of the side lights on the front guards on it either,,, on any mini in fact,,, they`re just wrong & break up the naturaly clean lines of the mini,,, i know they`re meant to be for Dept of Tpt rules & regs etc , but they just suck & kill the clean look of the side of a mini too much

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Yeah... I'm not sure on that - especially the body-kit. Because of its chunkiness, it makes the overall appearance look EXTREMELY squashed.

I have always liked this one, not too overdone:







Cheers,
Tricky

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"Not Speeding Officer..........Qualifying"

1st I thought theres no brake lights on that red car only the high level one
but after few secs of starring at it I see 3 more strips thats been integrated to the body

COOL!

'Tis very cool!

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"Not Speeding Officer..........Qualifying"

You really have to look for the blinkers when they arn't lit

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

ive got a chopped mini sitting in the shed awaiting completion.. but probably soon to be chopped up into bits and scrapped...

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'78 LS 1275

thats my next project chopped mini after i eventually finish my other mini.

doesn't help when you have been off your feet for the past 6 months.

dan

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Cheers Dan

FIRST COMES THE MONEY, THEN COMES THE POWER, THEN COMES THE WOMEN.!!

I bet he spent weeks trying to decide what to do with the lights - he obviously wanted to keep them up high to keep the bum clean and this was the approach he came up with - they could be worse, but don't detract that badly from the rest which is excellent

I like it - would be great if he went for a MK 1 appearance, but it seems he's going for a Rover grille and side indicators

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alot of work gone into them. i like the red mini thats alot of time gone into it


TUCK3R

that's what they said about the sprint when it was first conceived.

the mini design inspires people. Just look at john cooper all those years ago.

that’s what it’s all about in my opinion. I recon these chops look fantastic and they make short people feel good when they stand next to them.

cheers

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@lex

that's a clubman estate with a round front on it... short and chopped, I hope it was a rusted wreck!

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