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

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Think it might be time to shift the two Mk2 ones I have and invest in something I might actually need and use. :o
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Holy :shock: , prices are mad these days :roll:
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Maybe our Scandinavian friends on here might be able to offer a reason but interesting it's LHD given that Sweden didn't decide to switch to driving on the right hand side until the following year (1963). The switch itself taking place in 1967. It also can't have come from Cowley as all customer Coopers were assembled at Longbridge....
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Swedish cars were 'always' LHD. My dad's '49 Volvo PV444 and '59 544 imported from Sweden were both LHD from new.
The non salted winter roads did wonders for cars. The '59 had never seen a welder and was still very solid when sold ca. 15 years ago.
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Expensive mini

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322352779524
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Nick W wrote:Expensive mini

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322352779524
err....no....I have to look away.
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bloody beautiful!
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1968 Moke from South Africa
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/172435126415
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dodge44 wrote:
Maybe our Scandinavian friends on here might be able to offer a reason but interesting it's LHD given that Sweden didn't decide to switch to driving on the right hand side until the following year (1963). The switch itself taking place in 1967. It also can't have come from Cowley as all customer Coopers were assembled at Longbridge....
Since this is a place of anoraks I'd like to correct one little bit: third of september 1967 is when Sweden changed to driving on the right side.
(Something like 87% of the population woted againsnt the change. But hey, aint that how politic's work? :roll: :D )
And thats about all my knowledge od swedish history :lol:
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Nick W wrote:Expensive mini

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322352779524
Upside down door cards, where's Rich :lol: at least it's described as a replica and there's plenty of incorrect details to show that it is, let's hope that an S V5 doesn't get nailed to it in the future
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mk1coopers wrote:
Nick W wrote:Expensive mini

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322352779524
Upside down door cards, where's Rich :lol: at least it's described as a replica and there's plenty of incorrect details to show that it is, let's hope that an S V5 doesn't get nailed to it in the future

good to see that you can tell a professionally restored mk1 shell by the fact it has six vent cover sills

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what a turd
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rich@minispares.com wrote:
mk1coopers wrote:
Nick W wrote:Expensive mini

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322352779524
Upside down door cards, where's Rich :lol: at least it's described as a replica and there's plenty of incorrect details to show that it is, let's hope that an S V5 doesn't get nailed to it in the future

good to see that you can tell a professionally restored mk1 shell by the fact it has six vent cover sills

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what a turd
try spending 10 min looking at this car and spotting all the errors - its migraine inducing
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rich@minispares.com wrote:
try spending 10 min looking at this car and spotting all the errors - its migraine inducing
Nice attention paid to the hydraulic pipework :roll:

Engine bay (not talking about the 101 incorrect features) looks like its done a damn sight more than 150 miles. :?

Valuation was reduced due to upside down door cards apparently :lol: :lol:
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You lot are just too picky :roll:

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STG95F wrote:You lot are just too picky :roll:

:lol: :lol:
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:lol: :lol: Who me Andrew :lol: :lol: :lol:
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rich@minispares.com wrote:

try spending 10 min looking at this car and spotting all the errors - its migraine inducing
I do get what you mean. Elvis was quite cool, and someone singing Elvis well is OK but someone dressed up as him with stick on sidies and shades from a fancy dress shop pretending to be him just falls so far short it's sort of a shit idea. And that's that car that is. :lol:
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72MiniPickUp wrote:Status 365 shell

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Status-365-mi ... SwJ7RYSIQB
Is it... could it... is that me 'ol beauty Rich??? :shock:
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