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mab01uk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 7:51 pm

Oneball wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 6:46 pm

mab01uk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 5:52 pm Austin mk1 mini cooper s
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135230607020 ... edia=EMAIL

That’s pretty much a carbon copy of what was done to my 988 Cooper at some point. Rear lights hacked out for mk2 ones and the brocade interior dyed black.

Triple C magazine printed a helpful article on cutting out the Mk1 rear lights to update to Mk2 which inspired me back in the day....also Halfords sold black upholstery paint which did a good job of updating the old fashioned Mk1 coloured vinyl interiors! (see my photos in link below). I still think you can't beat the look of a period modified black Mk1/2 Mini with black Shadowlite windows and really wish I had not sold it to upgrade to a Mk3 with winding windows!
My First Mk1 Mini in 1974:-
http://mk1-forum.net/viewtopic.php?t=10695

Thanks to Mr.Sparrow of this fine parish my Mk2 S has period tinted glass...

WMU 211G wrote: ↑Sat Sep 07, 2024 7:10 pm

mab01uk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 7:51 pm

Oneball wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 6:46 pm

That’s pretty much a carbon copy of what was done to my 988 Cooper at some point. Rear lights hacked out for mk2 ones and the brocade interior dyed black.

Triple C magazine printed a helpful article on cutting out the Mk1 rear lights to update to Mk2 which inspired me back in the day....also Halfords sold black upholstery paint which did a good job of updating the old fashioned Mk1 coloured vinyl interiors! (see my photos in link below). I still think you can't beat the look of a period modified black Mk1/2 Mini with black Shadowlite windows and really wish I had not sold it to upgrade to a Mk3 with winding windows!
My First Mk1 Mini in 1974:-
http://mk1-forum.net/viewtopic.php?t=10695

Thanks to Mr.Sparrow of this fine parish my Mk2 S has period tinted glass...

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Looks good!

Amazing how many engines you see for sale for big money but absolutely no sizes of anything stated on the ad, ie the most important info that you need is missing. Looks like +60, horrid box repair ….

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266980190767 ... media=COPY

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176526037203 ... e3I&edge=1

1966 Mini Cooper S Works Evocation LBL240

Pete wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 1:18 pm Amazing how many engines you see for sale for big money but absolutely no sizes of anything stated on the ad, ie the most important info that you need is missing. Looks like +60, horrid box repair ….

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266980190767 ... media=COPY

Is the seller Kevin K. aktive on the forum here too? On Facebook he seems to offer some rare stuff for sale from time to time.

UHR850 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 2:15 pm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176526037203 ... e3I&edge=1

1966 Mini Cooper S Works Evocation LBL240

Beatty Crawford’s car.

MiNiKiN wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 2:28 pm

Pete wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 1:18 pm Amazing how many engines you see for sale for big money but absolutely no sizes of anything stated on the ad, ie the most important info that you need is missing. Looks like +60, horrid box repair ….

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266980190767 ... media=COPY

Is the seller Kevin K. aktive on the forum here too? On Facebook he seems to offer some rare stuff for sale from time to time.

Yes, That's Kevin Kidman's stuff he's selling.

Often see him buying or selling stuff on Facebook.

1960'S MORRIS MINI VAN 850 - £40,000
"1960 Morris Mini Van 850 - just one registered owner from new, and only 21,625 miles".
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156405374506 ... edia=EMAIL

Auction Estimate: 35,000 - 40,000 GBP:-
https://bid.humbertellis.com/auctions/9 ... e800e2a4bd

Where would you even start?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxotzmC5lwA

Costafortune wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 11:39 am Where would you even start?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxotzmC5lwA

"Possibly a little bit of filler there"

That is what we call "A shiny wreck"

Thought I recognised the reg number.

Looks a bit different to how it was seen at auction..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235749343451 ... media=COPY

Bargain
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186695591975 ... media=COPY

gs.davies wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 2:18 pm Thought I recognised the reg number.

Looks a bit different to how it was seen at auction..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235749343451 ... media=COPY

That looks a little beauty. Hard to see how the restorer made any money out of that.

Nick W wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 8:56 pm Bargain
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186695591975 ... media=COPY

considering the prize it must come with an entire bmc garage still attached to it

gs.davies wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 2:18 pm Thought I recognised the reg number.

Looks a bit different to how it was seen at auction..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235749343451 ... media=COPY

That looks nice, what’s the back story?

Pre-Cooper Pete wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 9:09 am

gs.davies wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 2:18 pm Thought I recognised the reg number.

Looks a bit different to how it was seen at auction..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235749343451 ... media=COPY

That looks nice, what’s the back story?

Original 2013 Bonhams Auction details:-
https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/20925/ ... -ma2s4629/

1959 Mini Register - Morris gallery:-
http://1959miniregister.com/1959-mini-g ... allery=102

A friend of mine bought it at the original Bonhams Auction in 2013 mentioned in the MCR article above for £6000 + fees.....at the time that was a lot of money for a 'barn find' '59 Mini. My brother then fully restored it for him with some help and advise from me retaining all the early features where possible and for a reasonable budget. Very near final completion of the restoration the owner then decided he needed to sell.....the new current owner had some further finishing and detail touches done before they too seem to have decided to put it on sale earlier this year at £31,995 on ebay....since then it has been reduced to a perhaps more reasonable £26,995.

Thank you, that’s very helpful.

I’ve followed that eBay seller for a while, he seems to always have a stock of very expensive metal, for instance below, eBay seems an odd place to sell a £300k vehicle….

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335567747472 ... media=COPY

gs.davies wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 2:18 pm Thought I recognised the reg number.

Looks a bit different to how it was seen at auction..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235749343451 ... media=COPY

CHROME STEERING COLUMN BRACKET MOWOG:-
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116342461296 ... R4rK_afIZA