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

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2311Jethro wrote:Trees, what trees?!? Were they an optional extra on the Clubman?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1973-Mini-Clu ... 19ec41f99d
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It seems to have been converted into a woodie

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Boom boom!
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If the 4 small pieces of the stainless trim on the A panel is there, the trim alone would fetch more than this (on a good day)
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NOT the prettiest deviant I have seen.
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it looks like its fitted with a long centre branch.............


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Nah, that's fitted with a 'tree branch' (or is it a tree in to one)...
Sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees :lol:
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either way, it 'wooden' start :lol: :lol: :lol:
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You blokes are barking mad......

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Oh 'leaf it out will ya. Stop giving the seller so much 'stick' .....
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This could start a whole new "living in" thread ;

Bought a Min last week with fine growth of fern and assorted leaf mould and moss (+ shorty gearlever)

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Roof starting to be a nice gutter feature

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and a couple of other items of novelty interest

Set of Inno quarter lights and a set of 12" Cosmics.

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DOWNTON Mini is what I like a lot.
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most ambitious sale of a standard 1100 front subframe EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Subframe ... 6016.l4276


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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ORIGINAL-UNMO ... 6016.l4276

So this car is advertised as a 60/61 car yet wears 'A' plates denoting a late 63

How does this work :?:
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NotNormal wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ORIGINAL-UNMO ... 6016.l4276

So this car is advertised as a 60/61 car yet wears 'A' plates denoting a late 63

How does this work :?:

it could be either a car that was imported back into the uk in 1963, or a car that lost its original reg and had a reissued 1963 'a' plate to replace it (which is what the dvla used to do - back in the day - they would stick these on any year of car - my dad has a 1930s car that has a 'a' plate on it!
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NotNormal wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ORIGINAL-UNMO ... 6016.l4276

So this car is advertised as a 60/61 car yet wears 'A' plates denoting a late 63

How does this work :?:

It's been plate raped.
The original number has been transferred off of the car and as was the DVLA practice at the time it was given an A suffix plate instead of a the correct for it's age Three letter/three number type registration number.

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rich@minispares.com wrote:
NotNormal wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ORIGINAL-UNMO ... 6016.l4276

So this car is advertised as a 60/61 car yet wears 'A' plates denoting a late 63

How does this work :?:

it could be either a car that was imported back into the uk in 1963, or a car that lost its original reg and had a reissued 1963 'a' plate to replace it (which is what the dvla used to do - back in the day - they would stick these on any year of car - my dad has a 1930s car that has a 'a' plate on it!
Someone told me the other week DVLA will now swap an old A plate back to a non transferable 3 digit 3 letter plate. Do you know if this is correct?
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steve1071 wrote:
Someone told me the other week DVLA will now swap an old A plate back to a non transferable 3 digit 3 letter plate. Do you know if this is correct?
they have been prepared to do that for ages
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rich@minispares.com wrote:
steve1071 wrote:
Someone told me the other week DVLA will now swap an old A plate back to a non transferable 3 digit 3 letter plate. Do you know if this is correct?
they have been prepared to do that for ages
Cheers, mines on a crappy A plate
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Interesting.

And there was me thinking they were quite strict about not issuing a newer registration for an older car. How naive :(

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