Restoring a Mini Motors Porsche Cabriolet

[2mAn]

I found this on pcarmarket a while ago and made what I felt was a fair offer. He didn’t accept so I was just waited and watched. Eventually he messaged me and said next offer takes it and my offer was enough to take it. I missed my daughters birthday which is what I wanted to get it for, but maybe I’ll have it ready for her next one...Luckily the seller was patient with me while I arranged for the tow rig to go pick up the car.

Kiddo was stoked to have a white Porsche like her Poppa, but about 15 minutes later told me she wanted a pink one...

During the tear down I noticed it had been in an accident at some point in its life. Nothing a little time on the frame machine can’t fix.

Not a bad start

And a whole bunch of projects now...

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[Blue Baron]

That's a nice looking quarter-scale car.

At her age, I think I would have tried to persuade her to keep it matching daddy's car! A sparkling detail job would do the trick, maybe with some pink accents!
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