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

[steve1071]

Carlos Fandango’s….

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Price-drop-M ... 635-2958-0

[mini_surfari]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1968-MORRIS- ... 635-2958-0

‘Born’ a few days after me and the reg is my initials, but bugger that…

Wouldn’t mind a go at that, really like a mk2!

[Andrew1967]

I guess at worst it’s a circa £20k modified 998 or at best it transpires it is an S and is worth what £30-35k ??

[steve1071]

Real odd one, has S control box position, front panel stiffener, servo, speedo, taller brake cylinder, inside rh tank brackets……Almost like someone’s rung an S onto a 998 Cooper book…?!

[Pete]

I wonder if it’s a BMIHT mistake?

[steve1071]

Could well be, Pete. Someone might get a nice surprise if they buy it and get into Gaydon.

Thinking about it I had a similar car years back. Bought a Mk2 998 basket case with S motor, S disks, 130 speedo etc. The more I got into it was clearly an S someone had robbed the book off and paired it up with a normal Cooper book.

[Pete]

Odd to rob the book off and leave all the S bits though? Contrarily a mate of mine bought a 998 Cooper in the 90s that came back on the certificate as a 1275 S! BMIHT definitely do make mistakes aswell. That certainly does look like an S doesn’t it?

[steve1071]

Bloke I bought it off was anything for a quick buck. Strangely later on he 'knew a bloke' with an S book, same colour scheme as my project, but he wanted big money for it......

[WMU 211G]

She's a bit rough Nidge ... been there and done that .. if it was local though ...

Really odd the Heritage .. I'd have thought that 50 *** engine number is a 1275S number, certainly not 998. BMIHT or factory record mistake ??

About as rough as 'HOY' was perhaps, but you've already done your bit for the war effort mate

I hope someone bags it and does it justice though, it looks typical of the way Mk2s used to in the '70s, long after depreciation even mattered.

[Andrew1967]

It’s very tempting though ….

[WMU 211G]

It’s very tempting though ….

Buy it, bung in the barn for another forty years and see who takes the bait

I don't look at the Mini for sale ads as much as I used to but it's nice to know that cars like this one are still out there.

[Exminiman]

Bare 1980s shell, looks quite solid, could be useful race shell...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115380030935 ... Sw6CNie-An

[BigWig]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234548195004 ... media=COPY

Known to anyone on here?

[Exminiman]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234548195004 ... media=COPY

Known to anyone on here?

Looks intresting, but why put “I dont need to sell it” in the advert.......FFS dont advertise it then.

[Old English White]

It's a nice story and it'll be a fun little car for somebody. Maybe just a story though? I wonder if there is any real evidence of a Monte entry? Also, I recall owning a WRX registration and that car was certainly registered in 1961 so I'm slightly doubtful that the registration WRX 452 was a 1960 issue.
Definitely some research would be needed before handing over that sum of money

[mk1]

"why put “I dont need to sell it” in the advert.......FFS dont advertise it then."

I imagine he put it in their for the same reason that I said pretty much the same in my advert for the Speedwell Car.

I don't need to sell it, but am choosing to do so. It implies that I am not desperate to raise the money & won't accept a daft offer from some pillock who turns up waiving cash under my nose thinking he's Mike Brewer.

Pretty simple really.

[Aginley]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234549106762 ... media=COPY

[surfblue63]

I want the plate.

[mk1]

Good call

[UHR850]

Not on ebay https://link.2dehands.be/m1840942414?ut ... ialbuttons