Mini Moke advice

[towners]

Hi all

Been offered a Moke in a barn (it actually is - honest!) in Europe

Its Left hand drive, previous owner had a British Leyland service centre but sadly passed away. Have been sent a couple of pics and more on the way.

Its complete and in fairly good order - was running on road 5 years ago.

Mileage is being emailed to me this week.

It has the original hood included

Year is 1965

No idea of what engine is in it

Prices???? I have never owned one so have no idea

Any ideas on values for project/tidy useable/nice/concours?

Cheers

Paul

[zippypinhead]

Price? When I looked at mine, I asked a Mini/Moke centric friend if it was a fair price. His answer?
"Mokes change hands so infrequently that price is detirmined by whatever the two parties agree to...."

Value once finished? Well, if you're anything like me after you have driven it a bit, you'll place a "rediculous" price on it when asked..... You would be afraid someone might take you up on the offer.

Over here in the US I've seen two mediocre examples sell for almost $30,000 at auction. And, I've seen nice examples trade hands for half that. So, at least over here, prices are all over the map.

[mab01uk]

This restoration project 1968 Moke recently sold on ebay for £2800
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Complete ... true&rt=nc

The Moke Forum:
http://www.mokeclub.org/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=45

[Tim]

This restored and slightly modified Moke sold for AU$27,000 last week, which isn't bad considering that they're still easy enough to get here.

http://www.shannons.com.au/auctions/lot ... DS9A59VZ0B

Just buy it, you won't regret it.

Tim

[zippypinhead]

Once you get past any bodywork issues (rust) it'll actually cost less than a Mini to restore.
No doors, bootlid to hang & worry over the gaps.... on a Moke nobody gives a hoot about the bonnet gap.
No interior to fret over, no damned headliner, the windscreeen is a doodle, and no trim to worry about.....
It's almost like cheating to restore a Moke. And it's an absoulute blast to hoon around in.

Edit: And if you can't figure it out, all of us Mokers are telling you to just go for it...... You'll never regret it .... Until it gets effing cold outside.... That's when mine goes into hibernation....

[mniwagn]

Price? When I looked at mine, I asked a Mini/Moke centric friend if it was a fair price. His answer?
"Mokes change hands so infrequently that price is detirmined by whatever the two parties agree to...."

Value once finished? Well, if you're anything like me after you have driven it a bit, you'll place a "rediculous" price on it when asked..... You would be afraid someone might take you up on the offer.

Over here in the US I've seen two mediocre examples sell for almost $30,000 at auction. And, I've seen nice examples trade hands for half that. So, at least over here, prices are all over the map.

I know of several (3) examples in the USA for less than 10k running and driving

[mk1]

Once you get past any bodywork issues (rust) it'll actually cost less than a Mini to restore.

Its the body work that is the issue.

Having restored practically all variants of the Mini, I would say that restoring a Moke body to factory fresh is about the hardest of the lot. When buying you need to be particularly careful about rust in the floor. There is a long triangular channel that runs the full length of the floors at the base of the side pods. This is often rotted out & can make restoration very difficult.

Like most posters to the thread, I would also say give it a go, if you can pick it up for under £2,000 you will do OK. But some of the prices quoted above are bordering on fantasy land.

Mokes are definitely the most fun!

[towners]

DUST anyone DUST

[Tim]

Looks like a good start. What are those wheels? Denovos?

Tim

[towners]

Denovos - Yes I believe they are! and still containing air!

[Tim]

At least with Denovos it wouldn't matter if they weren't holding air. I guess they're 12", perhaps they were fitted to give a bit more ground clearance, 10"s are standard on British little wheelers.

Go on, buy it, you know you want to.

Tim

[mk1]

That looks like a very good find.

If you can get it at a decent price you may have found a real bargain.

M

[nippycars]

Great find towners, you go for it! here's mine near completion.

[towners]

Blimey!

Very very nice