Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
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Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
Afternoon
I've been trying to put a value on a 998 cooper project I have, with a view to selling it. But when I started to look around for 998's generally (both projects and tidy cars) to gauge current values / desirability, I noticed that they don't seem to be on the market right now + I can't remember went I last saw one for sale...
I guess attention has been on early cars and rare models like the super deluxe over recent years. Has the 998 slipped under the radar? Or am I just looking in the wrong places..!
Tom
I've been trying to put a value on a 998 cooper project I have, with a view to selling it. But when I started to look around for 998's generally (both projects and tidy cars) to gauge current values / desirability, I noticed that they don't seem to be on the market right now + I can't remember went I last saw one for sale...
I guess attention has been on early cars and rare models like the super deluxe over recent years. Has the 998 slipped under the radar? Or am I just looking in the wrong places..!
Tom
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Re: Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
Haha, well that make two of us then!rolesyboy wrote:In my back garden...
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Re: Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
.....japan,.!!. contact the mini cooper registers registrar for cooper 997 and 998 info,s.....tintoptom wrote:Afternoon
I've been trying to put a value on a 998 cooper project I have, with a view to selling it. But when I started to look around for 998's generally (both projects and tidy cars) to gauge current values / desirability, I noticed that they don't seem to be on the market right now + I can't remember went I last saw one for sale...
I guess attention has been on early cars and rare models like the super deluxe over recent years. Has the 998 slipped under the radar? Or am I just looking in the wrong places..!
Tom
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Re: Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
not sure on people concentrating on super deluxes..but the supers seem to be getting popular with collectors
im glad i got my supers when people "didnt know what they were"
im glad i got my supers when people "didnt know what they were"
for my sins,i own a 1957 wolsleley 1500
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Re: Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
same as meRicardoFragoso wrote:I have on in my garage!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so long
the doc
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Re: Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
As someone has already hinted at,
we know there are a lot of fake S's, built from a logbook. Many of them will have used a 998 Cooper as the base. MUCH easier to start with a Cooper than an 850, as most of the right bits are there already.
This, as well as rust, accidents and low values for many years has seen the demise of many.
I've no idea about surviving numbers but there do seem to be as many S's as Coopers now, which certainly was not the case to begin with.
we know there are a lot of fake S's, built from a logbook. Many of them will have used a 998 Cooper as the base. MUCH easier to start with a Cooper than an 850, as most of the right bits are there already.
This, as well as rust, accidents and low values for many years has seen the demise of many.
I've no idea about surviving numbers but there do seem to be as many S's as Coopers now, which certainly was not the case to begin with.