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

[floormanager]

Hope someone rescues this
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194633533045 ... SwQ51hvj8T

[Old English White]

Hope someone rescues this
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194633533045 ... SwQ51hvj8T

I hope they don't.
It's a fake isn't it. Probably 10years newer than claimed.
And in a colour not available and fitted with an engine not available - along with seats, dashboard and almost everything else
It ought to be crushed

[Andrew1967]

Didn’t think I’d ever see a ‘tax exempt special’ Maxi … but that is what it is/was, would be my guess.

More like a mid/late 70’s example.

[floormanager]

Hope someone rescues this
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194633533045 ... SwQ51hvj8T

I hope they don't.
It's a fake isn't it. Probably 10years newer than claimed.
And in a colour not available and fitted with an engine not available - along with seats, dashboard and almost everything else
It ought to be crushed

Oh pants. Thought it looked modern for a 69 car. I give up! had another look at the photos. The switches and gear stick are modern. I should have looked a little closer

[Cammsjb]

May 69 reg. according to DVLA.

[Old English White]

May 69 reg. according to DVLA.

Yes, the original car they nicked the chassis number from probably was. The car in the pictures is a late 1970s Maxi Mk2 in Sandglow with the late type velour interior.
As Andrew says, it will have been done for tax exemption back when that applied to cars built before 1972. Ironically, a later model like that car would be tax exempt anyway now

[66Traveller]

Yes - a great pity - if it was the original 69 car it would be a real find. But its a ringer...

[surfblue63]

There's a brown Maxi in the ring, tra la la la la, there's a brown....


I watched one of those top hits of the 1970's last night

[Lakeland997]

Decent price , not mine.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLASSIC-MINI ... 635-2958-0

I picked this up too. It's not advertised as such but it looks to me like a baulk-ring conversion set for the early cone type boxes.
The clue is the washer.

Andy

[steve1071]

He’s back….

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-Classic-Mi ... 635-2958-0

[Old English White]

Hahaha.. "runs like a sowing machine"
What a Donkey.

[Andrew1967]

Reckon he’s been brought out of the shadows by the ‘success’ of the other joker.

[Old English White]

That blue Mini City has to be the least convincing "Italian Job Replica" ever seen

[Andrew1967]

That blue Mini City has to be the least convincing "Italian Job Replica" ever seen

'Everything is original' .. even the replacement door and patches on the underside

[UHR850]

Austin Mini Cooper Formula Junior 2A534 Rockers

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353813405987 ... SwsqRhueon

[Costafortune]

That blue Mini City has to be the least convincing "Italian Job Replica" ever seen

Yes, but look at some of these purpose built 'wedding cars', seemingly Q plated and built on an old Transit chassis. Some have Mini doors. They are just embarrassing.

My mate was about to rent one of these heaps complete with a suited and booted driver for about £600. I and others had 'a word' and as a result I borrowed a new black 7 Series from work, banged some ribbons on, sorted. I think it was the last time I wore a suit.

['S'-type]

Austin Mini Cooper Formula Junior 2A534 Rockers

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353813405987 ... SwsqRhueon

This thread might be worth a read on those rockers.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14595&start=10

[IslandBlue]

I stumbled across this on eBay. Could be an idea for a crossover thread on Corgi/Dinky restorations. Put me in mind of the That's Life stuffed cat...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Corgi-227-Mi ... 635-2958-0

[AndyPen]

Just a minute, I am bedazzled by the headlights on this one

[surfblue63]

I stumbled across this on eBay. Could be an idea for a crossover thread on Corgi/Dinky restorations. Put me in mind of the That's Life stuffed cat...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Corgi-227-Mi ... 635-2958-0

That's had a log book swap. Should have Morris Mini Cooper cast into the base, not Morris Mini Minor. Not to mention the later tyres, bonnet should be white and grille and bumpers should be silver. Value is about £1.