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I actually think that that looks quite a pretty little thing from some angles, particually the rear
mk1 wrote:Very Triumph Herald.
no need to do anything illegalIn the shed wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291836118207
This is just insane. Or is it?
Here's an idea. I buy this for £3k, get "my mate" to MOT it, put the plates on a mates mini for my agreed value. Car gets broken into and stolen. Damn!
Insurance payout. £20K?
It'll be worth ten times that when it wins the Turner PrizeNick W wrote:
no need to do anything illegal
just buy it and preserve it in a tank of Formaldehyde it will be worth £50.000 in no time
Take your point but what intrigues me here is what is the real difference between this 'project' and a Cooper re-shelled in the 1960's or 70's (and there are plenty of them) Only that attitudes have changed and back then the donor shell would at lease be sound to start with I guess?In the shed wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291836118207
This is just insane. Or is it?
Here's an idea. I buy this for £3k, get "my mate" to MOT it, put the plates on a mates mini for my agreed value. Car gets broken into and stolen. Damn!
Insurance payout. £20K?
There's some pretty poor detailing for a car of that price, (estimate), and what's with the drivers door chrome, looks like it's hanging off in the first pictureNevsmini wrote:http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C772376
Nevsmini wrote:http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C733653
Hardly "Come and Buy Me" estimates. That's just going to put bidders off as the reserves will be high too.Nevsmini wrote:http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C772376
You've been saying that since forever!In the shed wrote:It's just daft. I thought the mini market had topped out, but it appears to be still going. Utterly utterly crazy.
£1700 doesn't seem expensive for the remains of a '65 Cooper + a Mk1 850 basket case. The white Mk1 would probably fetch that on it's own nowadays.Looks a bit too modded for that money, hence why it's been for sale for quite a while. As I suspect this car will be...Nevsmini wrote:http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C733653
I agreemk1coopers wrote:There's some pretty poor detailing for a car of that price, (estimate), and what's with the drivers door chrome, looks like it's hanging off in the first pictureNevsmini wrote:http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C772376
mk1coopers wrote:There's some pretty poor detailing for a car of that price, (estimate), and what's with the drivers door chrome, looks like it's hanging off in the first pictureNevsmini wrote:http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C772376
not to very nice done.and six vent cover sills......mk1coopers wrote:There's some pretty poor detailing for a car of that price, (estimate), and what's with the drivers door chrome, looks like it's hanging off in the first pictureNevsmini wrote:http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C772376