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

[JC T ONE]

Now here IS a nice find on EBAY but on my side of the pond....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Classic-Mi ... ars_Trucks

Nice original condition with maybe a paint job ......
Craig

Now THATS nice

[mk1]

That 997 is one of the nicest I have seen in a long time. I wonder where it will end up.

[gs.davies]

I really really REALLY want that 997!

I wonder how much it costs to bring it back to the UK...

[mk1]

No more than a grand to bring a car back from the States.

[rich@minispares.com]

that's a cracker, id almost forgive it for been an Austin!

[STG95F]

Wow what a great original car . How hard/Difficult is it shipping cars from over the water ?? Never done it before

[gs.davies]

Mate of mine shipped a Porsche 912 over from California last year, it's not that difficult. What you might find when you collect the thing from the docks is quite another though. His 'rust free' shell turned out to be a total pig!

[STG95F]

Its all massive Trust . Thats my fear

[Pete]

Its all massive Trust . Thats my fear

Depends how you do it. If you pay a seller you don't know without any intermediary, then yes that's a gamble. I had someone I knew look at my car in L.A who didn't live that far away (well 2hrs away is like a next door neighbour in the U.S!) who struck up a dialogue before I made any payments. This car's in Georgia which is East Coast and not bad for shipping, road transport over there is dirt cheap as well. I had to pay full Vat on mine (you may just get away with 5% now?) and my total door to door costs (and there's lots) were about £1800 with Pheonix Cargo on a Ro-Ro, that was some years ago. A container is safer (the shippers/drivers dinged my floorless original bootlid on my car forcing the lid shut on to a displaced bootboard whilst trying to start the car!!) but more expensive unless you can share one..

That similarly rust free original Surf Blue 997 went pretty cheap last week.

[gs.davies]

That similarly rust free original Surf Blue 997 went pretty cheap last week.

What's pretty cheap mean in £'s..?

[Craig]

Heres the other 997 that just sold over this side of the water,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1962-Austin-Min ... 7675.l2557

Craig

['S'-type]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLASSIC-AUSTI ... 3f41396bd1

Another 'S' to be re-incarnated?
Thought this wasn't supposed to happen.

[gs.davies]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLASSIC-AUSTI ... 3f41396bd1

Another 'S' to be re-incarnated?
Thought this wasn't supposed to happen.

It certainly needs a fair bit of welding, that's for sure. The inner wing looks almost completely shot...!

Still, if you have a shell, why not? Shhh

[gs.davies]

reconstructed Classic - this seems to suggest that resurrecting this S is legal..

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration ... c-vehicles

[In the shed]

Ebay has got it's act together. No more used panties, no more sharp blades, no more serious lasers, no more nasty things.

However, car ringing kits are fine.

[surfblue63]

reconstructed Classic - this seems to suggest that resurrecting this S is legal..

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration ... c-vehicles

Reading that would suggest a car that uses a new (Heritage) body shell would be assigned a Q-Plate!!!!!!!!

The DVLAs favourite colour must be grey.

[gs.davies]

Also reading this seems to suggest that if you use parts over 25 years old and what you end up with is an accurate representation of the marque, you get an age related plate. That doesn't seem as bad as a q plate.

So, what is an accurate representation of a Mk1 cooper s then? I know for a fact it's not a multipoint fuel injected, rubber mounted subframe, rod changing, internally hinged, thirteen inch wheeled, huge arched, wide back windowed thing with an air bag and side impact bars...

[GraemeC]

Complete Mk1 floor anyone?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/austin-mini-m ... 1589458262

[gs.davies]

Ah, that's the floor that Rolesyboy put me in touch with.. Interesting to see it.

[rich@minispares.com]

Ebay has got it's act together. No more used panties, .

and why on earth where you on ebay looking for used kecks???