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Ive heard it said that DVLA monitor this sort of stuff on Ebay, and void any that they can trace off the computer system.

Peter Laidler wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 4:24 pm Or am I missing something.

I think it is the people who buy them that are missing something - who in their right mind would expect to get a new V5 from something like that

Just thought about a possible explanation,apart from the obvious clutch of idiot customers.
If you have a body shell or complete car that is post '66 and you need an identity for a pre-'66 car but don't actually need a V5C which I presume you don't need for an HTP, maybe a cheap buff logbook would do the trick.
Just trying to rationalize this odd set of circumstances.
Doesn't seem to make much sense otherwise.
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Can anyone critique these two for me please? a friend is looking for a second mini and wants something older.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125753463452 ... 58eDMvQJUs

and

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325605621502 ... 7ogXf5HVO0

apologies if they've been discussed already but gone back a bit in the thread and not seen it.

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Rich

Nice antelope mk3

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134527483191 ... media=COPY

That MK3 looks lovely!

Our favourite dodgy logbook dealer has hit a pretty productive seam recently, this one’s been altered (as usual) to read 1275 Cooper S. Like shelling peas! If peas were £250 a pop.

Pete wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:47 pm Our favourite dodgy logbook dealer has hit a pretty productive seam recently, this one’s been altered (as usual) to read 1275 Cooper S. Like shelling peas! If peas were £250 a pop.

Likes his black ink doesn't he? Schoolboy quality forgery.

He's taking the piss.

'S'-type wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 7:44 pm

Pete wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:47 pm Our favourite dodgy logbook dealer has hit a pretty productive seam recently, this one’s been altered (as usual) to read 1275 Cooper S. Like shelling peas! If peas were £250 a pop.

Likes his black ink doesn't he? Schoolboy quality forgery.

He's taking the piss.

I'll second that !!

I bet its someone known in the Mini fraternity too.

'S'-type wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 7:44 pm Likes his black ink doesn't he? Schoolboy quality forgery.

He's taking the piss.

To be fair it's no different to what some of the Mini Cooper Register reps do with sales projects, certainly one springs to mind

Hi

Any comments or info on this Cooper S currently for sale…

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125880640137 ... R-K0nb7vYQ

Thanks

They have it up for £59995 on their website. Maybe wait a while and it might drop another £10K to a more realistic price.

Well DVLA reckon it used to be white which is a fairly serious colour change plus it’s a very late registered car for a Mk1, be interesting to see what the Heritage Certificate says. Looks a nice car but possibly £10k overpriced as has been suggested and has been for sale a while.

Wiper motor has 67 with single digit number, so it was a first quarter of 1967 build date if that is correct.
It probably sat around at the dealership for a while and didn’t get registered until April 68 because the mk2 had already been launched so it was less desirable by then ?

Thanks, yes had noticed the price had dropped and like you say it’s been for sale a while. Colour is interesting but I guess may have been painted as many have over the years and now back to original ? Anybody seen anything obviously wrong on the photos ? Are boot board brackets correct riveted on ?

andys wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:49 am Thanks, yes had noticed the price had dropped and like you say it’s been for sale a while. Colour is interesting but I guess may have been painted as many have over the years and now back to original ? Anybody seen anything obviously wrong on the photos ? Are boot board brackets correct riveted on ?

No the bulkhead brackets should be spot welded , ditto tabs in the boot for the right hand tank breather but I can’t see a shot of the boot. Get a build date off the seller because late ones also had stainless rear quarters fixed with the two clips not the piano hinges. Most are reshelled anyway to be fair, depends what you want I suppose!

Logbook watch , these just keep coming, and the rubber and biro have been out again. This guy is intentionally altering these chassis numbers to deceive buyers and increase their value on a large scale. More fool them you might say, and fair enough, but it’s still very dodgy to put it mildly to be rubbing out and over writing these. Sells a lot of Mini parts and must be known surely?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295625861759 ... media=COPY

Well we had Rolex Bob , now we have Biro Bill.

Rusty old S wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:35 pm Well we had Rolex Bob , now we have Biro Bill.

Surely this is illegal (fraud) without even thinking about the legality of trying to use an old log book from a long since departed car.

Lower than a snakes belly.