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gs.davies wrote:[perception.

ignorance more like


my mother had a rover 600 that cost £125 quid for the auctions, it was bought as a 'stop gap' whilst I did the clutch in her discovery

it passed its mot with no work needed and she liked it, so she kept it.

six years later it finally died with terminal rusty rear arches

bar set of belts, a set of tyres and an exhaust down pipe, it cost nothing, and was a very comfy car, particularly in the back

she has a p38 range rover now, but still misses the old rover!

I've gotta agree with rich . I would love a metro ..... Pretty quick those 6R4 s .... .... Ken

The Turbo showed most of the competition a clean pair of heels too. Been in one, a real scream

rich@minispares.com wrote:

Spitz wrote:Wow...that is one seriously ugly car.

rubbish.....

mk1 metros are starting to look very clean and sharp in my eyes

I think history is going to treat them a lot more kindly than we did, they where a pretty good car and very spacious and roomy.

I quite fancy one - there that's my dirty secret out!

YOU NEED HELP! And it's not SPECSAVERS

rich@minispares.com wrote:

Spitz wrote:Wow...that is one seriously ugly car.

rubbish.....

mk1 metros are starting to look very clean and sharp in my eyes

I think history is going to treat them a lot more kindly than we did, they where a pretty good car and very spacious and roomy.

I quite fancy one - there that's my dirty secret out!

Well here we go Rich : Back in the early eightys, in between Minis, I bought a Mk 1 1300 S, it really was a great little car, I put on a set of minilite copy's, modified the head and carb, messed around with the height of the hydro units and if you just got the timing right, it would go really well, at the time my mates had 2.0 Capris, cross flow escorts and this little thing kept them all honest !, did a couple of 12 cars in it too, good memories changed the stripes at a later stage !

Todays Ebay joker

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/classic-mini- ... 259f29fcc8

Do you think he would take a cheeky bid of £5100 and put a test on it for me.
Looks a bargain. A Round nose Clubman Estate and a D plate traveller all rolled in to one.
Groan...

rich@minispares.com wrote:

Spitz wrote:Wow...that is one seriously ugly car.

rubbish.....

mk1 metros are starting to look very clean and sharp in my eyes

I think history is going to treat them a lot more kindly than we did, they where a pretty good car and very spacious and roomy.

I quite fancy one - there that's my dirty secret out!

rich@minispares.com wrote:

Spitz wrote:Wow...that is one seriously ugly car.

rubbish.....

mk1 metros are starting to look very clean and sharp in my eyes

I think history is going to treat them a lot more kindly than we did, they where a pretty good car and very spacious and roomy.

I quite fancy one - there that's my dirty secret out!

You're not alone Rich, I really fancied that Metro, mainly because the black one John Cooper did as a prototype Metro Cooper started life exactly the same as that Metro S. I thought they were good cars, just been airbrushed from Mini history it seems, if they'd badged it as a Cooper and not an MG I'm sure lots of people would be singing a different song now! Cheap as chips still if you can find a good one.

Spitz wrote:Wow...that is one seriously ugly car.

You think that's bad, check out my Dads Metro.

You cann't loose it in a car park no matter how hard you try.

They didn't get much prettier, but a bit faster!

Now that is just so cruel Pete.

Can't get much shopping in them though



And they get airborne over bumps

Anyway, back on topic, nice looking, if a little pricey Aqua Mk3

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201279905811? ... EBIDX%3AIT

6 wheels rims Austin Morris BMC Mini cooper s mk1 10" LP883 original
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231468303158? ... 1555.l2649

2 wheels rims Austin Morris BMC Mini cooper s mk1 10" LP883 and LP918 reverse
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231468307111? ... 1555.l2649

The aqua mk3 S was owned by my mate Scott . Every time I it changes hands it has thousands of pounds added to the price . It's a very nice car though .... Ken

Pete wrote:They didn't get much prettier, but a bit faster!

great pictures!!!!!!!


a lad in our London branch had a road going 6R4 as a 'toy' for a while

he said it was EPIC

surfblue63 wrote:Anyway, back on topic, nice looking, if a little pricey Aqua Mk3

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201279905811? ... EBIDX%3AIT

...lovely looking car !!.. can that mileage really be true ??!! spose so.. but for nearly 30k I think the engine should be viewable .. cracking looker.. foxy52

£30,000 for a MK3!

the world has gone truly bonkers.

mk1 wrote:£30,000 for a MK3!

the world has gone truly bonkers.

...I don't differentiate ... 30-50k for any mini mk 1 2 or 3 is bonkers unless perhaps its an historic major rally winner..even then !!.. I would flog it if it were mine and buy a gt-r.. lol...