At The Auctions
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Re: At The Auctions
Why are the descriptions so wrong on obvious things like interior originality???
https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/cc ... n=1&pp=100
https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/cc ... n=1&pp=100
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I suppose largely because they don't know and they don't care
And they hide behind the small print about "information supplied by the vendor"

And they hide behind the small print about "information supplied by the vendor"

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Re: At The Auctions
Another one from JD Classics
Has this bargain been already shared here?

--> https://woodham-mortimer.com/Cars/For-S ... dac014f169
Has this bargain been already shared here?

--> https://woodham-mortimer.com/Cars/For-S ... dac014f169
Yes I am a nerd: I am researching the Austrian Mini-racing scene of the 60s and 70s 

- mk1coopers
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I have no wordsMiNiKiN wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:49 pm Another one from JD Classics
Has this bargain been already shared here?
--> https://woodham-mortimer.com/Cars/For-S ... dac014f169

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Ex John Cooper my arse. Mike Cooper owned that car for a couple of years about four years ago before some billionaire bought it and JD have now doubled its value plus Vat. How much crap are they prepared to spout to shovel more wonga in, they’re making similarly wild claims about the Radford hatch they’ve put a quarter of a million price tag on hoping to catch another billionaire in their net.
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I genuinely don’t understand why they’ve revived the J D Classics name. We all knew Woodham Mortimer were J D Classics but to use the actual name is like calling themselves Ponzi or Madoff!
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Re: At The Auctions
Or even Ratners
Mk2 1968 Cooper 998 TPL555F
Mk1 1965 Cooper 1275 BFC110C
Moke out of boxes and built NDV100F
Mk1 1965 Cooper 1275 BFC110C
Moke out of boxes and built NDV100F
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"And if that wasn't enough.............."Pete wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:15 pm Ex John Cooper my arse. Mike Cooper owned that car for a couple of years about four years ago before some billionaire bought it and JD have now doubled its value plus Vat. How much crap are they prepared to spout to shovel more wonga in, they’re making similarly wild claims about the Radford hatch they’ve put a quarter of a million price tag on hoping to catch another billionaire in their net.
Don't tell me. John Cooper himself might actually have leant on the car once.
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Might be more appropriate given the amount of Brinks Mat gold still sloshing around out there. Allegedly.
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Re: At The Auctions
1959 Morris Mini Minor For Sale by Auction:-
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1568105
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1568105
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Re: At The Auctions
That car should win an award for the panel gaps
Looks horrific everywhere even at a cursory glance

Looks horrific everywhere even at a cursory glance
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God knows but they've just got themselves a heap of free adverts with Mini Magazine writing about their hugely overpriced and misdescribed cars every month.They clearly know nothing about cars but plenty about money. Aren’t JD back sponsoring Goodwood aswell?
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As rough as a bear's arse. It looks like the bonnet badge is migrating North, across the roof and onto the bootlid.
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Ahh that old chestnut.'S'-type wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 8:09 pm"And if that wasn't enough.............."Pete wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:15 pm Ex John Cooper my arse. Mike Cooper owned that car for a couple of years about four years ago before some billionaire bought it and JD have now doubled its value plus Vat. How much crap are they prepared to spout to shovel more wonga in, they’re making similarly wild claims about the Radford hatch they’ve put a quarter of a million price tag on hoping to catch another billionaire in their net.
Don't tell me. John Cooper himself might actually have leant on the car once.
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Re: At The Auctions

Contrary to popular opinion, you can get the staff.
Unfortunately, they won't pay for them.
Pay peanuts, get halfwits.
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Re: At The Auctions
Costafortune wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:22 amAs rough as a bear's arse. It looks like the bonnet badge is migrating North, across the roof and onto the bootlid.


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Re: At The Auctions
With a bonnet gap like that I would imagine you could do a full engine swap without so much as lifting it



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Re: At The Auctions
Loving the way they have let in a beautiful local repair for the oversize Weber box I suspect it had fitted at some point in its life
This car should be on Copart as a Category B.
And I don't see no washer bottle... eek!

This car should be on Copart as a Category B.
And I don't see no washer bottle... eek!
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Did you notice the rear view shot with bootlid closed look at the line of the bootlid against the bumpermab01uk wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:48 amCostafortune wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:22 amAs rough as a bear's arse. It looks like the bonnet badge is migrating North, across the roof and onto the bootlid.![]()
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The best repairs go un-noticed