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In the shed wrote:

rolesyboy wrote:I wonder how many of those eye-achingly god-awful body-kitted Mk1 Cooper S have been reshelled, re born or reverted back to standard S spec in the last few years

A lot of them. I look at every "better than it left the factory" premium S restorations with their Newton Interiors and their part perfect windscreen wiper motors and date stamped glass and they leave me cold. They are just tarted up. For premium money, I'd want an original mostly-unrestored car.

I'd rather have something like ASBO or like ErrCooperS because they are more "honest" IMO.

Anyway, it's all gone totally silly, price wise. I'm just going to carry on as normal with mine, as if it's still a £1500 car.

Totally agree !

I don't agree . What's wrong with people restoring to as new condition . There's room for every taste . I often wonder if the people that don't like restored , to as new condition cars , just simply haven't the skill to do it themselves ! .... Ken

swifty wrote:I don't agree . What's wrong with people restoring to as new condition . There's room for every taste . I often wonder if the people that don't like restored , to as new condition cars , just simply haven't the skill to do it themselves ! .... Ken

Hell yeah!!! I put my soul in to my S and this is the way I wanted to do this one. The down side is that I never drive it as I want it to stay as new..........

swifty wrote:I don't agree . What's wrong with people restoring to as new condition . There's room for every taste . I often wonder if the people that don't like restored , to as new condition cars , just simply haven't the skill to do it themselves ! .... Ken

Point taken, some cars may have lost a lot of their originality but are an excellent showcase for their restorers / creators skills. I suppose it depends on what you have to start with in the first place.

You missed the point of that post. Nothing against "as new" restorations, it's the "better than new". Often minis these days have better panel gaps, paint and interiors than the factory was ever going to produce. It's not wrong. Just a little over restored.

Personally I say leave the coopers for the collectors. There are plenty of neglected minis out there begging for a quick spray and a sound thrashing. Tarts.

Rare birds

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Leyland-Mini ... 6016.l4276

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Leyland-pane ... 3f437ea6b9

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-7-mini ... 4897.l4275

Who said minis don't rust down under?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-7-mini ... 4897.l4275

Well, we will see if anybody ends up buying it. I think enough has been said on various forums about this car previously. Anyone sensible enough to check it out properly will stay well clear.

mk1coopers wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-7-mini ... 4897.l4275

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-7-mini ... 4897.l4275

"its not totally original "


-I completely disagree! ......especially if you're looking for a tidy, original mid 1960 Morris Mini in Cherry Red!

nice FO numberplate.

Is that Caithness or Merioneth?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Barn-Find-196 ... 43d3e79b76

This is a decent car, by the looks of things.

Nor robbed plate, no respray, no nicking glass water bottles off ebay for £600, no nonsense, just an old grandad's mini for £5k. I mean, it's £5k, but looking at the prices of everything else, it seems to scale.

You could rip all that paint off, do a special bare shell dip, replace the front end for the hell of it, throw the smelly old interior away and get a nice Newton one, get every nut and bolt polished and lose the identity of the thing somehow.

I have known several nice original cars get "restored" and it is the equivalent to Catherine Zeta Jones getting facelifts at 25, or however old she was when she ruined her identity.

(I'd still rally her though)

In the shed wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Barn-Find-196 ... 43d3e79b76

(I'd still rally her though)

Soz . !? do I miss something .. 33 years old for a 62 car ?! I guess all those pics were taken some years ago ??...looks a gen car tho...foxy52

In the shed wrote:nice FO numberplate.

Is that Caithness or Merioneth?

It's DVLA Swansea after the original plate was sold off. I think "FO" was from somewhere in the Welsh borders originally - Monmouthshire maybe but a lot remained un-issued. A friend has an original 1964 car owned by their family from new in 1964 and that has the original plate EFO --- so I think anything much further than "E" in the alphabet is a DVLA re-issue "age related" plate.

Nice car that red Mini. What a shame somebody hasn't simply re-united it with its original ID.

Wouldn't be sitting at over £12k on eBay with an honest description would it though!

I wonder if it'll set a precedent for any car thieves out there who when caught screwing a set of ID plates to another car (that's CAR not shell) they could just turn round and just reply " I was just reshellin it guv, honest!'

Pete wrote:

mk1coopers wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-7-mini ... 4897.l4275

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-7-mini ... 4897.l4275

"its not totally original "


-I completely disagree! ......especially if you're looking for a tidy, original mid 1960 Morris Mini in Cherry Red!

I see from one picture that it even has the original Morris Mini-Minor workshop manual on the rear parcel shelf