WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

[Pete]

Early 1071 motor...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152290396444

[coopertim]

FJ 1071? Hens teeth!

Tim

[coopertim]

coopertim wrote:
Now reduced to £27,500 and to be fair its a lovely car for that money! If I had the space (and permission) id be really tempted!!

Tim


A Mk2 998 for £27,500?? You're kiddin Tim! Your car must be £50Ks worth then!

I wish Pete! I'd be knocking on Nevs door to buy AKY back!!

[Hipwell]

Early 1071 motor...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152290396444

How much is worth, roughly?

[251 ENG]

What are the chances that big end is cracked on crank ?

[mk1]

What are the chances that big end is cracked on crank ?

Very high indeed I would have thought.

[Andrew1967]

That looks to have got very hot once, doesn't it

[timell]

At least he fess'd up to it....

[Pete]

Looks less of a gamble, but not cheap! :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Mini- ... Swo4pYFKBj

[Mini4Ever]

I think I should start digging in the garage when I see this price tag...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371768348049

[Hipwell]

Looks less of a gamble, but not cheap! :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Mini- ... Swo4pYFKBj

They are like buses...

[be606]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1963-Austin-M ... r-S-1071cc

Sold on Ebay on 24th Sept for £31,800 now relisted by same seller.

[Pete]

I think I should start digging in the garage when I see this price tag...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371768348049

They can't be genuine bids surely!? The top bidder's been ramping it up since the auction began so obviously wants to pay as much as possible.

[Pete]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1963-Austin-M ... r-S-1071cc

Sold on Ebay on 24th Sept for £31,800 now relisted by same seller.

Still claiming it's :

"An original un-restored numbers matching car"

[dodge44]

I think I should start digging in the garage when I see this price tag...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371768348049

They can't be genuine bids surely!? The top bidder's been ramping it up since the auction began so obviously wants to pay as much as possible.

Wonder if it is the inclusion of the ears and tubing that sent them all giddy? Vent tubing is the same size as used on Morris Minors but does anyone know a current supplier for it? The Morris Minor Centre Bristol bought it in as a length and cut the lot up into the short MM lengths which are too short for Mk1 Minis. Not sure when they are going to get another supply in..

[Bertam]

I think I should start digging in the garage when I see this price tag...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371768348049

I sold an identical heater unit for a friend for similar money about 2 years ago on FeePay. It came from a car that had been scrapped many years back due to excessive corrosion. While complete, it was in worse condition than the one in the link above and everything needed to be refurbished including the textured finish and lettering. I was in contact with the buyer, a very friendly & agreeable guy, to make shipping arrangements and he told me he was nearing the end of a long-term, ground up, factory standard restoration on a 1965 Cooper S that had been a racing car in a prior life were that owner had stripped and thrown out all those interior bits to reduce 'excess weight'. Anyway, my buyer had simply tired of trying to find one locally (San Francisco bay area) and figured he'd just pay 'whatever it cost' so his restoration could move forward.

[UHR850]

LaRoVW

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CRAZY-VW-CLAS ... SwXeJYDQsZ

[billycooper]

A rather bent shell from Mr Lewis


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Mini- ... Swn7JYFGOG

[mk1coopers]

Am I missing something?, why is there any value in what's in the pictures

[rich@minispares.com]

Am I missing something?, why is there any value in what's in the pictures

a full weld in cage and a shell that doesn't need much repair to make a cheap option for building a 'club level' hscc class d car

you could probably repair it in a month and be using it next year

a cheaper option than buying a half decent mk1 and putting a new floor in it and getting a cage done for it