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Went to Beaulieu Autojumble today...talking of crazy prices i saw a very tidy looking mk2 cooper in the Bonhams tent, very clean looking but obviously restored and repainted. The reserve was £17,000 expecting to go for £22,000! since when were ordinary coopers fetching cooper s money? , i think i`d better get my GT finished and i`ll be ready for the rush on GT`s when all the coopers run out!

For every silly price like that there'a an equally cheap one , that '59 that went on Ebay (restored bare shell plus bits) last week for less than two and a half grand springs to mind. They can ask whatever daft price they want but they won't necessarily sell 'em.

that '59 that went on Ebay (restored bare shell plus bits) last week for less than two and a half grand springs to mind

Not quite what it seemed Pete

bill773mini wrote:

that '59 that went on Ebay


Not quite what it seemed Pete

ahh that explains the bad pictures

ahh that explains the bad pictures

618AOG wrote:

In the shed wrote:
This business of S's changing hands for £20k is madness.

Not at all. When you see some hateful rubbish like TR6's making 15k, and E Types, Healey 3000's etc selling for 40k and more, 20k for a perfect Cooper S is not unreasonable. It is a sought after classic car, and you see what 20k will buy you in terms of a new car which, in 7 years time will be worth ten quid and a Mars Bar.
Yes, 20k is a lot of money but you'll get it back and more when you sell again. That makes it a cheap car.

Cooper and S's may well be worth buying and keeping for a few years as you say, you will very likely not lose money.

But i think the point is they have become a richer than average man's plaything/investment.
Since the 80's E types have been out of reach for most people.

Now it seems the mini has went this way......FACT

I know Minis are fetching good prices... but this left me like this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1950S-JB-MORR ... 500wt_1081

It DOES seem a lot but that's a rare thing with good earning potential in the film industry and at classic events - imagine how much ice cream you could sell from it over a sunny weekend at Goodwood It'll look great when it's finished won't it!

how about this-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370613956209? ... 1423.l2649

Morris J types are a subject close to my heart. I (and several of my fellow J van mates) have been very surprised at the prices they've been selling for in the UK. Vans that need a complete restoration are selling for up around 8 or £9000. What's happening is that they are being stripped down and fully rebuilt with major body modifications into vintage styled icecream vans , or used for other commercial purposes. Presumably finding one that is already an icecream van means a huge saving in conversion costs.

I guess commercial users can justify the expense and when you think that an ordinary looking modern van costs something like £18,000 and you still have to convert it into an icecream van, the sums probably add up.

I paid about £500 for J Type about 2 years ago. I figure I could ship it to the UK in its terrible unrestored condition and still make a tidy profit on the deal.

Tim