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

[111Robin]

Don't know if this has already been posted...I thought it might be a Clubman conversion, but apparently they converted the MK1 shell to allow MK3 doors to be fitted and later sills by the look of things, Pity no underbonnet pics.....£30K on Ebay and £60K on their website.


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235873543505 ... media=COPY

I would class that as a kibble special, ie. dog's breakfast !

[Costafortune]

Don't know if this has already been posted...I thought it might be a Clubman conversion, but apparently they converted the MK1 shell to allow MK3 doors to be fitted and later sills by the look of things, Pity no underbonnet pics.....£30K on Ebay and £60K on their website.


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235873543505 ... media=COPY

No way did that start life as a Clubman Estate. No Sir.

[mab01uk]

There was a company a few years back making what I thought were rather nice more subtle conversions to Clubman Estates to produce a 'modern' Mini Countryman/Traveller woody. There was also an option with 13" MPi sportpack wheels where the rear arches had woodwork rear arch extensions which looked quite good!
If only the Countryman/Traveller had still been in production when BMW took Rover over, I am sure it would have been given the go ahead by BMW for an MPi upgrade and become a top seller in the Mini range for a couple of years.

[maxidave]

A simple internet search for RIG Automotive and Rigspeed Mini shows what this company produces.To suggest it is a cut and shut is totally
uncalled for.The Countryman may not be to everyone's taste but it appears to be well built by people who know what they are doing.If it's
a 1966 car with relatively modern updates i can't see an issue.Please don't condemn something without going into more depth. I had not
heard of this company before doing a search on them.They did show a car at the NEC Classic Car Show which looked okay.

[cockney21]

Don't know if this has already been posted...I thought it might be a Clubman conversion, but apparently they converted the MK1 shell to allow MK3 doors to be fitted and later sills by the look of things, Pity no underbonnet pics.....£30K on Ebay and £60K on their website.


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235873543505 ... media=COPY

No way did that start life as a Clubman Estate. No Sir.



There does seem to be plenty of Clubman Estate conversions out there, a brief search throws up plenty of examples. As said who knows what it is...apart from a car waiting for someone with too much £££ and not too bothered about what they buy.

[maxidave]

I intended to say that yes the price is too high.What would forum members suggest.

[Old English White]

I would suggest avoiding paying anything like that price for a car made out of all sorts of bits and fitted with oversills, claiming tax exemption for what would seem to be a rather more modern motor car. However nice it looks in a photograph

[mini_surfari]

There was a company a few years back making what I thought were rather nice more subtle conversions to Clubman Estates to produce a 'modern' Mini Countryman/Traveller woody. There was also an option with 13" MPi sportpack wheels where the rear arches had woodwork rear arch extensions which looked quite good!
If only the Countryman/Traveller had still been in production when BMW took Rover over, I am sure it would have been given the go ahead by BMW for an MPi upgrade and become a top seller in the Mini range for a couple of years.

Weren’t MBM (Bristol Minis), turning out quite a lot of these in the early 00’s, many MPI’s went to America wearing a pre 73 reg if I remember correctly too!

[mab01uk]

There was a company a few years back making what I thought were rather nice more subtle conversions to Clubman Estates to produce a 'modern' Mini Countryman/Traveller woody. There was also an option with 13" MPi sportpack wheels where the rear arches had woodwork rear arch extensions which looked quite good!
If only the Countryman/Traveller had still been in production when BMW took Rover over, I am sure it would have been given the go ahead by BMW for an MPi upgrade and become a top seller in the Mini range for a couple of years.

Weren’t MBM (Bristol Minis), turning out quite a lot of these in the early 00’s, many MPI’s went to America wearing a pre 73 reg if I remember correctly too!

Yes...MBM that was the company who were building them, here is another one they produced back in 2005:-
https://miniowners.org/used-cars/1963-a ... tryman-197