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Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:05 am

Pandora wrote:
Simon776 wrote:
It might look as though Mk 3 S prices have dropped but the reality is that there hasn't been a good original or well restored nice one for sale for quite a while.
Kev and I had a look at this one at the LCC show at the weekend. Kev didn't manage to find to much 'wrong' detail wise on our quick check over. Seemed a nice wee thing.

We didn't look under the bonnet, but I think a Mk3 should have a black, rather than Green engine?

http://www.hurstpark.co.uk/minicoop.htm

Be interesting to see what it would make if it ever got to auction

Al

It looked a better buy than the scabby Mk2 S in the auction with the big roof plaster for the same money!

foxy52 · Post by **foxy52** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 11:09 am

Pandora wrote:
Simon776 wrote:
It might look as though Mk 3 S prices have dropped but the reality is that there hasn't been a good original or well restored nice one for sale for quite a while.
Kev and I had a look at this one at the LCC show at the weekend. Kev didn't manage to find to much 'wrong' detail wise on our quick check over. Seemed a nice wee thing.

We didn't look under the bonnet, but I think a Mk3 should have a black, rather than Green engine?

http://www.hurstpark.co.uk/minicoop.htm

Be interesting to see what it would make if it ever got to auction

Al

..should be black.. but some say very early mk 3 S types were painted green.. tidy car mind...foxy52

Supersonic · Post by **Supersonic** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 4:59 pm

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds ... 70/9466248

Nice early Mk3

Alan

Costafortune · Post by **Costafortune** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:12 pm

Pandora wrote:
Simon776 wrote:
It might look as though Mk 3 S prices have dropped but the reality is that there hasn't been a good original or well restored nice one for sale for quite a while.
Kev and I had a look at this one at the LCC show at the weekend. Kev didn't manage to find to much 'wrong' detail wise on our quick check over. Seemed a nice wee thing.

We didn't look under the bonnet, but I think a Mk3 should have a black, rather than Green engine?

http://www.hurstpark.co.uk/minicoop.htm

Be interesting to see what it would make if it ever got to auction

Al

That's nice - Hurst Park generally don't get involved in crap either.

Costafortune · Post by **Costafortune** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:13 pm

Supersonic wrote:https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds ... 70/9466248

Nice early Mk3

Alan

Yeah but...............£35'000?

You can buy a nice 911 for that.

johnv · Post by **johnv** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 8:03 pm

Costafortune wrote:
Supersonic wrote:https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds ... 70/9466248

Nice early Mk3

Alan
Yeah but...............£35'000?

You can buy a nice 911 for that.

you can buy an even nicer one for £50k which is what a 970 fetched a bit back ..

Simon776 · Post by **Simon776** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 8:18 pm

Pandora wrote:
Simon776 wrote:
It might look as though Mk 3 S prices have dropped but the reality is that there hasn't been a good original or well restored nice one for sale for quite a while.
Kev and I had a look at this one at the LCC show at the weekend. Kev didn't manage to find to much 'wrong' detail wise on our quick check over. Seemed a nice wee thing.

We didn't look under the bonnet, but I think a Mk3 should have a black, rather than Green engine?

http://www.hurstpark.co.uk/minicoop.htm

Be interesting to see what it would make if it ever got to auction

Al

OBG is another that I believe has had a change of base unit according to a feature in Mini Magazine some years ago. If it has, it has been done better than most. It was for sale in Ireland for over a year starting at £39995 before coming back to the UK recently.

mab01uk · Post by **mab01uk** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 8:46 pm

3 Minis at 15m:34s
2019 Silverstone Auctions Race Retro Classic car sale preview:-
(Saturday, 23rd February)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1-NEdXo1Ys

Brynmor · Post by **Brynmor** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 1:30 pm

WMU 211G wrote:What about this one - not an auction but seems to be a genuine Mk3 S at a reasonable price...

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1071730

Simon, do you know it...?

Having had a good look around that car last week it’s stunning...the owner doesn’t frequent this forum incidentally, although I did try to persuade him too

WMU 211G · Post by **WMU 211G** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 4:58 pm

Brynmor wrote:
WMU 211G wrote:What about this one - not an auction but seems to be a genuine Mk3 S at a reasonable price...

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1071730

Simon, do you know it...?

Having had a good look around that car last week it’s stunning...the owner doesn’t frequent this forum incidentally, although I did try to persuade him too

Were you tempted Bryn...?

Going back to another car that was discussed late last year - the South African '62 '997 Cooper I posted a link to was at Stoneleigh Race & Retro this morning with a for sale sign on it, asking price is ''£17,500 open to offers''. I spent a while having a good look round it, it looks very nice, not perfect with some marks here and there but nice and tidy. The interior is definitely the right S.A. spec as regards the seats and door cards etc. The colour is a slightly lighter shade than the British version of Almond Green, apparently the SA Minis were sold in different hues of green throughout the production run. The bumf in the back window mentions the seller being mucked about by experts but the car itself is worth a look, it also mentions a slipping clutch which needs seeing to, it looks to me like the kind of Mini I hankered after when I first bought John Parnell's bible in '93 and wondered what it would be like to own a genuine '60s Cooper...

BMC SA#1.jpg

BMC SA#2.jpg

BMC SA#3.jpg

Edit - the rear qtr lights were the fixed sort on some SA Minis but I think the car would look better for a set of chromed opening ones.

Polarsilver · Post by **Polarsilver** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 6:27 pm

997 looks a bargain at £17k .. i would want £28k minimum if i sold mine.
in my opinion all mini types are & have different drive experience ,my 997 has loads of torque and pleasing to drive on A&B + backroads etc but 997,s are not a long distance or motorway car .. but then again what mini is.

mab01uk · Post by **mab01uk** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 7:51 pm

1965 Austin Mini 6 wheel at Anglia car auctions:-
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1965-Austin- ... Swd9dcb-9C

Brynmor · Post by **Brynmor** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:21 am

WMU 211G wrote:
Brynmor wrote:
WMU 211G wrote:What about this one - not an auction but seems to be a genuine Mk3 S at a reasonable price...

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1071730

Simon, do you know it...?

Having had a good look around that car last week it’s stunning...the owner doesn’t frequent this forum incidentally, although I did try to persuade him too
Were you tempted Bryn...?

Going back to another car that was discussed late last year - the South African '62 '997 Cooper I posted a link to was at Stoneleigh Race & Retro this morning with a for sale sign on it, asking price is ''£17,500 open to offers''. I spent a while having a good look round it, it looks very nice, not perfect with some marks here and there but nice and tidy. The interior is definitely the right S.A. spec as regards the seats and door cards etc. The colour is a slightly lighter shade than the British version of Almond Green, apparently the SA Minis were sold in different hues of green throughout the production run. The bumf in the back window mentions the seller being mucked about by experts but the car itself is worth a look, it also mentions a slipping clutch which needs seeing to, it looks to me like the kind of Mini I hankered after when I first bought John Parnell's bible in '93 and wondered what it would be like to own a genuine '60s Cooper...

Edit - the rear qtr lights were the fixed sort on some SA Minis but I think the car would look better for a set of chromed opening ones.

I was actually picking up some parts from the seller, but if I were in the market for one then it’s a real beauty.
The 997 above is a good buy , think you could get it for around £16500, shame I didn’t know you were here you could have popped and said hi on our stand ..

Aginley · Post by **Aginley** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 5:05 pm

mab01uk wrote:3 Minis at 15m:34s
2019 Silverstone Auctions Race Retro Classic car sale preview:-
(Saturday, 23rd February)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1-NEdXo1Ys

Wonder what the blue 970 made? Very nice

Brynmor · Post by **Brynmor** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 11:38 am

The green South African car sold for £17000

AndyAgar · Post by **AndyAgar** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:11 pm

The Blue 970 did not sell in the auction and was up yesterday for £44.5k. Sold by today for £33k.

billycooper · Post by **billycooper** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:18 pm

http://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1976-mini-marcos

This looked cheap !

mk1 · Post by **mk1** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:25 pm

billycooper wrote:http://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1976-mini-marcos

This looked cheap !

Cheap as chips!

nimbusprint · Post by **nimbusprint** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:45 pm

billycooper wrote:http://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1976-mini-marcos

This looked cheap !

Unbelievably cheap, Steve Robert's old steed has so much history, that price is plain stupid

rpb203 · Post by **rpb203** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 6:58 pm

Silly cheap in my opinion, someone got a steal there!

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