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Would it work for you to find a 1963 shell from a lesser mini?Porker wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 7:37 am Hi Pete
Thanks I know I am up against it trying to get one.
I’ve been offered a 1071s for what I thought is a lot of money which I’ve looked at and it’s obviously sometime been reshelled into another mk1 shell and with many terrible previous repairs it really needs another shell again and ideally a 63 shell which ain’t gonna be easy to sort. Do you know if these heritage shells are any good ?
Thanks
Kevin
Am i missing something ?Channel wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 4:27 pm Time to reply this car has not been in any Auction other than CCA
The only thing that appears to be wrong is the rear window
The Mark 1 windows rusted very badly and in the 1970’s this car’s window was cut out and replaced with mark 2 after tracking down garage
At this time parts for mark 1 were unavailable
Otherwise it’s correct Mark 1
A dealer has offered to purchase and convert into a Cooper
He has some 30 minis in storage that he paid no more than £60 tops
He is making a fortune by supply faked up Minis and reckons 30 % in circulation are not true mini’s
Indeed a friend purchased a Cooper at Auction to find bad fake
So looks I might sell to this dealer
Could this be referring to a previous thread that I can’t find now about a RARE MK1 mini won at auction that had a factory fitted MK2 rear window years before the MK2 came out! The buyer refused to go through with the sale .Exminiman wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:14 pmAm i missing something ?Channel wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 4:27 pm Time to reply this car has not been in any Auction other than CCA
The only thing that appears to be wrong is the rear window
The Mark 1 windows rusted very badly and in the 1970’s this car’s window was cut out and replaced with mark 2 after tracking down garage
At this time parts for mark 1 were unavailable
Otherwise it’s correct Mark 1
A dealer has offered to purchase and convert into a Cooper
He has some 30 minis in storage that he paid no more than £60 tops
He is making a fortune by supply faked up Minis and reckons 30 % in circulation are not true mini’s
Indeed a friend purchased a Cooper at Auction to find bad fake
So looks I might sell to this dealer
This 997 did very well to say it needs quite a few bits sortingmab01uk wrote: ↑Wed Nov 04, 2020 6:46 pm
1963 Morris Mini Cooper 997
https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/eve ... cooper-997
it did do surprisingly well, nice looking car.....as wellsteve1071 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 10:43 amThis 997 did very well to say it needs quite a few bits sortingmab01uk wrote: ↑Wed Nov 04, 2020 6:46 pm
1963 Morris Mini Cooper 997
https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/eve ... cooper-997
roymck wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 11:27 pmCould this be referring to a previous thread that I can’t find now about a RARE MK1 mini won at auction that had a factory fitted MK2 rear window years before the MK2 came out! The buyer refused to go through with the sale .Exminiman wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:14 pmAm i missing something ?Channel wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 4:27 pm Time to reply this car has not been in any Auction other than CCA
The only thing that appears to be wrong is the rear window
The Mark 1 windows rusted very badly and in the 1970’s this car’s window was cut out and replaced with mark 2 after tracking down garage
At this time parts for mark 1 were unavailable
Otherwise it’s correct Mark 1
A dealer has offered to purchase and convert into a Cooper
He has some 30 minis in storage that he paid no more than £60 tops
He is making a fortune by supply faked up Minis and reckons 30 % in circulation are not true mini’s
Indeed a friend purchased a Cooper at Auction to find bad fake
So looks I might sell to this dealer
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