fiat500 said:

Bloody hell .. I'd be just as well cutting Murf in half and driving him up the wall ![emoji16]. Less is more and anyway, you know what I'm like when I get involved with electric currants.[emoji6]
Sheila had already suggested we paint outlines of wheels on the wall. She didn't like my suggestion of the real ones when I replace them soon and have some spares. [emoji23]

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Now you’re on the right page! If it had a door you could add a picture of you driving it in the window. Kill two birds with one stone. oh btw what’s it called? It has to have a name!

Vitesse said:

Now you’re on the right page! If it had a door you could add a picture of you driving it in the window. Kill two birds with one stone. oh btw what’s it called? It has to have a name!

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I suppose it will have to be Gualtiero.....Wal(l)-ter.

How about Audrey Hepburn

DaveMcT said:

How about Audrey Hepburn

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That's very nice...a more subtle versionof my original failed colour.

I'm experimenting with some LED strips that I got from Lidl a while ago intended for the camper; curved ones on the arches would be good.

Now your getting there! I thought you didn’t do electrickery!

Are those lights 12V? How are you getting the power up there? I guess they must be if they were for the camper.

Vitesse said:

Now your getting there! I thought you didn’t do electrickery!

Are those lights 12V? How are you getting the power up there? I guess they must be if they were for the camper.

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They come with their own transformer and you can see dangling below (ooh madam!) They're just taped in at the moment. If I do something permanent like this it would be wired into the lighting circuit accessible in an overhang below where we already have four LED GU10s.

The big boss seems to think it's heading the right way too.

fiat500 said:

They come with their own transformer and you can see dangling below (ooh madam!) They're just taped in at the moment. If I do something permanent like this it would be wired into the lighting circuit accessible in an overhang below where we already have four LED GU10s.

The big boss seems to think it's heading the right way too.

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Yeah that’s what I was thinking when I first saw your picture. I noted the four lights. On the back of my tv I have led tapes lights that are stuck to the back and light up the wall behind so it provides a bit of mood lighting. The way they get around the corners is they provide 4 lengths of tape light and some little plug in wire adaptors that go between the lengths so you just stick the tapes along the four straight edges and join them with the wire adaptors. They then plug into the USB port on the back of the TV for power and there is a little remote so you can change colour and brightness etc... I’m that you could get some like that to do the job. Plus the bonus was they cost something like £12 off of Amazon

I can see a door might (only might) add to it but the minimalist look is important. TBH you can only get away with overdoing it when you have a collection like the vineyard.

PS Can you find a picture of Audrey to sit in the driver's seat? The Mini (facing the other way of course) will need someone like Twiggy in her 60's finest.

Or keep it simple with a stencil picture in the car's door opening.

And another for Twiggy

Vitesse said:

The way they get around the corners is they provide 4 lengths of tape light and some little plug in wire adaptors that go between the lengths so you just stick the tapes along the four straight edges and join them with the wire adaptors.

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The ones I picked up sound similar. There are two units, each about 30cm. You can plug them into eack other or use extension pieces supplied to space them out.

Also thanks to DaveMcT for some great suggestions and for supporting minimalism.
I like the stencil idea, but maybe the classic Fiat graphic or even something silly as in the screen grab.
I think we're going as far as having a rear light which lights up and maybe half a chrome rim at the front

Yeah I think the rear light will look good it will add a bit of contrast to it.

Personally I would keep it to the bare painted side panel. As you say the minimalist look is perfect.

Do the same with the Mini, though it would also need an A panel and front wing to complete the side. Stencil pix in the doorways and job done.