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Pete wrote:Wowza..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/classic-mk1-m ... true&rt=nc

Think it might be time to shift the two Mk2 ones I have and invest in something I might actually need and use.

997 Cooper here..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-Rare-196 ... Sw6DtYR8-2

Holy , prices are mad these days

Pete wrote:997 Cooper here..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-Rare-196 ... Sw6DtYR8-2

Maybe our Scandinavian friends on here might be able to offer a reason but interesting it's LHD given that Sweden didn't decide to switch to driving on the right hand side until the following year (1963). The switch itself taking place in 1967. It also can't have come from Cowley as all customer Coopers were assembled at Longbridge....

Swedish cars were 'always' LHD. My dad's '49 Volvo PV444 and '59 544 imported from Sweden were both LHD from new.
The non salted winter roads did wonders for cars. The '59 had never seen a welder and was still very solid when sold ca. 15 years ago.

Expensive mini

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322352779524

Nick W wrote:Expensive mini

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322352779524

err....no....I have to look away.

Pete wrote:997 Cooper here..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-Rare-196 ... Sw6DtYR8-2

bloody beautiful!

1968 Moke from South Africa
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/172435126415

dodge44 wrote:

Pete wrote:997 Cooper here..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Very-Rare-196 ... Sw6DtYR8-2

Maybe our Scandinavian friends on here might be able to offer a reason but interesting it's LHD given that Sweden didn't decide to switch to driving on the right hand side until the following year (1963). The switch itself taking place in 1967. It also can't have come from Cowley as all customer Coopers were assembled at Longbridge....

Since this is a place of anoraks I'd like to correct one little bit: third of september 1967 is when Sweden changed to driving on the right side.
(Something like 87% of the population woted againsnt the change. But hey, aint that how politic's work? )
And thats about all my knowledge od swedish history

Nick W wrote:Expensive mini

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322352779524

Upside down door cards, where's Rich at least it's described as a replica and there's plenty of incorrect details to show that it is, let's hope that an S V5 doesn't get nailed to it in the future

mk1coopers wrote:

Nick W wrote:Expensive mini

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322352779524

Upside down door cards, where's Rich at least it's described as a replica and there's plenty of incorrect details to show that it is, let's hope that an S V5 doesn't get nailed to it in the future

good to see that you can tell a professionally restored mk1 shell by the fact it has six vent cover sills



what a turd

rich@minispares.com wrote:

mk1coopers wrote:

Nick W wrote:Expensive mini

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322352779524

Upside down door cards, where's Rich at least it's described as a replica and there's plenty of incorrect details to show that it is, let's hope that an S V5 doesn't get nailed to it in the future

good to see that you can tell a professionally restored mk1 shell by the fact it has six vent cover sills



what a turd

try spending 10 min looking at this car and spotting all the errors - its migraine inducing

rich@minispares.com wrote:
try spending 10 min looking at this car and spotting all the errors - its migraine inducing

Nice attention paid to the hydraulic pipework

Engine bay (not talking about the 101 incorrect features) looks like its done a damn sight more than 150 miles.

Valuation was reduced due to upside down door cards apparently

You lot are just too picky

STG95F wrote:You lot are just too picky

Pot.....Black

Who me Andrew

Status 365 shell

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Status-365-mi ... SwJ7RYSIQB

rich@minispares.com wrote:

try spending 10 min looking at this car and spotting all the errors - its migraine inducing

I do get what you mean. Elvis was quite cool, and someone singing Elvis well is OK but someone dressed up as him with stick on sidies and shades from a fancy dress shop pretending to be him just falls so far short it's sort of a shit idea. And that's that car that is.

72MiniPickUp wrote:Status 365 shell

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Status-365-mi ... SwJ7RYSIQB

Is it... could it... is that me 'ol beauty Rich???